Those were the days. Happy Independence Day to the Republic of Somalia! Allow daadkeeni uuu sahal, earse their jahiliya and unite their hearts. amiin ya rabi.

I learned of July 1st on SOL, and many things about somalia, its regions ect on this joint. Marka thank you SOL . May Allah Help our people. Amiin. Happy July 1st the Republic of Somalia! peace

Yaa Salaam muminah....lakiin i think islamic trivia topic aleardly exists. but to answer your questions: 1. b 2. d 3. a. Not a trivia question, but yacni going by the threads name....mecca is a holy place, where its not even allowed to raise the voices! It is protected by Allah. Question any explanation about the fight, "uprising" that occured i believe during the 70s by the iranians ect i never did get that! And Allah Knows best.

There are many beneficial information founded in these short videos by Sheikh Hamza Yusuf who recently released the book The Creed of Imam Al-Tahawi in which I hope to inshallah get a copy. In the five parts the sheikh discusses the meaning of creed or aqeedah and its development throughout islamic history. He reminds us that Islam is very unified, and the early muslims were unified in aqeedah, and today the Muslims instead of focusing on the roots of islam as the early muslims they focus on the branches which creates the disunity. More he speaks about faith (iman), and proofing the existence of God intellectually is difficult and confuses people. There will always be skeptics, but there is overwhelming evidence in which everyone’s own soul as the Quran says testifies to, but the kafir conceals it cover it up the evidence his own soul even tesitfies too, kafur means to cover up in arabic. If one understands only surtal ikhlas, they will have enough aqeedah (creed). Sheikh Abdullah ibn Bayyah (Allah ya raxmah) said that there are two paths for the muslims. One path is concerning one self with that which affects the heart, the purification of the heart is very important. Doing good deeds increases one’s iman. Read the Quran with good niyah, you will increase your faith, give charity you will increase your iman, doing good deeds purifies the heart, increases iman and makes the person closer to Allah. The second path is Fiqh. The essence of Islam is taqwa, faith is what God puts in ones heart, muslims should busy themselves purifying their hearts and this is done by doing good deeds. Don’t have contempt for anyone, because they could be a friend of God. He gives an example of Umar ra before Islam who was an idol worshiper but was the beloved of Allah, and Allah guided him. The prophet scw was calling Abu Sufyan ra for 20 years, they had battles ect yet we today don’t have battles or that sort of enmity with our non-muslim neighbors but don’t deal with them in good way, smile to them ect. You can’t say whose going to hell and stay away from calling other kafirs, you don’t know their seal. Calling others kafir is very serious, and never did the early muslims call one kafir but enemy of Allah. Hadith that says there will be many preachers but few people with knowledge. Knowledge proceeds action. Without having knowledge, one does more harm. Communism is an example. Che Guevara intentions and resistance against injustice was good, but because of lack knowledge and wrongful ideology, communism ended up doing more harm then good. A lot of muslims fall into this category, they are troubled by the injustices against the innocents and want to change it, but because they lack the understanding of the constraints of the Sunnah of bringing change they commit more harm then good. The jamcaaa is the rightly guided scholars not the Muslims. Ahlus sunna wal jamcaa is the majority of scholars. And Allah Knows best. Watch inshallah brothers n sisters. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5

^^^May I? Or must I get permission first? Aiit jokes. Take the basic salaat, there are rules and regulations even in salaat. One can not make prayer without purification (wudu), and there is certain way to pray, certain conditions must be met for example reciting suratal fatah or the prayer is invalid is it not?. Everything in islam, from the basic salaat to the complexities of governance, jihad has rules and regulations, in which the muslims must refer back as Allah says in the Quran if they are true believers then follow the siratal mustaqiin, or else its corrupt, and not haaq, and will not receive the Help of Allah until they-the people change, that is the main essence of the message.

