at 'xarash iskaga haayaan.' How about Reer Mareykan iyagana?

Kursigaas iyo kan lamid ah meeqo qof hoggaamiyaal Soomaaliyeed sheeganaayo, beside those two posted already, soo fadhiistay horta? Let's see. Riyaale. Faroole. Madoobe. Geedi. Nuur Cadde. The other Shariif. Ina Cabdirashiid Cali Sharmaarke. And calanka Xabashada is always present, while not the guest's national flag, the wonderful blue flag. That tells you something. Also how many times do those Soomaalis hoggaamiyaal sheeganaayo ever met themselves face to face? How many times did Riyaale and Faroole ever met? I bet next Soomaali new face to sit in that chair will be Siilaanyo. Waala arki doonaa, soon.

Nomad waxaa kasii sareeyo 'senior nomad.' Do you want to be a senior one as well? You will gain the status of nomad, abaayadiis, depending on how long you contribute to SOL, especially how many posts. I don't know the exact posts one requires, but it is in hundreds, if not a thousand. So better start posting as many as you can. Yee shaqo la'aantaas heysaa dheh. Nina, convenient beel. Waa runteey. Runtaa ka hadlay nooh. I had seen and met Soomaali badan qurbaha ku nool in their countries, Soomaali Canadian wax gaaro maleh, not only in SOL but meel walba.

Reer Kanada, waa salaamantihiin. And soon wanaagsan, too. The coolest people on SOL, of course, are from Kanada. I am not being biased.

Good. I will join. P.S. -- Welkam to SOL. You are another newbie from the wonderful place called Kanada, I see.

Why would we care about his kingness, Mr Xabashi? He should never forgot the generosity of Soomaalis by providing to him a Soomaali diplomatic passport and a nice villa back in Xamar in '80s. But then again what would we expect a Xabashi from. Xabashi is always a Xabashi. (Don't even try to distinguish between an Amxaar politician and a Tigray one -- to me, both are Xabashis and avowed enemy of Soomaali unity.)

What Ron Paul (the senior, not the little junior and the only Republican I have my respects for) has to say about this subject: Is the controversy over building a mosque near Ground Zero a grand distraction or a grand opportunity? Or is it, once again, grandiose demagoguery? It has been said, “Nero fiddled while Rome burned.” Are we not overly preoccupied with this controversy, now being used in various ways by grandstanding politicians? It looks to me like the politicians are “fiddling while the economy burns.” The debate should have provided the conservative defenders of property rights with a perfect example of how the right to own property also protects the 1st Amendment rights of assembly and religion by supporting the building of the mosque. Instead, we hear lip service given to the property rights position while demanding that the need to be “sensitive” requires an all-out assault on the building of a mosque, several blocks from “ground zero.” Just think of what might (not) have happened if the whole issue had been ignored and the national debate stuck with war, peace, and prosperity. There certainly would have been a lot less emotionalism on both sides. The fact that so much attention has been given the mosque debate raises the question of just why and driven by whom? In my opinion it has come from the neo-conservatives who demand continual war in the Middle East and Central Asia and are compelled to constantly justify it. They never miss a chance to use hatred toward Muslims to rally support for the ill conceived preventative wars. A select quote from soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq expressing concern over the mosque is pure propaganda and an affront to their bravery and sacrifice. The claim that we are in the Middle East to protect our liberties is misleading. To continue this charade, millions of Muslims are indicted and we are obligated to rescue them from their religious and political leaders. And we’re supposed to believe that abusing our liberties here at home and pursuing unconstitutional wars overseas will solve our problems. The nineteen suicide bombers didn’t come from Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan or Iran. Fifteen came from our ally Saudi Arabia, a country that harbors strong American resentment, yet we invade and occupy Iraq where no al Qaeda existed prior to 9/11. Many fellow conservatives say they understand the property rights and 1st Amendment issues and don’t want a legal ban on building the mosque. They just want everybody to be “sensitive” and force, through public pressure, cancellation of the mosque construction. This sentiment seems to confirm that Islam itself is to be made the issue, and radical religious Islamic views were the only reasons for 9/11. If it became known that 9/11 resulted in part from a desire to retaliate against what many Muslims saw as American aggression and occupation, the need to demonize Islam would be difficult if not impossible. There is no doubt that a small portion of radical, angry Islamists do want to kill us but the question remains, what exactly motivates this hatred? If Islam is further discredited by making the building of the mosque the issue, then the false justification for our wars in the Middle East will continue to be acceptable. The justification to ban the mosque is no more rational than banning a soccer field in the same place because all the suicide bombers loved to play soccer. Conservatives are once again, unfortunately, failing to defend private property rights, a policy we claim to cherish. In addition conservatives missed a chance to challenge the hypocrisy of the left which now claims they defend property rights of Muslims, yet rarely if ever, the property rights of American private businesses. Defending the controversial use of property should be no more difficult than defending the 1st Amendment principle of defending controversial speech. But many conservatives and liberals do not want to diminish the hatred for Islam, the driving emotion that keeps us in the wars in the Middle East and Central Asia. It is repeatedly said that 64% of the people, after listening to the political demagogues, don’t want the mosque to be built. What would we do if 75% of the people insist that no more Catholic churches be built in New York City? The point being is that majorities can become oppressors of minority rights as well as individual dictators. Statistics of support (are) irrelevant when it comes to the purpose of government in a free society — protecting liberty. The outcry over the building of the mosque, near ground zero, implies that Islam alone was responsible for the 9/11 attacks. According to those who are condemning the building of the mosque, the nineteen suicide terrorists on 9/11 spoke for all Muslims. This is like blaming all Christians for the wars of aggression and occupation because some Christians supported the neo-conservative’s aggressive wars. The House Speaker is now treading on a slippery slope by demanding a congressional investigation to find out just who is funding the mosque — a bold rejection of property rights, 1st Amendment rights, and the Rule of Law — in order to look tough against Islam. This is all about hate and Islamaphobia. We now have an epidemic of “sunshine patriots” on both the right and the left who are all for freedom, as long as there’s no controversy and nobody is offended. Political demagoguery rules when truth and liberty are ignored.

