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Originally posted by chocolate & honey: Progressive Muslims.I hate, absolutely abhor this phrase. I know the type very well out here they are referred to as "muslimiinta reer magaalka ah" some of the most ignorant people I've ever come across they have very little Islamic if any, just enough to be dangerous.

^ The same sentiments applies to the evangelic nut jobs who believe God commanded them to invade iraq .. probably even more so Hi Malika waa bash bash iyo barwaaqo .. sidee tahay adigu ... troll section waad cidlaysay beryahan

maalin wanaagsan reer troll

Hodman I think you should hold out for the Barnes & Noble "nook" .. I dont know where they get these silly names. it is a competitor of the kindle will be available early next year for the exact same price as the kindle2 and it has a little more features than the kindle - color capable e-ink touchscreen - access to 100,000 works as opposed to kindles current 30,000 - Wifi support this is a huge deal in that you don't have to rely on At&T 3G (whispernet) to download books or browse the internet and it will be much faster. it also shares some attributes with the kindle - 1 week battery life with wireless and 2 weeks without wireless - 2GB storage limit (this is a very big restriction but it appears all e-readers on the market have this limit at the moment) given that the "nook" is the first iteration of B&N's reader they are probably going to have a few usability kinks to iron out ... just like the kindle2 fixed many complaints people had about the kindle1 The "nook" certainly has a more impressive spec sheet than the kindle

fiican badan sxb. who is it in your corner ? Canada .... the weather is not fine actually it is pretty terrible.. just expecting good news today.

subax wanaagsan reer troll it is a fine day today !

Cadaan sxb it is an e-book reader Originally posted by Cara.: I would get it in a heartbeat if e-ink could display in color. A lot of my reading involves comparing a squiggly blue line to a squiggly green line Can you annotate on the Kindle2? Like highlight, underline or write notes in the "margins"? yes you can highlight, bookmark, you can take notes .. it puts a superscript number above the part you took the notes and clicking it takes you to your notes. another -ve is it doesn't handle pdf natively it does convert it to a different format .. I heard it doesn render graphics, graphs, tables in pdf very well .. but i haven't given it a try yet. the weird thing for me is the lack of a back light .. which means you cannot read in the dark which is probably why it has such a long battery life.

I was given a Kindl2 as a gift last week. I have been playing with it nonstop since and it is a great device. I've probably read more in the last week then I have in a few months. of course I have been populating it with free books from project Gutenberg, and other creative license classics and a variety of of free technical literature that I need to use as a reference. my favorites are: - The e-ink display which is viewable for almost any angle - battery life is amazing - includes wikipedia and a complete dictionary cons: - slow connection for Internet browsing - not so good text-to-speech has anyone else tried this product out and what do you think ?

Al-shabaab have not claimed credit for this bombing, so I will give them the benefit of the doubt ... I hope that is the truth otherwise this is a grave mistake on their part

Piracy investor Sahra Ibrahim, a 22-year-old divorcee, was lined up with others waiting for her cut of a ransom pay-out after one of the gangs freed a Spanish tuna fishing vessel. "I am waiting for my share after I contributed a rocket-propelled grenade for the operation," she said, adding that she got the weapon from her ex-husband in alimony. The entrepreneul spirit of the nomads never ceases to surprise me

HARADHEERE, Somalia (Reuters) - In Somalia's main pirate lair of Haradheere, the sea gangs have set up a cooperative to fund their hijackings offshore, a sort of stock exchange meets criminal syndicate. Heavily armed pirates from the lawless Horn of Africa nation have terrorized shipping lanes in the Indian Ocean and strategic Gulf of Aden, which links Europe to Asia through the Red Sea. The gangs have made tens of millions of dollars from ransoms and a deployment by foreign navies in the area has only appeared to drive the attackers to hunt further from shore. It is a lucrative business that has drawn financiers from the Somali diaspora and other nations -- and now the gangs in Haradheere have set up an exchange to manage their investments. One wealthy former pirate named Mohammed took Reuters around the small facility and said it had proved to be an important way for the pirates to win support from the local community for their operations, despite the dangers involved. "Four months ago, during the monsoon rains, we decided to set up this stock exchange. We started with 15 'maritime companies' and now we are hosting 72. Ten of them have so far been successful at hijacking," Mohammed said. "The shares are open to all and everybody can take part, whether personally at sea or on land by providing cash, weapons or useful materials ... we've made piracy a community activity." Haradheere, 400 km (250 miles) northeast of Mogadishu, used to be a small fishing village. Now it is a bustling town where luxury 4x4 cars owned by the pirates and those who bankroll them create honking traffic jams along its pot-holed, dusty streets. Somalia's Western-backed government of President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed is pinned down battling hard-line Islamist rebels, and controls little more than a few streets of the capital. The administration has no influence in Haradheere -- where a senior local official said piracy paid for almost everything. "Piracy-related business has become the main profitable economic activity in our area and as locals we depend on their output," said Mohamed Adam, the town's deputy security officer. "The district gets a percentage of every ransom from ships that have been released, and that goes on public infrastructure, including our hospital and our public schools." RISK VS REWARDS In a drought-ravaged country that provides almost no employment opportunities for fit young men, many are been drawn to the allure of the riches they see being earned at sea. Abdirahman Ali was a secondary school student in Mogadishu until three months ago when his family fled the fighting there. Given the choice of moving with his parents to Lego, their ancestral home in Middle Shabelle where strict Islamist rebels have banned most entertainment including watching sport, or joining the pirates, he opted to head for Haradheere. Now he guards a Thai fishing boat held just offshore. "First I decided to leave the country and migrate, but then I remembered my late colleagues who died at sea while trying to migrate to Italy," he told Reuters. "So I chose this option, instead of dying in the desert or from mortars in Mogadishu." Haradheere's "stock exchange" is open 24 hours a day and serves as a bustling focal point for the town. As well as investors, sobbing wives and mothers often turn up there seeking news of male relatives missing in action. Every week, Mohammed said, gang members and equipment were lost to the sea. But he said the pirates were not deterred. "Ransoms have even increased in recent months from between $2-3 million to $4 million because of the increased number of shareholders and the risks," he said. "Let the anti-piracy navies continue their search for us. We have no worries because our motto for the job is 'do or die'." Piracy investor Sahra Ibrahim, a 22-year-old divorcee, was lined up with others waiting for her cut of a ransom pay-out after one of the gangs freed a Spanish tuna fishing vessel. "I am waiting for my share after I contributed a rocket-propelled grenade for the operation," she said, adding that she got the weapon from her ex-husband in alimony. "I am really happy and lucky. I have made $75,000 in only 38 days since I joined the 'company'." story