AMIIN

Lool@ Castro.....c'mon man give the brother a break. Horn sxbow wa hadal wanagsaan ba sheegthay, lakiin iska tartiibso ninyahow aduunka hal maliin ma ahaan you know what i mean. Anyway You'll be back

Ukhti, ukhti, ukhti, min fadlikum! spare me your little drama okey. I was neither looking for an argument nor am I after u personally, anigu ma aahiii niin dumarka dabagalo masa diibo, ............this is a public forum, in which I merely quoted a piece of an article posted, and then whoa ka bax dagaal argagiixiso ah baa igu khaaday....you not me sweetheart is starting raabsho. Relax, chill, sugarka ha isku kiiciin. I only wanted to make a point between my messages (in which u were hostile to check your 1st reaction on this thread) and the article that was posted, which I did....that’s it. Thank you again. salaamun

Lets throw out all the old baggage shall we muslimah and focus just on this article. Why did you post it in the first place? Is it fair for me to assume you believe in the message of the author. Now when I read the article, the author’s message was and is parallel in what I’ve been saying. Here is just one of the many posts on this topic, sounds somewhat like the article you posted. I disagree: There is nothing we need to learn from the Jews, nor do we as Muslims need to wonder- our way to victory as an Ummah does not come from watching our powerful enemies but by following the Quran and Sunnah. What is happening in the Mideast, in the world should not be surprising to a Muslim since all of this was foretold by the Quran and the Prophet blessings be upon him. Were we not told to follow the Quran, obey the Prophet, follow the Shariah and uphold it, if we don’t, Allah Most Great warned us that the enemies will be granted victory and fighting amongst us will result? Marka what did they those whom we should follow do? They called the people to Islam and to make the people follow the commandments of Allah Most Great. Quran and Sunnah Alone. Not 80% nor 90% but 100% following the Quran and complete rejection and separation of anything and everything that is in conflict with Al-Islam. Thus they created a community of belief and we should do the same….instead of worrying about the external jihad or confronting the new world order……we must make jihad against our own selves first and go back to the basic fundamentals of Islam. As Allah says: Allah has promised to those among you who believe and work righteous deeds that He will of a surety grant them in the land inheritance (of power) as He granted it to those before them…..(Quran) You got Muslims today who do not pray nor keep fast nor are righteous nor know Islam well yet talk about the Muslim Ummah and jihad. This religion is simple: educate yourself, your families, your community, follow the Quran and Sunnah and Allah Help will be near. As you know my brother the Muslim Ummah are weak in materialism, centuries behind…..however Islam is superior morally never did the Muslims ever gain victory with superior strength but with religion. Once this is done a community of believers whose guide is only the Quran and Sunnah should form a Medina a state with righteous rule…. source You be judge. What i find amusing is you are hostile to my message although strikingly similar with the author you posted.

yaa muslimah no no i had no intention or want to engage u I learned my lesson in discussing with the already converted its like talking to little kids with plugs in their ear, not my cup of tea really.....its just that the particular passage and entire article jumped at me as i read it.... had to double check to see it wasn’t me lol. Have good nite and take care ukhti

We must always remind ourselves that victory is with Allah and is promised to the Ummah if we are truly believers (al-Qur’an 3: 139). When we see the oppression against Muslims escalating every day with victory not forthcoming, we must ask ourselves “are we truly believers?” It is only our straying from Allah’s commands that is delaying this victory. When Umar bin al-Khattab (ra) despatched the army of Sa’ad bin Abi-Waqqas (ra) to the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah, he advised him: “Fear your sins more than you fear the enemy, because your sins are more dangerous to you than your enemy. We Muslims are only victorious over our enemy because their sins outnumber ours, not for any other reason. If our sins were equal to those of our enemy, then they would defeat us due to their superior numbers and resources.” It is clear that the more we obey Allah, the more we hasten His victory; the more we disobey Allah the more we delay this victory. Hollow slogans and chants will not free al-Aqsa nor improve our plight; nor will spirituality without action. What is needed is a return to the ways of those people who were warriors by day and monks by night: the Companions (ra) of the Prophet (saw). The various revivalists the Ummah has produced over the centuries all had this hallmark of mixing spirituality and emotional strength with their struggle, for they knew that without it they could only fail, both in this world and in the Hereafter. We need to study the lives of people like Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Salahudeen Ayyubi, Ibn-Taymiyyah, Imam Shamil, Hassan al-Banna, Umar Mukhtar, Shaikh Ahmad Yassin and their like. If we do not, and thus carry on down the path we are on now, we are in danger of not only losing Masjid al-Aqsa but of becoming those whom Allah calls “the greatest losers”. hmmm he does sound familiar doesnt he. jazakallah khair good article.

