Garnaqsi;842958 wrote: Really? It sounded like a destabilisation plan to me, to say the least.

waar laba soo qayilaybaa fuqsaday...stole the ATM in 36 seconds.

[The city's mayor, Mohamed Ahmed Nur, is also concerned. I have seen signs that militias want to carve the city into fiefdoms … these groups need an iron fist, Nur said. A strong, professional police force is key.] if mogadishu fails this time,then that is it...

Sayid*Somal;842792 wrote: The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bas/tard die for his. that was general George patton's words againest Germany in WW2

these b***tards destroyed somali name everywhere..have no respect for host countries.

and mumbo jumpo from those who refuse to mind their own business. They can't function without somaliland and so be it:D

your verbal gymanistics...waar iga tag! you excel at maneuvering out of reality.

^^ majiumbrellas.com

lalalalaaa we wait to see.

warya how many klashnikoff you bought for tolka and it will be anotha TFG:D proper gov't! doubt it.

Che-Guevara; Burahadeer...anagaa isku mushquul wax kale ma sheegey?

Che -Guevara;842620 wrote: lool waar dee farahaa laydinka falay.

when get one month of peace then they start taunting somaliland...when will these people concentrate on their troubles?:confused: or you can't be functioning without somaliland? seems so and you be in same situation for the long haul..

he is right..

was surprised how far from somali women last time been to europe.Haven't seen any where am in years...

Zylici translated to arabic ...very nice

there was time girls were encouraged to do this,ever heard of "heerin".Bunch of girls roamed the country side 100s of miles from their villages looking for men.People were few & far apart..there also many otha reasons,i.e, abusive fathers,poverty,age etc.Few cases of love do exist & there r some rebellious ones but by in large I don't think it's even eva been one percent at any given time.Very minimal indeed.

I'm caucasian:D

no I won't like my daughters to do same but then it always was part of somali culture...predates religion.

bal maxaa ka galay wixii is guursanaaya:(

Controversy over runaway marriages in Somalia Mohamed Ahmed and his fiancée Khadra discussing their future plans inside a café in Mogadishu Mohamed Sheikh Nor By Mohamed Sheikh Nor in Mogadishu Running away to get married is part and parcel of Somali culture and society, though Islamic clerics have different opinions regarding the legality of this type of marriage. Wahabis and other Muslim radicals believe that eloping is against the teaching of Islam. The practice is taboo because it ignores the consent and the knowledge of the parents. But the moderate Sufis argue this type of marriage is valid as long as the spouses live 90 kilometers away from their parents. Sheikh Abdall Ahmed is one of the moderate clerics. He says there is no distinction between running away to get married and a marriage with parental consent. Cleric Sheikh Abdall Ahmed Mohamed Sheikh Nor “According to Islamic law a man and a woman can contract marriage without consent from their parents, therefore clerics like me approach the couple to carry out the ritual as we normally welcome them,” he explains. According to current official statistics, one in every three Somali families were created after the couple had eloped but the practice was totally banned by Al-Shebab, a militant group that has links with Al-Qaeda when they were in control of large swathes of south and central Somalia. They say eloping is un-islamic therefore its eradication is necessary. A few months back it used to be rare in areas under Al-Shebab control that a girl would run-off with a boy and get married without the consent of the parents, but where the militias have been driven away it seems an everyday occurence. It was only a few days ago that Somali troops backed by the African Union’s peacekeeping mission, Amisom, forcefully took control of Afgoi in Lower Shabelle region. This raised the hopes of many couples who heard that the next step would be to free Wanleweyn, a town 90 kilometers away from Mogadishu, known for hosting the majority of elopement marriages in south and central Somalia . Mohamed Ahmed, who is unable to afford the lavish sum that a wedding normally costs, is now getting ready to pack as he and his partner are planning to travel to Wanleweyn town. “I can’t wait until ********* is liberated, but time proves that the days of the ban on eloping to get married are numbered. I and my fiancée will be the first to reach Wanleweyn town, in order to formalise our long standing relationship and to reap the crops of our beautiful love”. Most arguments involve economic aspects. The huge amounts of expenses incurred are said to be too staggering for families from a poor country like Somalia. AL-SHEBAB - WHO ARE THEY? Khadro, Mohamend's fiancée, says only sweet words, smooth love, open hands, beautiful behavior, sweetness and togetherness is what yields success and she is against pressurising her husband to pay what he cannot afford. “I have to follow what my fiancé sees as appropriate for our love and oppose whatever obstacles are in our way, I have never dictated to him nor stipulated that he must have a fortune that is why our love has endured so many years” Elopement is also a common way for a Somali woman to avoid an arranged marriage. However, the practice is frowned upon in Somali society and a woman who elopes may be risking her family's angerand weakening the bonds between her parents and her husband. But sometimes after a lengthy wrangle between the two families, parents finally reach a compromise on the expenditure of the wedding feast and the dowries. TAGS: ISLAM - MARRIAGE - MOGADISHU - REPORT - SHEBAB - SOMALIA PrintCommentSend this pageShare RELATED ARTICLES http://www.english.rfi.fr/africa/20120615-elopment-somali-culture-shebab

fundamentalism is worse than both,they cut ur head.