Originally posted by Nassir: All I can pray for in this holy month of Ramadaan is for the return of Somalia's glory and of peace and to insulate our society from the machinations of the ruthless third-parties and their slithery, deadly agents. Let me share with you this backstory of Somali Nation and culture & one of the founders of Somali State and Somali History or as he was known the Father of Somali Nation, Sayyid Mohammed A. Hassan. Parching Winds of Somalia " Saan ayee keentaa sida Soomaaliya ay ahayd if midnimada, iskaashiga, isbiirsiga, isduubnimada, midownimo iyo oo aan iswalaalsano -- saa ahayn iyo si ka wanaagsan oo horumar ah keeneysaa. Wax isweydiis ah ma'aha, and Eebba ha idmo we will.

Iyadoo aanba meelna la gaarin, already this is in: Beelo kasoo jeeda gobolka Hiiraan oo ka horyimid...

Anigana haddaa kooye waaye. Sheeko aan dhamaaneynin. Qabiilism cannot and will not be a state. Soomaali waa lagu yaqaan isku dayashada, oo mid Soomaali hadduu wax sameeyo shan kale isla markii sameyneyso, not because of wanaagnimo just because hebelba waa sameeye why not us. Qabiil in maamul goboleed laga dhigo waa waxa socdo waayadaan dambe oo la isku deydo. Federalism is never an option and it is never going to work. Just see how weak, divided, manipulated are the partial maamul goboleedyada in both Waqooyis -- Galbeed and Bari. That is prototype of Soomaali federalism for you. How manipulative Itoobiya is, how it uses in her interests as Itoobiya sees fit, keeping the clan suspicion and mistrust ever alive. And they -- the maamul goboleedyo -- can't hold a finger against it because wey ka cabsadaan. And what brings the fear? Of course the disunity of Soomaalis -- unity brings more power as we had witnessed before. And where exactly would the lines be drawn on the clan map of these said maamuls? Always unnecessary isqabqabsi oo dhamaad lahayn ka soconaayo, competing for lands by clans on the 'border' lines, causing more unnecessary enmities and hostilities against one another. This is not a solution. It will bring more problems than the little it is said to solve.

