Hungry people drive revolutions. Perhaps Shabaab has gone too far.

Hungry people drive revolutions. Perhaps Shabaab has gone too far.

Hungry people drive revolutions. Perhaps Shabaab has gone too far.

Originally posted by Sherban Shabeel: The only thing international donations will do is line the pockets of your politicians. The people will still have a hard time, and young men will still turn to piracy. Not to mention that Farole is all for a forceful approach to piracy, which won't work. Puntland isn't England in the 1700's. Oddly{ } enough international donations are lining the pockets of the Shariif administration. And they too keep braying for money to tackle piracy. Why can't both parties milk the heifer without one party(or their proponents) trying to corral the cow only for themselves. Moo!

^Nevaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Seriously I have only distaste for Djibouti (the country not the people per se). When my dad wanted to leave after his work contract was up - he applied for Djib passports for those of us born there. They told him his kids were foreigners and they shouldn't dream of getting a passport and to make haste in departing the country. Ironically enough the president of Djibouti at the time was also not born in the country but in Ethiopia. And in yet a further irony that is where both parents were born - I should say - what was called the Reserve Area at the time. They came to Mog in the 50s and 60s and welcomed as Somalis and given passports in time. Somalia for all its faults strived for a larger sense of Somalinimo at times.

http://www.somcare.org/

By Abdi Aynte and Sahra Gane For four years, Binti Jeylani didn�t smile at least in public. A big tumor covered the 17-year-old�s mouth and chin. Kids teased her and people in her small village of Awdhiigle gazed her unstoppably. �She had to deal with physical pain and the emotional pain,� said her father, Jeylani Mohamed Abdi-Garad. �That�s too much for a young girl like her.� Binti was 13 when she tumbled in a dirt road near her family�s farm. She hit the ground face down. By the time she collected herself, she noticed a gush in her chin. A small amount of blood trickled out, but it didn�t seem like a big problem. In farming communities like Awdhiigle, small injuries like that go untreated, in part because there�s no medical facility (the nearest one is in Mogadishu, some 40 miles to the north), or people can�t afford medical care. For the Jeylani family, it was a combination of the two. The �weird thing� Young Binti went about business as usual. A few months into the injury, �a weird thing emerged out of her chin,� said her father. Less than a year, that �weird thing� morphed into a full-fledged tumor, the size of two tennis balls. Binti was in constant pain and no one seemed to know what it was. Her father, a corn and sesame farmer, took her to a hospital in Mogadishu. Doctors there told him that Binti needs an urgent attention, but that they don�t have the necessary equipment to undertake the massive surgery she desperately needs. �It dawned on me,� said Jeylani, a father of eight. �The doctors said you�ve to take her abroad.� Before hid daughter�s condition took a turn to the worst, Jeylani never left his native Awdhiigle. Thus began an odyssey that would take him and his daughter all the way to a hospital in Minneapolis. Nonprofit organizations in Mogadishu posted Binti�s attention-grabbing photo on Somali websites, known as a hotbed of Somali Diaspora philanthropists. Neither Jeylani nor Binti had ever heard of the Internet. In fact, Jeylani admitted of having doubts about the potential success of the Internet appeal. But as a father, whose child is in dire need of medical attention, he said he had to take whatever offer that came through. Offer of help Just weeks after Binti�s photo appeared on Dayniile.com and Somalitalk.com, two popular Somali websites, the first call of help came through. Abdi Muse Mahaay and his wife Zahra called the nonprofit organization in Mogadishu to inform them that they will do everything they can to bring Binti to Minnesota for treatment. �My heart jolted and I felt an urge to do something for Binti,� said Mahaay. He�s hardly a stranger to humanitarian work. In February, he successfully brought Murayo Nur Ali, an 11-year-old rape victim, to Mayo Clinic, a world class medical facility in Rochester, Minnesota, where he works. Like that case, Mahaay and his wife mobilized their connections for Binti�s sake. He solicited hospitals across Minnesota and got a response from the University of Minnesota Medical Center (UMMC) in Minneapolis. The hospital offered a free treatment for Binti, if she can be brought there. Mahaay then enlisted the help of Aabiyo Ali, a community maverick with a knack for fundraising, to collect funds for Binti and her father�s airfare. In few weeks, Ali and two young women, Zamzam and Aisha, successfully collected $5,000 to cover the cost of the trip. Meanwhile, Mahaay was lobbying the State Department to hasten the visa for Binti and her father. The two were flown from Mogadishu to Nairobi on a ticket paid by Tabouk Shipping Company, a Dubai-based Somali trading corporation that agreed to exchange that for one year free advertisement on Somalitalk.com More

^Waa xishodka wiilka. When he begs he wants no appearance of gluttony.

Home Secretary Alan Johnson, who is responsible for the police, said in a separate statement that he would support any request from the police or local government officials to ban the march. “I find it particularly offensive that the town, which has acted in such a moving and dignified way in paying tribute to our troops who have made the ultimate sacrifice for their country should be targeted in this manner,” he said. You can certainly find it offensive but why the rush to ban. The BNP and Neo-Nazi groups are allowed to march on a regular basis.