Kashafa, Kashafa, my brother horta never hard feelings aiit, we are brothers and men. Sxbow all I said was to focus on the problems at hand, deal with the issues even on a relevant and important topic such as this to discuss amongst nomads you screwed up the topic though u realized late, but as seen too often u couldn’t help it and did what u do best inaad ku heestiid magaacyaada raag kaleey, and more you and the crew as evident in this very thread again can't seem to help but to stress about ppl’s uncles, and their tol. Maxa ka galeey raag kaley adeerkood iyo tolkod bal? war hooy balaayo ma aniga or meshaan caqli ma jiro? ..... Check this aiit, I for one don’t agree with our brother Jac on politics afterall he supports the dismemberment of Somalila, but he is a reasonable brother that a man can sit down at the table and deal bidness with and reach an agreement to solve this unfortunate situation we as a ppl find ourselves in, like him I believe in dialogue. There is a way to discuss issues sxbow....his tol or adeero I don’t care to mention nor is it relevant or important to cry and sing about dat namean....markaan kuu calacalo adeerka was saas JB, your toolka JB.... you JB “tribalist” tolka ba raacdeey ect ect tolka tolka tolka.........u know what u and the crew do best perhaps subconsciously yaa akkhi.....ninyahow waxa jawaab igu filaan waraa xaarkaad iga deew ma garthay, ma adiga iyo tolkaad ba raaca marka? Yaa feel me? Cool. Give men something else to work with.....sideey reer badiyaha ba uu hadleeysa, hadaana waxa ii keentay inaad dahdiid aniga Khalaf ahh will be consumed by "bitterness, hate" lool war sxbow maxa ka khaldaan? sii cadi ma tahid masa asxaabta u know the cat who used to occupy ur signature ba ku taawabarey? Hello kuku.........Ina adeero I thank u for your concern, lakiin rest assured qashiinkaas aad ka hadleeysiid and that u want pin on aniga, aad iyo aad baan uu ga fogahey alxamdu. And finally, I said it before and I'll say it again, the somali issue is very complicated u and I both know that, but the bulk of somali problems is squarely the fault of the its inhabitants. If as a man for example I can not keep the order of my family and household, and as a family we can’t unite and work together for our own interests and better ourselves, there is no reason to fault my neighbors or “outsiders” who are working for their interests even if it contridicts mines, ma garthay. "Oops, just called A/Y a dog." ^^^^So? U say that like that supposed to mean somthin to me....or is it ur clanish subconscious again? but sxbow on da real u do sing the names of other men way too much....its aint healthy...dont waste ur energy on cats that don’t even know u exist namean.

kaleey waan garthay DnD lakiin Val bal adiga maxa ka taqana sheekadaas? "I honestly don’t know if love exists, let’s hope it exists" ^^^^Ahh I got cha....u are talking as an individual and bout romantic love. ....lakiin Alaiyah hadaad jaceel waxba ka aqooniin maxaa heesa jaceelka uu dagaysata? Jaceel wa jira, lakiin adigu ku so mariin dheh. Xanthus.....i see u picked up af somali big ups aniga ba, lakiin magaac somali la imo meesha.....Adiga iyo AAliyah waxba ma taaqniin.....this thread is da proof. There are too many females here on this thread let me take my exist. Salaamun!

^^^horta why do u assume King Koya is a girl? What a brother cant talk about "love" or cheezy topic like dis . Mida kale whats wrong wit u and Xanthus (fadlan change dat name sounds like xaaktuuth) "I dont know if love exists", "love has no orgin" lol