Originally posted by NGONGE: No irony that I could see. I've already 1diot proofed my post sxb .. by explaining exactly why I think it is an Irony .. just in case the title was not enough.

Originally posted by Gabbal : The first question is should basic freedoms and basic principles be put up for popular referendums? Granted Switzerland is a special case and any issue can be put up for referendum if a certain number of signatories are found but this specific campaign itself seems to be leading to changes in the Swiss law. I watched an interview in which the recent head of what is their supreme court explained there is a hole in the rule of law in Switzerland in which nationally, the Parliament runs above the powers of the Supreme Court and not parallel to it and such a situation needs to be reformed. For example, in the present system the Supreme Court can strike down a Canton's (federal state) referendum but not the national parliament's. If such a change takes place, basic principles for Muslims shall be cemented as they are in such places as the U.K and the U.S. Also this is a good lesson for the rest of Europe who now understand, fully, that their societies are at where the American public was at during and prior to the fight for civil rights. Successive American governments forcefully maneuvered their citizens to be the plural society they are today. This is a good example of when democracy leads to mob rule. Democracy is two lions and a lamb voting on what's for dinner

Mabruuk KK ... ilaahay gabadh khayr qabta hakaaga dhigo

Morning reer troll. saama layl baan ka bixi laa'ahay yaa daawo ii sheegi kara ? I had cambaabur again for the first time in 5 years ... I tried to explain to some of my freinds from xamar it just sound ridiculous indho badan + hurud + caano dhanaan does not sound enticing

Originally posted by MAXIMUS POWERS: quote:Originally posted by *Ibtisam: I wonder why they picked on the minaret and not the DOME of a mosque. Domes are structural aesthetic. Minarets are political ambitious! you are better than this abti .. would it kill you to come up with an original thought ... instead of regurgitating right wing slogans. please intelligently explain to me how a minaret is politically ambitious ? abti with friends like you, who needs enemies

There have been so many pirate related stories I think they deserve their own corner something like the troll corner Somali pirates capture supertanker taking oil to US The Greek-owned Maran Centaurus was about 1,300km (800 miles) off Somalia when it was hijacked on Sunday, said the EU Naval task force (Navfor). The ship was full of oil and is believed to be one of the largest yet seized by Somali pirates. There are 28 crew members on board. Pirate attacks have been common off the Somali coast and international navies have been deployed to counter them. A spokesman for the Greek coastguard told Reuters news agency that about nine armed pirates attacked the ship close to the Seychelles. story

I agree with you ibti and malika If they truly consider this intolerant .. it will at least force them to reevaluate their original stance on the hijab.

The damn toads tried to ban the hijab which is a much more fundamental issue then mere minarets and they have the nerve to talk about intolerance. walee niman dhiman wax weliba wuu arki

France's foreign minister has condemned Switzerland's referendum vote to ban the building of minarets. Bernard Kouchner said he was shocked by the decision which, he said, showed "intolerance" and should be reversed. More than 57.5% of voters and 22 out of 26 cantons - or provinces - voted in favour of the ban on Sunday. The proposal had been put forward by the Swiss People's Party, (SVP), the largest party in parliament, which says minarets are a sign of Islamisation. "I am a bit shocked by this decision," Mr Kouchner told France's RTL radio on Monday. "It is an expression of intolerance and I detest intolerance. story

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