But they considered themselves to be pious Muslims, who carried out their acts in the name of Islam. Such as the Takfiri Wal Hijra and other Alqaeda groups consider themselves to be pious sunni mujahideen. But they murder innoncent muslims and non muslims and label them kufr. Therefore, we must condemn these type of people. Yes the safavids Shias had a tremendous impact on the Ottomans. Kennedy( Rise and fall of the great powers) says: " The safavids were willing to take infidels as allies against the ottomans". The Europeans apparently, used to say " If it wasn't for the Shias( fighting the ottomans) we would be praying like they do in North Africa". The Shias also aided the Tartars and today they have aided America in taking Baghdad, so history as a funny of way of repeating itself.

People who justify extremism in the name of Islam exist, whether you acknowledge it or not. The idea that West i behind everything single thing in the Muslim world, has been long regugitated and it is beginning to get extremely childish. The Khawarij,Safavid Assasins and other groups have always claimed barbarism and violence in the name of Islam. Similarly today groups such as the Takfiri Wal Hijra and other Alqaeda affliated groups carry out barbaric acts against innoncent people( most of them muslims). You can claim that they were created by the West, which might even have some truth in it. But you can't blame another man if you can't tie your shoes and fall over in the process.

Clanish Fever Outbreak in Somalia Geeljire correspondents has been monitoring the situation in Somalia via global Geel Jire media outlets. Several of our analysts have detected signs of severe " Clanish Fever Outbreak in Somalia", although at an early state, it has the capacity to become a deadly virus which sweeps the entire community. Signs of severe Clanish Fever Outbreak have been reported in several parts of the country which include: Puntland/Somaliland! Southern Somalia and Muqdisho in particular! Somaliaonline politics section! On the outside, this seems like ordinary Somali clan bickering.However, due to careful Geel Jire analysis, we can exclusively report that this is part of a careful plan, which has several outside agents !We will report to you, the key players in the next few days, in order that ordinary Geel Jire do not fall for these colonial games !

Stop saying dadka saxiib, clearly you don't know what percentage supports both sides.....

The empire is officially in overstretch, now is your chance boys go go....

Did anyone see Burma's new unveiled capital?

@Che, my sources tell me, waxaa so ghaday meesha oday 80 jir ah oo wata wafdi ka kooban 1500 Geel, 500 adhi iyo 400 oo lo'o ah. Aad bana loo soo dhaweyey. Bal ta ka warama?

Ok, perhaps interest was a bad example. But i would still say there are some things Muslims have compromised more than not going to school with hijab because the law of the land doesn't permit you to. How many pious Somalis swore oaths and make false declarations about their: immigration status, wifes and children, employment etc....?..

The south is getting clean and in time,the North will be cleaned too and i hope and wish that they refuse the opportunity of diplomacy and choose to fight . Marka hore adigu orad kac oo darkaaga ku rido washing machineka, bari waa salutal jumacah oo maskiinta iyo Somalida uu ducee intaad xasuuq uu sadineysid!

Originally posted by Khayr: [ Saxib what you are pointing to are called 'unavoidable necessities'. You have to pay taxes, you need a bank account to receive your wages etc. There are no alternatives because we don't live in 'Dar al Muslimeen'. However, that does not validate the slippery slope of legitamizing all things such as not observing hijab and the beard, sending children to secular schools, eating pork, not paying zakat, not fasting, not going to hajj, not praying etc. . [/QB] So indulging in Riba, which Allah swt has likened to " eating from your own brothers flesh", if my mind recalls correctly. Can be considered as " 'unavoidable necessities. However, going to school without a hijab because the law of the land doesn't permit it is not? I see no difference in Tarik's reasoning and yours. You say you have go to these banks because there is no alternative, whilst he is saying if there is the choice of going to school without hijab or staying home choose the former.This can also be considered as an 'unavoidable necessities'". Although i don't agree with some of Tarik's viewpoints, i think Muslims are to quick to label people " anti Islamic" and " dollar scholars" simply because they have a different opinion to ours.