^^^^Truth kulaha, what truth ninyahow? War ninyahow raagu wa is ya qana ee xaarka badaan naga jooji duqa....and news falsh brah you not ibn Khalaf follows other cats on these boards oooh Duke oooh Horn, oooh hebel......"ooo u traitors" sniff sniif.....long live da resistance! coool cool lakiin they say da empty vessel makes most noise......Anyway no need to personalize the topic more then it already is my brother.............I said my piece the fault is squarely on the shoulders of the somali ppl, Ethiopia is after her interests u tell me bal.....max uu diideey reer somalia to be for their interests collectively in the past, the present, and the future for “da good”?. Or to come up with alternatives and build their nation? Nada, none, sip.......If u come here only to complain, cry, and chase nomads on SOL and point fingers then that’s up to you sxb, but as ive said its getting boring after mths on end namean. Taan labaad bout Taako, Pi, Captain Xalane well sxbow not everything is about politics.....not being sexist here (no pun intended) lakiin I am not a little dohciilaat I don’t develop cuuqdaad/grudge like some cats on SOL....... Shout out to those cats and my salaams to gacalkay, walaalshaay shaaraafta badaan Violet. And last don’t worry bout me brah......alhamdulillahi rabbil aclamin I got both my deen and tol. Salaamun my brother. Haneefah my prayers walaalshiis to your family, and to our bothers and sisters in somali galbeed, and throughout the world. Amiin to your du’a.

Kashafow sxbow u know the saying an empty vessel makes the most noise, singing the same tune man for months on end gets boring. Mida kale you pay and give too much credit to other nomads views, nomads like Duke and Horn who know the complexities of somali politics much more then u man. It shows how little u know about Somalia from ur writings and your example of the little old lady, go to Minneapolis, or T.dot. sxb u aint gonna change anyone’s mind that would’ve occurred months ago, mida kale like I said it’s the same old tune nothing new u bring no new ideas namean. Ethiopia is committing crimes in Somali Galbeed the article points out, and not long ago Somalis were committing worse atrocities against other muslim Somalis. No excuse I certainly support our brothers in somali galbeed, but just pointing out the brutal truth on the ground, you know the reason why divisions occured. Aaah yes, I see the icu was the changing force, but I say a change that came a decade too late, as they say too little too late. Anyway no need to blame Ethiopia, TFG........... everyone is tuug fighting for their interests, I think. And there are millions of Somalis, both aboard and back in Somalia all of them Muslimeen, the door is still open for the “Muqaawama” to provide an alternative to the somali ppl, u know a political alternative, a road map to unity and brotherhood not just car bombings and da like namean............so far its been a total failure don’t you think? Should we blame that too on Ethiopia, the somali ppl whom are still divided from Hergaysa to Kismaayo?

No comments? Brain dead miya? I understand where the author is coming from and criticism against the courts even when one supported them in the beginning and ideals they proclaimed and not only fell very short, but contradicted the very essence of those noble ideals. Its simply due to the fact that they claimed deenul islam and as many suspect rightly or wrongly-they coincidently became the islamic force in Somalia during the appointment of Abdullahi Yusuf as head of the TFG. And apart from a few areas, in the end the courts were no different then their warlord counterparts. They were a breath of fresh air because after 17 years what people needed most is peace and stability, but as any revolution and a violent one at that, but without the right mechanisms put in place no checks and balances for example, the stage set for the society and the people to be governed as evident was not done in Somalia by the courts in turn and in the long run can become the very tools for oppression and abuses. However with that said, it is important to realize what the Ethiopian backed TFG is and ask ourselves for what reason would, Ethiopia, America intervene in Somalia? Surely its not in the interests of Somalia and its citizenry? For 17 years Somali was what has been coined as hell on earth but there was no help. For two years this TFG was holed up in Badio there came no help to support it and help governance in Somalia. Why the intervention now, when the force of the islamic courts was realized in Somalia? Isnt what threatens the interests of Ethiopia and America (keeping in mind their past history with Africa and in particular with Muslims) in the Horn of Africa parallel to the interests of the Somali people and the Somali Nation? And finally how can Somalia get out of this mess? Ethiopia heavily funded by uncle sam has arrived in Somalia and they or any entity that works for the interests of Uncle Sam in the region will be empowered. Therefore how does Somalia get out of this situation and serve best the interests of its people facing these realities? Is it by suicide bombings, and futile resistance we have been accustomed to thus far, which will provide the excuse needed and prolong Ethiopians stay in Somalia, or is there a better alternative? Any alternative in the interests of Somalis would require the active participation of its citizenry and importantly the key ingredient which Somalia has lacked the most: honest leadership, which restores the lost trust of Somalis and can appeal across the board. Nothing close is in sight. A difficult road ahead no doubt. But as Muslims it is important to know whatever happens is by the Will of Allah, and Allah Alone Knows what is best for the people, therefore la tahzan inna laha mac’ana.