Faarax Gololey, aabihii fadhi ku dirirka. Waxaa maqlay walaa xildhibaan walaa wasiir walaa dadka caadiga inay wada jeclaayeen his sarcastic view points of everyday political life in 1960s. They loved his satire, taking shots at every political figure. He was our Jon Stewart. Old parliament was his favourite spot to hold his...

I can't believe he is now justifying sababta carabka loogu gooye -- yacni, he must have committed a 'crime' against Barbaarta, perhaps basaasnimo. Unbelievable. War see ka noqotay widaayga. No one deserves carabka laga gooye. In la dilo ayaa u dhaanto instead. It is perversion and far from of any tenet of Islaam they claim to represent. Another myopic view (of many) of theirs.

Originally posted by Cawaale: Kan kaa koreeyo fiiri, il adeegiisa. Cayaaraha bisha ramadan ayadoo aheen eeba dadku ku banbeeyeen maahinoo. Maadeey Maadkeer mar mar ma'ogi see ka noqoto. I don't think qof been been ku sheeganaayo carabka laga gooye. Kuwaas Barbaarta la baxayna wey ka suurowdaa inay waxaas falaan iyo wax ka daran. Their perverse actions is so... Walaahi aad ugu naxay wiilkaas maskiinka.

WHO oo laga mamnuucay Jubbooyinka Sarkaalka hay’adda caafimaadka adduunka ee WHO u qaabilsan ka hortagga cudurada caruurta ayaa sheegay in maleeshiyaadka Alshabaab ay ku wargaliyeen howlwadeenada WHO in aysan wax howl ah qaban karin Kismaayo. Dr. Dubad oo Radio Barkulan la hadlay ayaa sheegay in ay jireen xarumo caafimaad oo ay warbixinada iyo xaaladda caafimaadka ee gobolada Jubbooyinka ka qaadan jireen balse haatan loo diiday in ay wax xog aruurin ah sameeyaan. Sarkaalkaan ayaa sheegay in ay sameeyeen isku dayo ay kaga dhaadhicinayaan horjagayaasha Shabaabka in ay oggolaadaan howlaha muhiimka ah ee ay WHO u heyso shacabka Jubbooyinka balse wax guul ah waa laga gaari waayey. Dhaqtarka ayaa sheegay war saxaafadeed dhawaan ay soo saareen maleeshiyaadka Shabaab ay ku sheegeen in aysan muhiim u arkin howlaha WHO ka wadaan Jubbooyinka. Maleeshiyaadka Shabaabka ayaa deegaanada ay haystaan ka mamnuucay hay’adaha samafalka, waxeyna taasi keentay in ay sii xumaadaan xaaladaha bini’aadanimo ee ka taagan deegaanada ay maamulaan. Xigasho

Xisbulislaam oo mamnuucay ciyaarihii Isboortiga ee deegaanka Lafoole Bisha Ramadaan Maamulka ka arimiya deegaanka Lafoole ee duleedka magaalada Muqdisho ayaa mamnuucay tartan isboorti oo lagu maamuusayay bisha barakeysan ee Ramadaan oo deegaankaasi dhawaan ka furmay. Maamulka Xisbulislaam ayaa amar ku bixiyay cidii u hogaansami weyda amarka lagu mamnuucay ciyaarta kubbada Cagta oo ay ku tilmaameen in ay tahay mid munkar ah ay tallaabo ka qaadi doonaan. Dhalinyarada ku dhaqan deegaanka Lafoole iyo nawaaxigeeda ayaa ka xumaaday baaqashada tartankaasi Isboort ee lagu maamuusayay bisha Ramadaan ee barakeysan, taas oo ay qabanqaabadeeda soo wadeen mudo laba bilood ah. Maaha marki ugu horeysay oo amaro nuucan oo kale ah ay kooxaha Xisbulislaam iyo Alshabaab ay soo saaraan amaro ku aadan daawashada iyo ciyaaraha kubbada cagta oo dhalinyarada inta badan ay aad u xiiseeyaan kuna nastaan xilliyada ay firaaqada leeyihiin. Xigasho

MMA, sida ilbax lagu mooda ayad waxan oo kale la soo timida meesha, kee tuujiye miyad la jogta ayamahan? Is this how you define 'ilbaxnimo'? You find ilbaxnimo not against the bashing of diinteena suuban? Then if you define that, I am far from being an ilbax iyo sanbax iyo afbax midkoodba. P.S. - You have a tendency to over-defend the indefensible Islamophobes sometimes on here SOL. Be iisi on it, xaaji. They don't need difaacidaada, riili.

