<cite> @Gheelle.T said:</cite> It's good that they're issuing ID cards, but why do they Anglicized the names? No more C. X. Kh or Y in Somali names. Given there is no standard among regions on spelling but still no reason to not write it the Somali way.

I need my 3 minutes back.

<cite> @Safferz said:</cite> They can do whatever they want, that's not the discussion. Johnny's point was on religious coercion in the Somali household, and I was agreeing with that to the extent that it means one is not free to practice a different faith or become atheist/agnostic in a Somali family without those consequences. Religious coercion in Somali household? Really? Are you that naive about Somali culture or you are just playing one today. Replace religion with marriage, make that arranged marriage or marrying to a certain clan that's looked down on, ever heard of duco ama habaar? That's a coercion my fiend. Not a 32 year old grown woman turning to Atheism and marries a Jew. Her family refusing to accept her attempts to shame them is hardly a coercion.

^Not that we don't need good education but it is quite often those who were born or grew up outside that turn into gaalnimo. Case in point, she grew up in Yemen/UK.

Johnny doesn't see the irony of this women trying to shame and coerce her family into acceptance. At 32 independent woman? Your mother moved on and away. So should you.

Not a fan of Faroole but how many African leaders leave office for losing by one vote.

The text and the icons don't flow too well on Chrome, not sure if this is on chrome only. Plus the ads are all over the place, not sure if we used to see ads within the forum discussion pages. I noticed the avatars gone.

Guje;992330 wrote: There must be at least 10,000 christians in all somali lands by conservative estimates Could you post the link to the source of that stat?

^Is looks like a psych ward.

Must be the shortest honeymoon in Villa Somalia in recent history.

^ceeb ina-adeer.

^Link no workie

^You do sound like a script now :D

Finishing third; that's what you get for running a clean campaign. A thing about negative campaigns? They work! I lost to a candidate that didn't even run. Thanks a lot SOL. :mad: Kidding, kidding kidding people. Tanag yu feero armaajo for yuwar fowtis.

Perhaps the English words are made up of Somali alphabet letters.

Bad photoshop. How many fingers does the guy on the left need to hold his gift?

^Perhaps landers are busy running to Villa Somalia from right and left.

cadnaan1;990868 wrote: He is from gedo that s good enough no more burcad badeed. Perhaps no one wants to be put on a token position with some symbolic title while the actual work is done by another entity.

^No. That's ain't how you run business. At least not in my book. If you're cajiin farmer and it is your biggest seller, no need to go farm for kaluun. You keep milking that cajiin until you dry the market out. Somaliland should continue making more helicopters before moving to cars.

How long before Hassan cripples him and/or tries to impeach him? Six, twelve or 24 months?

Inaa lilaahi wa inaa ileyhi raajicuun. Fu'aad Alle ha u naxariisto gacan ka xaq darran baa dishay. Too close to home.

Weren't Somaliland making helicopters not that long ago? What happened to the helicopter making plant? From making aircrafts to cars is a little.....

Marksman;990073 wrote: Secularism means no fatal consequence for having another religion or no religion at all. Tell that to the people going to jail for putting a piece of clothing on their body. If you thought secularism was about freedom from oppression or religion, think again. Secular movements are no different than any other regime systems out there regardless of the base belief system.

Move it to the joke section.

Dalmar1;989273 wrote: The Victors are the Strong , all nations are build by the Famed principle that the Strong leads the Weak in the national platform and that the war (civil war) determines the strong from the weak! If you thought the civil war ended and there were victors, we wouldn't be talking about properties. The sad truth is no body won and the battle may be ending but the civil war still goes on. CHE: Maybe the people who occupy the home your family left behind.