Baghdad is Key to Control of the Middle East Iraq's Liberation in Perspective By Iraq--the cradle of civilization and fabled seat of the Abbasid Khalifa--is about to be liberated for the second time in less than a century. The current military operation represents a major inflection point in its history, perhaps in the history of the Middle East, and possibly in world history. Future historians will judge how Iraqis will greet the new liberators. But historians have already passed judgment on the first liberation. On March 11, 1917, Lieutenant-General Sir Stanley Maude and his Anglo-Indian Army of the Tigris entered Baghdad. The campaign to invest Baghdad took place against the backdrop of the First World War. It seemed to have had no clear strategic objectives except the fulfillment of the new prime minister' s desire to capture the fabled city of the Arabian Nights. In retrospect, the invasion of Iraq gave the government of Lloyd George the opening to invade Palestine, Syria and Lebanon. The campaign was the brainchild of Sir Mark Sykes of the Arab Bureau in Whitehall, a novice with less than two years of executive experience. Sir Mark asked General Maude to read out a proclamation couched in "high-flown phrases of liberation and freedom, of past glory and future greatness," according to British historian David Fromkin.[1] The commanding general commanding assured the people of Iraq, "Our armies do not come into your cities and lands as conquerors or enemies, but as liberators." He continued, "O people of Baghdad, remember that for 26 generations you have suffered under strange tyrants who have endeavoured to set one Arab house against another in order that they might profit by your dissensions." [2] It proved difficult to govern Iraq and General Maude was put in the awkward position of having to preach self-rule while discouraging its practice. He cabled London that local conditions did not permit employing Arabs in responsible positions, "Before any truly Arab facade [sic] can be applied to edifice, it seems essential that foundation of law and order should be well and truly laid." What General Maude had discovered was that Mesopotamia was a place where 75 percent of the population was tribal "with no previous tradition of obedience to any government," and a place with a long history of power struggle between the Shias and the Sunnis. Eventually, vague rumors, constant unrest, and repeated killings took their toll on British nerves. Three young army officers were killed in Kurdistan in 1919. An experienced official sent by the Government of India to replace them was killed a month later. Six British officers were killed in the spring of 1920. Later, two political officers were abducted and murdered. The Iraqi desert was full of raiding parties, and one British officer was led to believe that the only way to deal with the disaffected tribes was "wholesale slaughter." More chaos was to follow in the months to come. Posts were over-run, British officers killed and communication killed in the Middle Euphrates region. Colonel Gerald Leachman, a leading British officer, was shot in the back and killed on the orders of the tribal sheikh who was hosting him during a gathering of the tribes. The news of his killing led to further tribal uprisings along the Euphrates and north and west of Baghdad. In the summer of 1920, a one-time junior officer in the Arab Bureau in Cairo and now a celebrity, Colonel T. E. Lawrence, commented acridly that the Turks had been better rulers. He said the Turks kept 14,000 local conscripts employed in Iraq and killed an average of 200 Arabs in maintaining the peace. The British had deployed 90,000 men, with airplanes, armored cars, gunboats and armoured trains, and killed about 10,000 Arabs in the summer uprising. On August 7, 1920, The Times demanded to know "how much longer are valuable lives to be sacrificed in the vain endeavour to impose upon the Arab population an elaborate and expensive administration which they never asked for and do not want?" The revolt was brought to an end in February 1921, but Britain had suffered nearly 2,000 casualties, including 450 dead. Many attempts were made to analyze the mysterious revolt in the Iraqi desert, since the British had been told that the Arabs would appreciate British rule. Confessing total ignorance about the locals, an official argued that the enemy facing the British was "anarchy plus fanaticism, devoid of any political aspect." The Mesopotamian provinces of Baghdad and Basra were the first to be conquered by the British from the Ottoman Empire. In the autumn of 1917 General Sir Edmund Allenby invaded Palestine and on December 11, he and his officers entered the holy city of Jerusalem through the Jaffa Gate. Prime Minister Lloyd George regarded it as a Christmas gift, and wrote that Christendom had regained "possession of its sacred shrines." French General Henri Gouraud entered Damascus in July 1920. After kicking Salahuddin's tomb, Gouraud exclaimed, "Awake Saladin, we have returned. My presence here consecrates the victory of the Cross over the Crescent." In a few years, the Arabs were rioting in Palestine and rebelling in Iraq at a very inconvenient time, when the economy of the Empire was collapsing and when the Crown's time, energy and resources were needed to revive it. An exasperated Winston Churchill, who had taken over the mantle of Britain's colonial policies in the Middle East, was to tell the British government that it was spending millions for the privilege of sitting atop a volcano. Lamenting on the British experience in Palestine, the "last lion" was to write, "At first, the steps were wide and shallow, covered with a carpet, but in the end the very stones crumbled under their feet." Much has changed during the past century. A former colony across the Atlantic has eclipsed Britain, and is the new home to an empire on which the sun never sets. The armies of the new empire are now invading Iraq, with the armies of the old empire in tow. The soldiers are marching in, bearing the gift of democracy. However, unlike General Maude, General Franks will not ride into Baghdad on horseback, but in the air-conditioned comfort of modern armored vehicles, after having used the firepower of five aircraft carriers to invest Baghdad. The tactics of liberation have changed as the empires have changed places, but the objectives remain the same. Iraq remains the lynchpin to the Middle East, and whoever controls Baghdad will control the Middle East. As the French say, "the more things change, the more they stay the same." Ahmad Faruqui is an economist. He can be reached at: faruqui@pacbell.net [1] David Fromkin, A Peace To End All Peace, Avon Books, 1989. [2] Quoted in Stephen Fidler, Financial Times, March 14, 2003, p. 4. http://www.counterpunch.org/faruqui03252003.html