^ This is about the only time I'm thankful for having been born in the Armpit of Africa aka Djibouti. The capital city and the country have the same name!

^Walle a new definition for freak has been arrived at now ~ one who eats coconut oil and declares it delicious. I thought all this nonsense about carbs, this diet and that diet was debunked. But it keeps reappearing. I guess it must work for some people.

^So you're saying you're one of the few Somalis who is literate and geographically aware To be expected. Full body scanners are here. What's a little more scrutiny for folks from a certain country.

^But why just pick on Indians. I'm sure there are many other students from other countries who are 'mules and come under that guise so they can settle and breed and breed'.

Originally posted by Raamsade: You dismiss FBI statistics on hate crime and then proceed to give a list taken right out of the talking-points of Islamic pressure groups. A "hieghtened atmosphere of suspicion against any and all members of x group" is not a hate crime as per US Common Law and if it is, there is no way to objectively measure it. The FBI's hate crime statistics may not be perfect in fully capturing hate crime but it is the best and most objective way to gauge the trends in hate crimes as defined by the law. It would greatly help if you read my post(s) clearly. I did not dismiss FBI crime statistics. I said defining a backlash as FBI hate crime statistics is incorrect as the author did in his article. Please see the above post for reasons why. I get it now, closing down charities that are fronts for terrorists hellbent on killing Americans is rank Islamophobia. I made no mention of Islamphobia in my post. I simply restricted myself to properly defining a backlash rather than latching on to the author's self-serving definition. A definition that serves bigots well. You certainly have the right to close down charities hellbent on killing Americans. Indeed that is a basic function of any responsible state. But in the aftermath of 9/11 many charities were presumed guilty and closed down. Many are still unable to operate. This is neither correct nor effective in the longrun. Not to mention it turns fundamental Americanisms like presumed innocent until proven guilty on their head. I'm curious - were you supportive of the closure of Al-Barakat? I'm sure the victims on the planes that went down on 9/11 would've loved if Mohammed Atta and company were taken off those planes. Don't you agree with me? Are Muslims fliers under greater scrutiny today than before 9/11, you bet. But I suggest you lay the blame on your coreligionists for not only flying planes into buildings but CONTINUING their war against your hosts. I've never been a fan of collective punishment. Perhaps you are. As I've stated these sorts of blanket actions are not effective even if you endorse the underlying but misguided rationale. Like I said above, blame it on your pious coreligionists. Without Jihadi terror not a single innocent Muslim would be subjected to extraordinary rendition. I like your thinking It is very convenient. It absolves you and your ilk from any responsibility for 'your' actions. I suppose your sort of thinking would also suffice for the blacks wrongly convicted in the US justice system and then freed later on DNA evidence. After all blacks do commit a lot crimes. This complaint illustrates why people are skeptical of Muslims' claims of Islamophobia. How is celebrating and defending freedom of religion, freedom of speech and the right to life indicative of Islamophobia? The West celebrates Ayan Hirsi for her indefatigably, courage, acceptance and assimilation into Western lifestyle, mores and outlook, standing up to Islamic bullies and defending the right of the oppressed (Muslim and non-Muslim). That you consider the West's celebration of Ayan Hirsi as Islamophobic only indicates, once again, your contempt for their values. Ayan Ali Hersi is a foul mouthed, lying, publicity seeking humanoid. Her inflammatory and fraudulent utterances on Islam and Muslims make the average reasonable person, Muslim or not, cringe much like Ann Coulter. It is not about the freedom of speech or the lack thereof. It's about a certain level of decency in public discourse. That such an individual is celebrated and feted speaks to a latent anti-Muslim bias. I don't know where you arrived at the conclusion that my diagnosis of Islamphobia regarding the celebration of Ayan Ali Hersi as showing contempt for western values. Odd. Again - please read my posts several times before responding. I believe I write with sufficient clarity to be easily understood.