Caano thanks man I was curious in what you thought about shariah since your previous stances have never been clear, and you answered it with that shariah: “is no different to that of any other system of laws”. The Quran, Sunnah, and consensus of the ulama is no different for example then the constitution of the founding fathers of America since they according to your view “aim for the same target”. Taan laabad, you would defend homosexuality as a “right” even though the Quran clearly condemns this act. I guess u know where I am going with this, but I was only curious and ask the gallery and you: can one be muslim while holding those views? Its not my bidness to each their way but just curious what you and others think about that. “But a question do you need a codified set of laws telling you xallaals and xaraams to be able to tell a right from wrong?” ^^^What is the reason of Messengers? What is point of the Quran as a Book of guideness? What is the point of being Muslim if we do not do what is xalaal and keep away from what is haram?

The African Kingdom Safi Abdi June 3, 2007 The African kingdom represents the dysfunctional sub Sahara Africa, in this context the anarchic Somali maryoolay* kingdom. The kingdom owes its being to the excesses of its rulers, keepers and the exploited lame ducks that populate the kingdom. Allegorically, African king is the kingdom’s successive witchdoctors that continue to haunt the kingdom. African king has a huge following of cup bearers, doorkeepers, nitwits, bootlickers, warlords, pessimists and anarchists. In short, any entity that serves, supports and carries on and facilities the kingdom’s legacy is a shareholder in the kingdom’s misery, and will be dealt with in this context as king, African king or Traitor; the terms are exchangeable. African queen symbolizes the kingdom’s other half and her sisters (namely, the children, the weak, and the senior citizens of the soil). In keeping with the kingdom’s tradition, the African queen suffers daily the boundless ills of the kingdom. Because king is full of himself he never gets to see past the huge shadow he casts over the kingdom. In the African kingdom The African queen holds head high in the hot air Life's burdens suspended in the balance for she must trek miles and miles her thirst never to quench while her king in the shadows lounges as he sways to the numbness of the day’s desert drums. Heart unmoved, head empty Hands folded a king of kings in a kingdom of deserters he sings his tales to the vast lands of women alone and the barefooted brood bred in the moonlight. The African king unloads his manifold ills on everyone else but on his highness the king. And when they look up Africa they see this man they see a woman and a child to feed they see a chimpanzee, a goat or a camel. And when they turn the page they pass by the man shrug off the woman close eyes on the child and take pictures of the chimpanzee. When they look again they feel sorry for the goat shake head at the camel cut a corner and reiterate the African story. Since that fateful coup of 1969, the African queen has been totally obliterated from the kingdom’s map and remains to this day and age at the receiving end of this kingdom’s selfishness. The queen is blindfolded, she is not supposed to think, she is not supposed to be seen or heard, and it’s forbidden for her to even ask where she’s being led. Unsurprisingly, the king is laid up from the burden of running the kingdom and he has no clue about the extent of his idiocy. It’ll be hard to fathom for one who has never been fed on garbage to stomach what the queen has had for dinner, lunch and breakfast for as long as she can remember. A break down of the queen’s main diet at any given date or place should shed some light on the kingdom’s moldy nature: Tyranny; Corruption and emptied national coffers; Disinterest in God-given resources; Violation of women and children’s rights; Wholesale death and destruction of her nation; Racism against fellow citizens and violation of their basic human rights; Synthetic Islam as opposed to Muhammad’s authentic luminous heart; Severity as opposed to Allah’s benevolence and mercy; Pre-Islamic Bedouin bickering as opposed to civilized Madinite brotherhood; When the author of the above observations shared her personal thoughts on the Islamic Courts In this Essay http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewarticle.asp?id=29924 she must’ve suffered a momentary memory loss; indulging herself for a moment that she was talking to a normal kingdom. The juvenile screams that jammed her email box have awakened her to the sticky situation that’s the African kingdom. But since the king is memory-challenged, he must be reminded of his kingdom’s weirdness, and how that same weirdness unfolded the red carpet for the accursed Shaitan himself long before Zenawi put his feet on that red carpet. The king is quick to point fingers and is quick to condemn anyone who asks a sincere question; Ilaahey ka baq! (Fear Allah!) has of late become a good phrase in the African kingdom. The African queen wants proof. She says: produce the evidence of your God consciousness. The true sons and daughters of the soil say to his highness the African king, produce a single verse that commands him who has the blood of a whole nation on his hands, a single verse that commands him to murder fellow Muslims. A single verse that commands him to launder the national coffers, and a single verse that teaches him sin, rancor and enmity are written on rock. And yes, they want to know if there is a single verse in the Quran that bans Somalis from having national interests? So Zenawi has an axe to grind? And Bush a score or two to settle? But how does that absolve the king of wrong when he himself is not an honest shepherd of his own national interests? It’s no secret that the African king is proud owner of multiple costumes, which he dons in the service of his causes; his narrow interests always being on the top of the list; and he bad-mouths those who know where their priorities lie! With the exception of his highness the African king, everyone, it seems, is blessed with a clear vision and a plan of action. Now, queen wants to know, does king have any interest