Terror fear as extremists seek local Somali recruits YOUNG Somali refugees in Melbourne are being seduced by Muslim extremists, a Somali community leader has warned. Herse Hilole, a Sydney community leader and Islamic scholar, fears the recruits could be used in terrorism attacks in Australia. He said some Somalis were being influenced by radical Lebanese from a hardline Wahhabi group. Dr Hilole will give a speech to the Melbourne Somali community tonight, marking the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad. In his speech, he says some Somalis have returned to Somalia from Melbourne and Sydney to join Islamic jihad and some have been killed. He told The Age extremists from Somalia visited last year to gather money and support and that one of their most important allies was the Somali mosque in North Melbourne. Leaders at the mosque declined to speak to The Age but worshippers say the mosque, in Racecourse Road, is a community centre. Victorian Somali Social Club president Osman Ali said 10 to 20 Somalis had returned to fight, but as much for tribal and nationalist reasons as religious. Somalia is in the grip of a civil war between the Islamic Courts, a group of militant Islamists, and the Somali Government, which also comprises Muslims. Other Melbourne Somali leaders denied that Australian Somalis were engaged in jihad, in Somalia or Australia. Sheikh Isse Musse of the Werribee Islamic Centre said he would know if anyone went to fight, and Somali Council of Australia president Salaad Ali Ibrahim said the claims were misleading. Mr Ibrahim said most Australian Somalis — more than 10,000 — lived in Melbourne. There was no danger from them, he said. "I work with the Victorian police very closely and ASIO , and would be the first person to put his hand up if there are people wanting to do that kind of thing." An Australian Federal Police spokesman said he could not discuss investigations in Australia, but the force was investigating the alleged death of an Australian man in Somalia. Dr Hilole says in his speech that Islamist extremists are using terrorist tactics in Somalia, trying to create an insurgency similar to Iraq, and have found many supporters in Australia. "We know that some people left Australia to join the jihad of the Islamic Courts and have even been killed. We know there are supporters in Australia who want to recruit young Somalis to go back or support financially the Islamic Courts," he says. "The community must be made aware of this and we must put a stop to it." He adds: "Somalis who take up Australian citizenship should know that they are now committed to obeying Australian law … Under Australian law it is forbidden to join jihad in any other country or join any war that is against the interest of Australia." Dr Hilole told The Age that Muslim extremists fell into two groups in Australia: those promoting political Islam, such as Sheikh Taj al-Din al-Hilali, and those who supported jihad , such as Salafis (ultra-conservatives), who controlled some mosques and schools. He said Somalis who supported the Islamic Courts movement, and there were many, did not want to integrate with Australian society. "There was a group in Melbourne affiliated with al-Ittihad (the Islamic Courts) under the name al-Ansar, which was closed several times by Australian intelligence and security agencies. Now they are hiding in the community." http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/local-somalis-terror-recruits/2007/04/12/1175971264514.html?s_cid=rss_age

Hero farabadana Somalidu?

