We don't condone white privilege and racial colonization. Everytime a Muslim country makes a development, they are sanctioned to death. Case in point is Iran for trying to produce Nuclear energy and they were given tougher sanctions by means of limiting their trade partners. Yes, it is a white man's narrative, of which you House Negreos stand by and critique the muslim world with and yes, the Kafir is Najis. Kufr is impurity of the heart as well as a sickness of the heart. Negroe, please stop the bs!

Saff and others, What would be the possible objective of measuring the literacy rate? What qualities does a "literate" society possess versus like an "illiterate" society? By the way, if I call someone like Saff, an illiterate Ph.D candidate? What am I really saying about her? P.S. Am not trying to insult Saff.

Slanders are hardcore qabilists. Why should another Somali prove anything in their own land.

Oday, your new theory is silly. Af Somali is a spoken language and not a written language. Arabic is on its own a spoken and a written language. Somalis were not in need of their spoken word being tranliterated into latin. It was a case of modernizing and "civlizing" Somalis that was led by Siyad.

Literacy is an important indicator for development and quality of life in a society, it's linked to how people fare economically, socially, politically, it even has an impact on health. It's also linked to women's empowerment in a society, Saff, if you equate literacy with progress then your premise is that Somalis are uncivilised and backward due to their low literacy rate and that lack of being civilised or cultured is rooted in this arab religion centered viewpoint. Literacy = Intelligence? If the qualitify of life is measured by your indexes and your likes then we are definitely uncivilised people. Let us be honest here with ourselves.

Agreed

Saff, What written non-latin Somali language are you talking about? All DoctorKenney said is that Arabic literacy is purposily omitted from those Stats. You and Bur and Base are being dishonest with yourselves. Just admit that you and your Stats are heavily skewed and biased.

Saff, Ever done questionnaires for your research papers? Ever interviewed someone and quoted their "findings"? Exactly what sort of progress and development do you have in mind? Do you want Industrialization? If yes, are you prepared to take responsibility for the population and cancers that come with it? What literacy standard are you talking about here? Do you want Somalis to all become "English/French/Latin" readers so that we can "progress" as people?

DoctorKenney;990375 wrote: Again Safferz, I've been to Somalia. You've been to Somalia. And almost anyone who's been to Somalia can attest to the fact that almost all of the little Somali children in Duksi can read the Quran in it's original Arabic. That is a fact. They might not be able to understand Arabic, but they can definitely read the script. Every Somali I know, religious and non-religious, Arabic speakers and Non-Arabic speakers, have some familiarity with the Arabic script and most of them can read the Quran in it's original Arabic (although they don't understand the meanings). So yes, "virtually all of Somalia" can read Arabic. All of these Somali adults have some familiarity with the Arabic script, and my experiences with the Somalis in Somaliland, Puntland and South-Central confirmed this to me. DoctorKenney is correct with his comparison of Turkey to Somalia. Atta Turk forced down latin on the Turks to modernize them. Siyad forced latin on Somalis to modernize them. You can't use a different set of criterias to evaluate people. You can't say Latin, English and French are acceptable languages and that The Arabic language is to be disqualified and made null.

DoctorK, I would do the same thing too. What I find though is Alcohol is always at every after hours gathering. A simple sports game becomes a beer fest. Anyways, befriend people until they call you Boss!

DoctorK, They always use the metric of double standerism when they speak about Islam and Muslims. They have self hate written all over themselves. To Massa, they will always be HNs.

Shouldn't the way you look as a representative of an opposing worldview (Islam) be enough of a deterent for co-workers to invite you to their get togethers. The Beard and Hijab are clear outward signs for muslims and are distinguishing features. As you grow towards Allah, so to the distance between you and them grows. Be friendly but don't be of them.

Then how do you get access to capital. All Venture Capitalists are emerged in interest yet partake in partnership with start ups. BA's are useless in and of themselves. There value lays in getting good grades for Grad School.

Aren't Silanyo and Mandela the same age?

Who is this clown? He is hilarious with his tweets.

"reliable information obtained by the Hawdian Institute for Strategic Policy" ....are you serious?

OdaySomali, It is always a tough decision to make because of the implied repreccusions. Meaning that if you don't attend, you will be deemed to be too conservative and lacking in interpersonal skills. Question: If you were invited to a co-workers gaalo like wedding (alcohol following like water), would you go or politely refuse?

So OdaySomali restarted all his old threads. Shameless self promotion! Alpha, do you know anything about that?

Considered yourself honored. You don't want a Donkey as an Avatar - do you?

Saff sounds like she is 30 years old.

Saff, Interesting "facebook" like posts. However; its all recycled historical bs that you are willing to promote. Alpha, congrats on turning 24 or 28 or 31 or 33. Now am really confused, how old do you feel again?

Saff, Remind me again why Japan bombed dear Pearrl Harbor? Who was the first to invent the Atomic Bomb and use it?

Saff is in community college. You can get any course you like so long as you have the right amount of money. I wanted to teach Japenese one time but they said that a black man as a Japenese teacher was a hard sell. What a load of bs....I know -right?

Saff, I would like to read your essay on here and evaluate your arguments. I am sure that it would be a good read. By the way, is there a database for essays by masters and Ph.D students. Would love to read some and counter their perpsective. I once saw a book titled "The power of the majority". I wanted to buy it so that I could doodle X's all over it.

Saff, I agree with you on the support part. We all need postive reinforcement and plenty of encouragement to be more and do more.