beyond the narrow clan interest? And if not so, why does our king expect others to baby-sit his interests when he himself is the first to leave the door open? It goes without saying, the African king is greedy, proud though there’s nothing to be proud of, and wears whatever cloak serves his personal interest; of late the cloak of Islam, and since the Zenawi intervention the cloak of patriotism. How convenient! The same who would run to Ethiopia when the going gets tough, the same who would sell his own mother to get a foreign passport, and the same who is the first in line to get crumbs at the hands of Christian Aid organizations, has the audacity to talk about integrity! Doesn’t the king know begging is un-Islamic? The same king who chases his women away from their homes, the same king who is not moved by his nation’s demise. The same king who forces his fellow countrywomen, children and senior citizens to ‘rent a tree’ inside Somalia is talking about nationalism, religion, and stuff he doesn’t give a hoot about! Now this is what the African queen says to the king, Don't you abuse our intelligence, King, that’s all that’s left to us after you were done with our integrity and sold our nation. Don’t rub more salt to the wound, especially after dragging dead bodies in our name, and especially after the pseudo Islamists lied to us. We still remember the barbaric spectacle of the dead-meat-daggling woman that mesmerized the world in 1993. The more recent phantom of the knife-wielding Somali queen the Islamic Courts displayed on Television is also etched in our collective memory. If dead meat and knives are the only weapons Somali queens are allowed to carry then more tears for Somalia! Somalia is today where it is not because of Zenawi, or anyone else, but because Somalia’s offspring have deserted it, and left the fields to this Traitor even though Allah warns against lethargy our good people have become lame ducks. They deserted the soil en masse and are today paying the price of their humiliation. It goes without say, but the same shaitanic mindset that served the previous regime has served unrepentant warlords well, and is still serving those who hide behind cloaks; while the wearers have never been loyal to anything but their own personal greed. Needless to say, the true sons and daughters of the soil must arise and say in one voice: enough is enough. The soil is fed up. All living matter is fed up, and all whose hearts and conscience is alive are sending their complaints to the Lord. If Traitor refuses to grown up, the long suffering people of the soil want him caught, bounded, and chained to the same tree he chained our nation to. The soil says to him, go get a foreign passport while Zenawi is still in Hamar and get the hell out of the nation’s hair. A life time of foolishness is more than this soil can take. For the African king’s information, the African queen has as much right to the soil as the pretender who thinks he is something, and she has this to say to her good fellow brothers and sisters. Your cries are heard. Your heartfelt outpourings and prayers for the motherland give the motherland hope. Your desire to resurrect your nation from the doldrums is real. The African queen, and you all are The African queen, the downtrodden half of this kingdom, have a right to ask where you are being lead. So ask, and stop sitting on the sidelines. Speak out and put all the pretenders to shame. If the kingdom had failed our nation so have you. It's time you became proactive. Stand up and be counted. Flood the gates of Mogadishu. Bring the rainbow back to the city. Talk to the government. Bring them to account if they don’t function as you would have them. Purge the TFG of the diehard thieves and traitors who won't wisen up. You can do it. The time has come for you to take over the reigns of this nation. The African kingdom knows what it has done, everyone knows what this kingdom's all about. You now have the chance to ask where you are being lead. And you now have the chance to prepare for election. You don't have to suddenly fall in love with the TFG, but you can act now. Talk to your president. Talk to your prime minister, they are your servants, if they don’t know it, tell them. If you can’t travel to Mogadishu, send a representative. Pray for success. Call each other now, send an email, today, organize yourselves. Go in groups. Don’t listen to those who keep putting off the date for national reconciliation. Stay away from BBC Somali and those who want you to stay just the way you are. Stay away from clan cyber spaces. Set the date yourselves. Be there, and ask for a talk. Sit under the trees if there is no other place to sit. Start the ball rolling. Now. Today. Meanwhile, someone must talk to Aideed jr. Someone must tell him before his obituary is read on some clan operated cyber space, there is more to Islam than associating with power hungry Sheikhs. Someone must remind him to pray for his dad. He must be told about his dad’s real occupation before the Lord called him back. And he must be warned against inheriting a lousy kingdom that was built on the demise of his nation. And that goes for all those who have stolen this nation’s dignity in broad daylight. In conclusion: Somalia is at crossroads, the motherland is in dire need of her offspring, and she calls on her sons and daughters to fulfill their obligations, come, don’t expect to be called or invited, come in peace, and become part of a lasting peace and prosperity. In the meantime, we say to our brothers in the Somali Region of Ethiopia, patience is beautiful, the kingdom had plenty of time prior to today if the interests of her fellow Somalis was supreme on the agenda. Be glad that you weren’t part of Somalia Democratic Republic and that you are today absent from the anarchic Territory. You are safer where you are. You did not choose your nationality, but there are many today that are carrying the same nationality, voluntarily. So think, before you become another king of the soil. That way you will be helping your fellow Somalis as they get their act together. And do keep an eye on the refugees that flood your gates. Some of them are jealous of order. Safi Abdi , sister of the African queen. Article

