Somaalis are so paranoid, I once translated for a mother who refused to sign the referral forms for a speech therapist, she somehow got it into her head that schools had it in for Somali kids (surprise) and “signature keeda I ay been been ku helaan rabeen”, siday wiilkeeda u duraan (???) oo waxay doonaan ku sameeyaan! Then you get islaamaha who insist that nurses want to kill them because dadka waaweyn xumbanhooda ayaa lagala baxaa, cidna dan kama laha, siiba Somaalida oo loo arko dad iska liita, cidi u hadlayn.

I doubt it, dyslexics are usually very bright.

Most Somali parents are fantastic and have no contact with social services, so it's baffling that some on here insist that Somaali are under attack, how funny. Teachers have to worry about not falling on the wrong side of the law themselves as well as holding down a challenging proferssion, so it's hilarious to think that that they sit around plotting how take Somali kids from parents. I personally know two mentally ill sisters whose parental responsibility was revoked and given to their ex husbands, their children didn't spend a day with strangers. The children's act only spells out basic safety measures, common sense rights of children and parents responsibilities and duties in meeting them, most parents do these intrinsicly, you don't need the law to feed and dress your kids, for example but the law is in place because there will be a tiny exception who won't. If a parent meets these simple requirements social services and schools, doctors iskama hor imanayaan. Simple as!

The woman mentioned by juxa had her kids placed with somaalis and pakistanis. Again, in Britain children are usually placed with families of similar background or relatives if they step up and are deemed fit. I can't speak of othe EU countries. The state is not interested in separating families, that's always the last resort and certainly not in forking out so much money in a lengthy legal process just for the heck of it, in fact they often fall short of protecting children, Victoria Climbie, Khyra Ishaq and Aaliya Jama (whose story makes me so angry) are few tragic examples of this.

Lol aaliyah, hubaalka xageed ka keentay? Ma maxkabadaha ayaad la fadhiisatay or just repeating sheeko xaawaley? It's more pravalent in Europe because Somali mothers balwad qaad ayay barteen oo caruurtii ku dayaceen, exposing them to all sorts of risk.

LoL

I wish Somali media would try to inform the public rather than support abusers who insist playing victim. I don't feel sorry for anyone who failed their child and forced them into care through their actions. Absent father doesn't give a mother an excuse to treat her kids like trash. The law in the UK is very through and only children whose parents pose a threat to their life are removed. If possible parental responsibilty can be granted to a close relative who would be willing to protect and care for them.

Actually, MMA and Wadani, Unlike traditional girls, wadaad girls tend to do that for wadaad brothers, Somaali included. It' why wadaads idiinka xaasas badan yihiin. LOL. From personal observations, I do think that in some circles and with certain halaqah communities, pressures to marry / remarry and put up with crab are pretty common and some Somali sisters as well as sisters from other communities tend to get caught up in this but anyway, lax walba meeshay is dhigtaa lagu qalayaa. Things like this shouldn't be thrown out of proportion and turned into an issue for the Somali community because individuals make choices based on their own experiences and sometimes this could be based on unfounded generalisaions and prejudice. Also, in truth most Somali men and women tend to choose a mate from within but it's not always a lovely dovey affair on this side of the grass either, and no I’m not saying this to justify convert marriages because there’s only one valid justification for whom you choose to marry anyway, but this too is something that is often exaggerated which also needs not be turned into a communal issue. Let’s just live and let live, shall we?

I love listening to surah Yusuf when feeling sorry for myself, it puts me straight. Alhamdulilah.

LOL@ Che being a hipppie. MsMoon, congrats. Khayr iyo nabad, sis.

Oba, it's nice that you respect your Somali sisters as that's rare beryahan but as Aaliyah said; the principle of respecting women should be universal, even if some don't respect themselves, it's an extension of the restpect you have for yourself and your way of life as a muslim man, do you get my meaning?

Haha, haye, runta sheeg haday gabadh tano kale tidhi, maxaad odhan lahayd? Maxuma hadaad ciyaar u diiday hablaha Somalida ah, laakin if we take this gob thing seriously, gob deserves gob, sow maaha? Not qof meeshan aan diidinba gala (hada gun baad tahay kuma lehi'e ha xanaaqin), besides wiilka muslimka ah laftiisa ayaanay camal xumadaasi u fiicnayn.

^somali girls cadaan left overs ayaa lagu cameenaya miyaa? LoL Juxa. LoL@ biyobiyeeso. That's just tragic.

LOL NG you can be so annoying to folks with diin, dhaqan iyo alkhlaaq, anigu intaan qaado ayaan dhakada kaga qaraaci lahaa.

Narniah, there's no need to take things personally, I was responding to content of your post, not you as a person. I'm also not one for mincing my words, in case you have not noticed. This forum would be so boring and pointless if we had to ignore comments you disagree with, just to be seen to be nice. So, get your brave baati on and defend your arguments but don't forget that it's only words on a screen....

I agree with you Chimera. Narniah, I don't know where you live but your post is full of generalisations. I personally respect peoples choices but it is silly when one sets out to lie about a whole community and exaggerate the qualities of others to justify marriage choices, you really don't need to do that.

Haye marwo raula sideed caalamka u habayn lahayd aan kuugu tuuree... Ama laba dirac oo digital ah oo set dahaba ku laabantahay isa soo dhaafi. Waan ku meelayne ha u baqan. Marwo. Madaxweyne.

Mooge, stop spreading malicious lies about our girls. Get a life!

My last tafsiir class was on this ayah, it's such an amazing ayah. SubhanAllah. I like the whole of Surah AlRahman and this verse: وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِي عَنِّي فَإِنِّي قَرِيبٌ أُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ الدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُواْ لِى وَلْيُؤْمِنُواْ بِى لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْشُدُونَ And when My servants ask you (O Muhammad concerning Me), I am indeed near. I respond to the invocations of the supplicant when he calls on Me... (Surah al Baqarah v. 186.) Notice how at the beginning Allah is addressing the Prophet (SAW) "if they ask you" but He (ASJ) gives responds to us directyly "Indeed, I am near".

...waxan ka hadlaynay ilaalinta xuquuda baani aadamka".... Foolish man, xaaskaaga ka bilow.

^I like them both, laakin this song is in a league of it's own and you can see how genuine their words are for each other... Illahay ha isu daayo, guurkooda ha barakeeyo.

NGONGE;865921 wrote: ^^ I accept your apology on behalf of Blessed. :D

OdaySomali;865862 wrote: c) Never believe what you are told face-value - often its incorrect or misguided. Sometimes its good not to make assumptions. Bilaa caleek, ninkan Mooge reer SOL qandaraas buu ku haystaayee bal ka qabo, khurafaad iyo ku dhuraa oo dhiigooda ku kici maalin walba. LoooL

Indeed Aaliyah, way qalbi iyo niyad wanaagsan yihiin, they deserve so much better than what they've been forced to live with.

Not sure if it was posted before but they are so cute.. Bless. "waxaan rabaa in aan noqdo madaxtooyo.. lol. May their dreams be fulfilled, InshaAllah.