Waxaa maqli jiray: Naayaa, Samsameey Sabaax nuureey ...

Abaayadiis, waa kula kaftamaayee ha u bixin. Mar kale minankaan minankaaga waaye, geeskaa rabtid ka gal. Soon wacan iyo afur wanaagsan.

That looks like Portland, Oregon. Just a hunch.

Well, well, as Awkoombe said ninkii soo joog laga waayo waxaa laga helaa... "Wild, wild west over there" kulahaa. What made him to live 'wild, wild west' outlaw in Ottawa, though? Taas in uu ka fikiro ahayd markiisa hore. "Don't treat me like a number," he pleaded. "I just want to be with my girlfriend and the two kids. I just want a chance." Erin Carruthers, 26, an Ottawa child-and-youth worker, has been involved with Ali for more than three years. They met at a Tim Hortons coffee shop where Ali helped Carruthers with her two young children. I hope she sponsors for him as a husband, if that can be done internally. And for him, I hope in uu ku waano qaato waxaan.

That was intended for Soomaali Muslims on SOL, not dadka diintooda ka baxay like you. Soori, igaarka. And what is 'fine' about the article? Featuring so-called Muslims mocking Muslim people's faith in a Muslim country?

Hadduu ereyga 'secular' wax u dhigmo Afsoomaali ku jiro, waaka yeeli lahaa wuxuu soo shar sharxay. Hadduu ku jirin ama uunan jirin, well, leerta nasii dheh. There is a reason why 'securalism' has no equivalent word in Afsoomaaliga ama wax lagu micneeyo that I know of.

Another so-called Muslims of hala i maqlo, another Western paper over-indulging them, another... _______________ Some harassed libertarians say you should be free not to observe Ramadan The law in several countries, mostly in the Persian Gulf but also in the Maghreb and parts of Indonesia, provides for stiffer penalties for those who break fast in public, ranging from fines to flogging. Take article 222 of Morocco’s penal code, dating from the era of the French protectorate, which states that “a person commonly known to be Muslim who violates the fast in a public place during Ramadan, without having one of the justifications allowed by Islam [such as travelling or sickness], shall be punished by one to six months in prison,” as well as a fine. Last Ramadan, a small group of young Moroccans calling itself the Alternative Movement for Individual Freedoms decided to hold a picnic near Casablanca, the country’s commercial capital, to protest against this law. They argue that article 222 clashes with Morocco’s international obligations and its constitution, which guarantee freedom of conscience. They were arrested before getting a chance to take a bite. This picnic protest was treated as a national emergency. A council of Islamic scholars said it was an insult to God. King Muhammad VI’s political adviser persuaded all parties, including ones that routinely denounce Islamists, to issue condemnations for the sake of national unity. The activists were held and interrogated for several days, though ultimately not fined or taken to court. Police said they had to be protected from popular anger. Some of the protesters’ families and friends refused to speak to them for months. “We respect religion, but the problem is that people think public space is only for the majority who are believers,” says Najib Chaouki, one of the campaigners. He is not, for now, planning to repeat last year’s picnic but has relaunched his campaign for the right not to fast in public spaces. He has featured in reports on al Arabiya and al Jazeera, the Arab world’s most popular satellite news channels. His website and Facebook group have had hundreds of comments. Some support him but most call him an apostate or lament that he and his friends do not tackle issues such as poverty. He has had several death threats. Only a handful of Moroccans, such as the editors of the country’s first gay magazine (published for the time being in Spain), have backed the non-fasters. Economist

Cid kaxeyso oo magaalada soo tus tusto ayee rabtaa kulahaa. He has no idea 'say walaahi' generation. Kuwaan iyagaa ku kaxeysanaayo oo ku laqaayo if they want to. Marka ha isku dhumin.

Waligey ari walaa wan walaa lo' walaa gaal midkood ma raacin, marka wax igu dambeeye maba laha. Anaga haddaa ciyaal xaafad ahayn, qooleey ayaa raaci jirnay, does that count?