MELBOURNE (AFP) – Australia on Monday "unreservedly" condemned the murder of an Indian national as New Delhi angrily slammed the attack and warned it could hurt bilateral ties. Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard stressed that Australia welcomed foreign students after accounting graduate Nitin Garg, 21, was stabbed by unknown attackers Saturday night before collapsing in the Melbourne burger restaurant where he worked. Indian students have been hit by hundreds of alleged race attacks, prompting street protests last year and damaging Australia's lucrative international education industry. "I obviously unreservedly condemn this attack," Gillard said. "People in Melbourne's west, people around the nation, I think they will be joining together to say we unreservedly condemn this violence." She was speaking after India decried the murder as a "crime on humanity" and said it would "certainly" affect ties between the two countries. "This heinous crime on humanity, this is an uncivilised brutal attack on innocent Indians," Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna told reporters. "It certainly will have some bearing on the bilateral ties between our two countries," he added. Police have said there is no evidence the murder was racially motivated, but also told AFP that 1,447 people of Indian descent were crime victims in Victoria state in the 12 months to July 2008. Gautam Gupta, president of the Federation of Indian Students of Australia, said many more attacks went unreported and questioned why police were playing down race as a factor. "If they have not caught the criminal, how can they eliminate racism as being behind this attack," Gupta told AFP. "What were they expecting to find on the scene? A business card saying: 'I am a racist'?" According to his housemate Parminder Singh, Garg, understood to be from Punjab in northern India, had been targeted by drunken louts at a train station in an earlier incident. "They were just drunk and they wanted to find anyone to beat," Singh said. "If they find someone alone they just beat (them) because they know nothing is going to happen after that. What will happen? Police will not do anything." Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Gillard and Victoria Premier John Brumby have all visited India recently to ease frictions and promote the 15.4 billion US dollar foreign education export industry, Australia's fourth largest export earner. Australia has forecast a 20 percent drop in students from India next year after earlier attacks prompted a barrage of negative publicity in the country. Each allegedly racial attack sparks outrage on India's passionate TV news channels, amid rising concern from families and friends of students studying in the country that was previously seen as a safe and even glamorous destination. Following Garg's death, India's Mail Today tabloid splashed the headline "Racist Aussie gang knifes Indian to death" across its front page as it slammed Australian police for failing to protect Indian students from "hate gangs". But deputy police commissioner Kieran Walshe said Victoria had a large Indian population and he did not believe the community was being singled out. "I don't believe that there has been any really detailed rascist motives around assaults on Indian people in the past," he told reporters. "In some cases there may well be. But in the general sense of it, a lot it we've seen has been around opportunistic theft." Australia attracted some 117,000 Indian students in the year to October, about 19 percent of foreign enrolments as universities and colleges actively target the country's growing middle class. Australia's education sector has also been tarnished by a series of visa scams involving agents who exploit foreign students. Source

^It's too bad Red didn't actually cross into South Galkacyo

Actually I wanna hear that the increased monies have been put to x,y and z use. Some accountability would be nice.

^We have the same problem in the Somali community just not to the same extent as AAs. Quite frankly I think it's not easy for an educated successful girl to settle for a xamali . There are a lot of potential hangups.

Originally posted by NGONGE: ^^ Adeer is daji dee. I am giving you my opinion based on what I read on this thread. Leave your xamasad aside and read it please. It all looks one sided (mostly from an,understandably, upset family). Has anyone else verified the case? The petition itself mentions the human rights organisations but does not quote any of them. In short, and without prejudice or being too emotional, as things stand, this looks like the family's word against the Danish Government's word. If you plan to get a result on the words of the family alone, let me tell you that you'll be wasting your time, saaxib. At the end of the day it's not about the family's words against the Danish government's words. It's about a family deciding that they, not some institution, can best take care of their child. On this side of the atlantic that is not a problem - heck - it even saves taxpayer dollars. Not sure what is going in Denmark. The thing that does surprise me is that the family took so long before really making push for this kid's freedom. I think things may not have turned out like this if this had been tackled strenously at the beginning. Allahu Aclam.

^The thing is no one has a clue about your wafd. Insane/joker/drama queen/controversy (Deleted by Moderator) - who knows? [ December 29, 2009, 06:25 AM: Message edited by: Nur ]

^Something else to consider. The thing is Rush Limbaugh groupies only know truthiness.

"when insufficient foreground lighting is available" There you go folks. All you have to do is make sure there is sufficient foreground lighting is available. There are a range of chemicals that will help you rectify this problem. It's not HP's fault - it's yours.

It is an amusing article. The problem starts with the author's self-serving definition of backlash. On the one hand anti-Muslim backlash is restricted to crimes committed against Muslims which are tallied and totaled and found wanting. On the other hand this is cited as a crime: "In the more than a month since the Fort Hood massacre, the only religion-based crime I could find was committed by a young Muslim in California at a mall kiosk. He tore a crucifix from shopper's neck and shouted anti-Christian slurs and "Allah is power." A backlash only defined as a tallying of reported crimes to police is quite frankly a retarded metric. A backlash defined properly would include: 1- a hieghtened atmosphere of suspicion against any and all members of x group, 2- a greater than warranted scrutiny of x group 3- populist moves to restrict or deny x group's rights using the flimsiest of legalities 4- a feting of x groups' critics And there have been many examples of the above in the USA over the years. From shutting down all Islamic charities post-911 including shutting down Al-Barakat(how justifiable was that) to the Muslims praying on a plane being taken off and questioned for terrorism because people thought they looked suspicious to the lovely US policy of rendition to the celebration of the likes of Ayan Ali Hersi et al. The idea there is no backlash against Muslims is patently moronic. True - it has been mild to this point. But the idea that we wait for large numbers of crimes to occur against Muslims to diagnose a backlash is the reasoning of bigots.

Good Lord! This is unbelievable. Setting aside the obvious malpractice and deliberate experimentation - how is it that an institution, any institution, can keep a child against the will of his parents? These are basic custodial rights. Subxanallah.

^Hehe. The whole nation is like that so what would leave the bilcaanta out!