Translation of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's (HA) speech before two days: "In this first address that I give in these days following Operation True Promise, I would like to say a few words -- a word to the Lebanese people, a word to the resistance fighters, a word to the Zionists, and a word to the Arab rulers. I will not offer words to the international community because I have never for one day believed that there is any such thing as an international community, just as many in our nation feel." The address of the General Secretary of Hizballah, His Excellency Sayyid Hasan Nasrallah, to the Nation, the Lebanese people, the resistance fighters, the Zionists, and the Arab leaders. Peace be upon you and the mercy of God and His blessings! To begin with, in this first address that I make to you since Operation True Promise [in which Hizballah captured two Zionist soldiers] and the events that followed it, I would like, to begin with, to offer my appreciation and condolences to the families of the martyrs, those who gave the dearest of their loved ones during these hard and difficult days, and for all they have given in the noblest confrontation and battle that the modern age has known or rather that all history has known. I want to salute the wounded, and beseech God — be He glorified and exalted — to sustain them, heal them and bring them health. I also wish to salute our steadfast people in all the cities, towns and villages who are standing firm and immoveable, rooted in their land as they are rooted in their faith. I also salute my brothers the Mujahideen, the steadfast resistance fighters, enduring hardship at their posts and in all our ranks, ever ready for sacrifice in the path of what they believe. They always have and always will regard their own safety lightly and hold their heads high with pride. In this first address that I give in these days following Operation True Promise, I would like to say a few words — a word to the Lebanese people, a word to the resistance fighters, a word to the Zionists, and a word to the Arab rulers. I will not offer words to the international community because I have never for one day believed that there is any such thing as an international community, just as many in our nation feel. First, I say to the Lebanese people: dear people — who embraced the resistance, by whom the resistance was victorious, and for whom the resistance won its victory on 25 May 2000 — this people who were the makers of the first victory in the history of the Arab struggle with the Israeli enemy, despite the basic inequality in forces, and in spite of the fact that the majority of our Arab brothers and the majority of our Muslim brothers abandoned us and despite the silence of the whole world, this Lebanese people made the miracle of the victory that stunned the world and humiliated the Zionists. Those Zionists look upon this people in a special, unique way because they accomplished in the history of the struggle with them a special and unique accomplishment. The battle today is no longer a battle over prisoners or the exchange of prisoners. It might be said that the Zionist enemy is responding any time there is any operation where men are captured anywhere in any part of the world, by any army or any state that has borders and regulations. What is taking place today is not a response to a capture of their soldiers; it is a squaring of accounts with the people, resistance, state, army, political forces, regions, villages, and families that inflicted that historic defeat on that aggressive usurper entity that has never accepted its defeat. Today, therefore, this is a total war that Zionism is waging to clear its whole account with Lebanon, the Lebanese people, the Lebanese state, the Lebanese army, and the Lebanese resistance, in revenge and reprisal for the victory they won on 25 May 2000. Dear steadfast, mujahid, and noble people, I know that the overwhelming majority of this people, in their minds, hearts, wills, culture, thoughts, love, passion, and sacrifice are a people of nobility, dignity, honor, distinction, and pride, not a people of servility, subservience, submissiveness, and surrender. I say to you that in this battle we are faced with two choices — not we, as in Hizballah, or as in the resistance, the Hizballah resistance — but Lebanon as a state, a people, an army, a resistance, and a political power — we are faced with two choices: either to submit today to the conditions that the Zionist enemy wants to dictate to us all, using the pressure, support, and backing it has from America, from around the world, and, I’m sorry to say, from Arabs. Either we submit completely to its conditions, which means taking Lebanon into an Israeli age under Israeli domination — in total frankness this is the extent of the matter — or we stand steadfast. That is the other choice: that we persevere, that we persevere and confront. I, relying on God the Exalted, and on my faith in Him and the mujahideen and in you, knowing this people and this enemy, just as I always used to promise you victory, now I promise you victory once again. During the Grapes of Wrath in 1996, or Operation Settling of Accounts in 1993, in the beginning they had the upper hand and our situation was much worse. But today, the situation is different. Believe me, and I mean this, the situation now is different. All that we need is to persevere, stand steadfast, and confront them united, and I know and I will bet that the majority of our people are a people of steadfastness, a mujahid [struggling] people who can sacrifice, who have no need for pep talks. What I’m saying now is only by way of completing the idea, and affirming the choice, and clarifying what this means. Now, as for my words for the resistance fighters, for my dear and beloved brothers: upon them rest the hopes of every Lebanese, every Palestinian, every Arab, every Muslim, every free and decent person in this world, every oppressed, tortured victim of injustice, every lover of steadfastness, courage, dignity, values, and nobility — the characteristics they embody by their presence on the field of battle and in their fight with this enemy, the fight of valiant heroes. I say to them: today, after God the Highest, you are the hope of our Nation. You are the symbol of our nobility. Our honor is in your hands. This honor is yours and by means of you, our honor is preserved. After God the Exalted, it was you who were responsible for the victory of 2000. Today it is you, before all others, who are responsible for preserving the victory, for achieving liberation, standing steadfast, and with honor. This places demands on you that you, in practice, have proved until now and during these days that you are entirely worthy of, as you are worthy of our esteem. Those who put their trust in you, after God, their charge is great, the reward will be grand, and the mighty victory — a clear triumph — is near. To the Zionists, to the people of the Zionist entity at this hour I say to them: you will soon discover how foolish and ****** are your new rulers, your new leaders. They do not know how to assess reality. They have no experience in this area. You Zionists say in opinion polls that you believe me more than you believe your officials. So now I call on you to listen well and believe me. Today we have persevered despite the attack that took place last night in the southern suburbs. However the attacks multiply in every village, neighborhood, street, and home in Lebanon, there is no difference between the south Beirut suburbs, the City of Beirut, or any home in south Lebanon, in the Beqaa, or the north, or Mount Lebanon, or any corner of Lebanon. The equation has now changed. I will not say today that if you strike Beirut, we will strike Haifa. I will not tell you that if you hit the south Beirut suburbs, we will hit Haifa. You wanted to get rid of that equation, so now we and you have got rid of it in actuality. You wanted open warfare, and we are going into open warfare. We are ready for it, a war on every level. To Haifa, and, believe me, to beyond Haifa, and to beyond beyond Haifa. Not only we will be paying a price. Not only our houses will be destroyed. Not only our children will be killed. Not only our people will be displaced. Those days are past. That was how it was before 1982, and before the year 2000. Those times have come to an end. I promise you those times have passed. Therefore you must also bear the responsibility for what your government has done, for what that government has undertaken. From now on, you wanted open warfare, so it will be open warfare. You wanted it. Your government wanted to change the rules of the game, so let the rules then be changed. You don’t know today whom you’re fighting. You are fighting the children of Muhammad, of Ali, of al-Hasan, of al-Husayn, of the Prophet’s family, the Prophet’s Companions. You are fighting a people who have faith such as no one else on the face of the earth possesses. And you have chosen open warfare with a people who take pride in their history, their civilization, and their culture, and who also possess material power, ability, expertise, knowledge, calm, imagination, determination, steadfastness, and courage. In the coming days it will be between us and you, God willing. As to the Arab rulers, I don’t want to ask you about your history. I just want to say a few words. We are adventurers. We in Hizballah are adventurers, yes. But we have been adventurers since 1982. And we have brought to our country only victory, freedom, liberation, dignity, honor, and pride. This is our history. This is our experience. This is our adventure. In the year 1982 you said and the world said that we were crazy. But we proved that we were the rational ones, so who then was crazy? This is something else and I don’t want to get into an argument with anyone. So I tell them simply: go bet on your reason and we will bet on our adventure, with God as our Supporter and Benefactor. We have never for one day counted on you. We have trusted in God, our people, our hearts, our hands, and our children. Today we do the same, and God willing, victory will follow. The surprises that I promised you will begin starting now. Now, out at sea off the coast of Beirut an Israeli military vessel that attacked our infrastructure, that struck the homes of our people, our civilians; you can see it burning. It will sink and with it dozens of Zionist Israeli troops. This is the beginning. There will be a lot more said before the end. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of God!