^^^ Here’s a good source on Islamic Law for the gallery. Caano I tried to reason man, but like before u wont answer a simple question. Anything outside the quran/limited number of hadiths should be debated you say, perhaps like if it is halal/haram and morally right to give 5 year olds homo books. Sure thing man.

^^^The islamic laws are part of faith (iman, aqeedah) no?

"Why would doubting the Khalifah lead to doubting the quran? .. careful there, otherwise it will sound like the 'keep your self dump and your mouth shut' argument." Lets repharse yaa akhi to: doubting /disliking/hating or thinking the way of Muhammad Scw is inferior ect to other ways ie secular law ect amounts to disbelieve. ^^^What do u say about that yaa Caano?

Yo John my point was sometimes the Somalis need little slack, they have been through what has been described as a “hell on earth”, they landed in foreign lands as refugees coming from a legacy of poverty, yet despite all these hardships, they as a people did and are doing quite all-rite. A lawless country that functioned as well as Somalia did Ie telecommunications is unheard of I hear. We saw in ancient Baghdad, the Iraqis a people known for their rich history and knowledge, the looting and chaos that resulted in times of lawlessness. The problem is not lack of compassion, somali are a giving people,and not xasideen, the problem is their jahilnimo. and Safi seems to be asking the forbidden question, namely,if God has spoken, why man is not listening? and i don't see an answer coming to her. ^^^ Yo u funny, if some choose not to listen and obey, ummm so what? Who cares man? Or do u think u can increase or decrease anything in this Great Kingdom of Allah Most Great? What are you as a human-being? If your on plane and it starts to shake you cry out to The One asking say what yeah I thought so..........it only takes couple seconds of pain my friend and you forget all da years of good-times and no pain. We ask Allah to die in the state of Tawheed inshallah. Amiin.

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"What is wrong with that picture?" ummm for one thing the Quran says men are protectors and maintainers of women not the other way around. You are talking unnecessary and all over da place no one said woman not to achieve and be servents say whaaaaaaaat?..........ukhti good luck.