Beautiful duaa: Allaahumma rahmataka 'arjoo falaa takilnee 'ilaa nafsee tarfata 'aynin, wa 'aslih lee sha'nee kullahu,laa'ilaaha 'illaa 'Anta. "O Allah , I hope for Your mercy . Do not leave me to myself even for the blinking of an eye (i.e. a moment). Correct all of my affairs for me . There is none worthy of worship but You." Reference: Abu Dawud 4/324, Ahmad 5/42. Al-Albani graded it as good in Sahih Abu Dawud 3/959.

STOIC;914013 wrote: Thanks for the English version..Will read it later...The pictures of the Unity and Love put a smile in my face.. a blessing in disguise, weynu u baahneen wax isu keen keena. lol.

^Well said. It's rather offensive to both men and women, it's like people have taken 1 part of the deen (external hijab) and have blown it completely out of proportion, having haya is the more important element... Ngonge, It's become fashionable because the focus was always on the wrong people, giving men justifications for their actions.

Waxbaa soo quuxaya, Afrikaakuna uma diyaar aha.

LOL@ Stoic. I agree, we need to keep our feet firmly on the ground regarding the oil issue but I do like the rest of the development plans mentioned in the article.

Interesting read and hope this message is reaches the masses that constantly look to blame women for men’s misdemeanors.. It’s the harasser who’s responsible for harassment in Islamic Law “Oppressing women and justifying it using Shari’a is more offensive to our Prophet than a cheap film.” Al-Habib ‘Ali al-Jifri Fear of sexual harassment is a fact of life for women in Egypt. Many have posited that women themselves should bear responsibility for such harassment, with even seemingly religious arguments being deployed to support such a claim. Islamic jurisprudence and ethics, however, advocate something quite different. While newspapers have covered the issue since at least 2007, coverage has increased since the birth of New Egypt in 2011. At least one case of harassment resulted in its victim’s death, so this is not simply a matter of restoration of dignity, but also preservation of life. Public concern has led to citizen patrols to prevent and halt harassment, and the creation of websites like HARASSmap and Twitter accounts like “Tahrir Bodyguard” (@TahrirBodyguard) for reporting, and stopping, such incidents. One popular explanation for the harassment is that women themselves are to blame for their own harassment, since, it is claimed, they flouted religious and cultural norms by adopting immodest dress and otherwise provocative behaviour. Many religious-minded people have embraced this explanation, issuing statements and pamphlets reminding women to dress modestly, and to avoid provocative behaviour, lest they be harassed in response. This might seem to be somewhat understandable, considering that Islamic jurisprudence and ethics include guidelines for dress and personal conduct, whether in public or private. With regard to dress, such guidelines aim to uphold the dignity of individual men, and women, and avoid a collective societal environment of depravity. According to these guidelines, where safety is not an issue, and normal circumstances apply, adult Muslim women generally cover their entire bodies, excluding their faces, hands and feet. As such, so the reasoning goes, seeing as such guidelines aim to uphold the dignity of women, women are to be blamed for infringements upon their dignity if they abandon such guidelines. Such an explanation, however, deeply misses the point, ignores history, and encourages extreme violations of Islam’s jurisprudence. From the point of view of even modern history, Egypt’s widespread sexual-harassment problem is recent. In the 1960s, urban women in Cairo wore miniskirts and short sleeves without fearing sexual harassment. Recent studies and reports indicate that the majority of sexual harassment is aimed at young women wearing headscarves, long sleeves, and long skirts or pants, simply walking through public spaces. Even for women covered from head to toe in black gowns (abayas) and face-veils (niqabs) are subject to sexual harassment. Additionally, even women walking in groups in public spaces during the day are subject to harassment. It cannot be said that these women are inviting or provoking harassment, nor negligent in taking precautions to increase their safety. If the popular explanation is true, one would have expected the mini-skirted women in the 1960s to get harassed and the black-gowned and face-veil-wearing daughters of the New Egypt to go untouched. Even if history confirmed that harassment is limited to women ignoring norms of dress and behaviour or who exposed themselves to danger through their own negligence, none of that would make harassment remotely justifiable. While individual Muslims are responsible for adhering to appropriate norms, neglect of their duties does not empower others to ignore their own responsibilities. In terms of how women ought to be treated in public areas, those responsibilities are immensely clear: their dignity should be protected from being infringed upon by anyone, and their person should be off limits for anyone to even touch, let alone harass. Men in particular have a specific duty: that regardless of how women are dressed or behave, men are obliged to lower their gaze and keep their hands to themselves. Islamic jurisprudence is utterly clear on this point. A woman’s dignity entails that a stranger on the street is forbidden completely from even touching her, let alone groping her. Indeed, a man who is even leering at a woman, without touching her, is guilty of a sin, regardless of how she may or may not be dressed. There is a way through which such things can become permissible: it’s called marriage. Otherwise, men need to keep their hands, their looks, and their cat-calls, to themselves. Provocation is not an excuse for shirking one’s responsibilities and denigrating another human being’s dignity. Even if a woman were to go naked in public, demand men on the street grope her body, and threaten them with death should they fail to comply, it would be prohibited for any male to do so. Furthermore, a general trend in Islamic law and ethics is that the irresponsible behaviour of others increases our responsibilities. What, then, of those who claim that a woman’s attire, gestures or attitude, somehow ‘invites’ or ‘encourages’ harassment? In all likelihood, sexual harassers will continue to harass. Their empathy, concern for dignity, and their own humanity, are obviously in jeopardy, and it is down to Egypt’s religious leaders, educators and political figures to try to restore that awareness. In the meantime, such harassers and those who excuse them should know that not only are they failing to promote any ‘Islamic duty’ – on the contrary, they are guilty of committing a crime and of spreading public immorality and corruption under Islam. http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2012/12/29/its-the-harasser-whos-responsible-for-harassment-in-islamic-law/