M.M.I, the creation of the state of "Somalia", which gained independence from Italy via the union of the former British Somaliland, was clearly a colonial endeavour. The current borders of Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Djibouti are largely based on the former British borders. Hence why succesive Somali governments rejected these borders. Furthermore, the muslims of the horn have always had economic, military, political and religious alliances. During the Zwahili states, which went all the way up to Muqidsho, the muslims had their own alliances. Moreover, during the time of Imam Ahmad Gurey; the muslims were assisting him all the way from: Tigray Jeberti Muslims, Yemenis, Other Somali Sultanates and so called "Ethiopian" Muslims( Oromo and Afar). Even there was Yemeni and Turkish Muslims. Today when our brothers help each other they are called "foreign extremists". These muslims have been purposely planted with the Zeal of nationalism/tribalism and some of them have been placed under majority dominated Christian led countries, in order to keep them in check.For example, the Muslims of Kenya and the Muslims of Ethiopia. We have forgotten the importance of Harar to the history of Islam in Africa. However, we need to first cocentrate on winning the hearts of the Somalia people, so that they love each other as Muslims first and foremost. But i am still confident that there is a big future for the Muslims of the horn. The Muslims of Eritrea will rise, as will the Muslims of Ethiopia, Kenya and Djibouti and Somalia. All we need to do forget these tribal and western ideologies and stop the downheartedness and fear of other Governments. People like Hailesallese and Zenawi remember the Tarikh of Imam Ahmad Gurey thus they will deal with us very harshly. But some of us will show love to them and think of them as friends. They remember the crying call of Islam and our pious brave ancestors. They are intent stopping the return of the way our ancestors with the help of America. But we have forgotten the legacy of our ancestors and resorted to chasing pathetic little dreams based on colonial endeavours and tribalism. The firt step is to write the history of our ancesores with our own hands and place the love of Islam and the defence of their land within our children! quote:In Ethiopia the damage which [Ahmad] Gragn did has never been forgotten," wrote Paul B. Henze. "Every Christian highlander still hears tales of Gragn in his childhood. Haile Selassie referred to him in his memoirs. I have often had villagers in northern Ethiopia point out sites of towns, forts, churches and monasteries destroyed by Gragn as if these catastrophes had occurred only yesterday."[19]

Can't be bothered to listen to it, but anyway, this guy loves using the word " argagaxiso" huh?

Ma raabo in an sheego. Lakin indhahayga baan ku arkay. Xita meela badan lamiyaadi ba dayacan. Meesha inta badan dadka baa gacmahooda wax ku qabsada, Somaliland iyo Puntlandba.

Saxib, odayal meel istagtaga weligeed wala arki jiray. Wax ismagacaba iyo dorasha been been ah, wax cusub Somalidina kuma aha. Runta hadi la sheego gobaladan la bacsanayo siyasad iyo qorshe dhaqaalo ahan ba loo daba socda. Sanad kabacdi adigu bal isheeg hal school ama hal wado ama hal hospital oo ay sameyeen . Inta lagu si ordayo Dahar baa melaha kale wax loo qabto?

Somalia was a colonial creation anyway, we want a united East African Islamic empire. This will take a long time and alot of hard work to materialise, but it will happen inshallahu!

The Sharbo and the okiyaalo look good. But i suspect he is not a hero to many Somalis. They probably don't even know who he is. This is the first time i have heard of this guy!

What will this change? not much, i say!

Maxa Hero iska ba'ay!

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There is no fundamental principle of democracy period!

Iran is a democracy, because they have a higher electoral turnout than the U.S.A. Thus the people in power are no more unpopular than say the U.K oR U.S.A. Iran is the most educated state in the middle east, with the highest number of woman in education and employment.