Aaliyah, not to put you off but red is the hindu wedding colour, some Muslim indians wear green to be different. But don't be put of every colour can be traced to a religion if we look hard enough, our people are colourful, so nothing is off limits but the white kurdad iyo googarad and the sadex qayd have been with us, even before the dirac. So its not something we got from the christians. White wedding dresses, rings and cakes we learnt from the colonialists..

Maashallah, Oba waa nin kufoo si sharafle u kacay, yaan lala yaabin. lol

Ninba waxuu ku taamaa ama hees ka tiriyaa tixo gabay ku sheegaa halka lagu talaalee hawadiisu taallee uurkiisu tebeyee .... anigaba Togdheerbaa tusku iiga muuqdaa. Caleek Nuur Mr. Daalacay...

Wadani;912912 wrote: Interesting, never heard of this technique before. You learn something new every day, young Wadani. Not sure if this is what the original poster is talking about though.

That's true, for some the list of wants just increases, so they keep wanting more.. Had an adventurous day and too much caffeine, what's your excuse?

Look up 'kangaroo care'....

perhaps..but character doesn't pay the rent, groceries or school fees, saaxib. Illaahayow broke hana badin.

£2,950,000 (cost of my dream house).

oo motherska maxaa inoo geeyay, bal bisinka qabso...

Wadani, mahasanid walaal.

Inappropriate use of words there, Wadani, please edits your post. Alpha, you were never the blessed one dear, I took pity on you until I got a handle on your monkey business.

Haha Wadani, Illahay waxaan kaaga baryaa inuu inan sidaa wax u aragta kula kulmiyo. You sure need the duco

Serenity, you have to check out Yasmin Mogahed and her 'Serenity' Podcasts on onelegacyradio.com - yes, it's relevant to this. I also think that funny sheikh we saw last year is much better than this guy when you consider the cultural context Somalis are raised in.

Reeyo, The title reminds me of the 'Dark knight rises' and when I realised what it was about, I remembered the Dubai movie which ironically gave a better insight into the complex lives of Dubaites. If you really want to know about a society, your best teacher is experience; live and work with the people. The article, as with most articles about Muslim countries / society is full of exaggerated half-truths. nuune, That many of these towers are owned by rich Indian migrants is never told as well.

Cool, is the tournament covered by any of the Somali channels?

Somali food is mostly organic, unmodified and fresh-- literally the ripest fruit is picked that morning.

Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar;909855 wrote: This is just my favourite thing to eat back home, it doesn't taste the same abroad.

^what is qaadiro? Malika, not to mention men being unable to work because they can't get up in the morning. I do think that there are many, many underlying issues but it's so sad to see someone do the same routine of qad, sleep, eat, qad sleep eat - sign on once a week....for 10 years. A life wasted but again, I don't think any government can force someone to value their life. It's not so different back home; xawaaalad and hard working diaspora mugs being the 'caydh' source.

^You want to insult me, do it directly. "depicting a Burcawi as a sensible human is fallacy" ku lahaa. What nerve!