The Rand Corporation: Radical Islam in East Africa

[NASSIR]

I think we should be wary of the terror card accusations. A great source of info for the general public.

 

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Puntland

 

 

Puntland is part of an anticipated federal state of Somalia and the government is largely considered weak, inept and corrupt. Although Yusuf became TFG president in 2004, he governs Puntland from a distance. Puntland’s current president, Mohamud Mussa Hersi, usually known as ‘Adde Musse, is believed to defer to Yusuf on major issues. Its economic resources are derived primarily from taxes obtained through the port of Bossaso. Additional sources of funding come from frankincense and livestock exports to the Middle East and mineral rights granted to various international companies.

 

Many businesses in Puntland are owned and operated by former AIAI members who turned to business after giving up the armed insurgency (see discussion of AIAI below).18 These businessmen—who make up what could be called a religious private sector—have stepped in to provide education, health, and social services to the population. Many of the privately run schools in Puntland are owned and operated by former AIAI members. These schools teach a curriculum borrowed from various Arab countries and espouse a Salafi understanding of Islam. In filling the social services gap left by both the Puntland government and international aid agencies, religious business groups have earned a great deal of support. Although not active politically, these groups are believed to be biding their time to reenter the political arena.19

Map of Somalia

 

[Saalax]

Aslong as the terrorists led by atam are combined in galgala mountains there shouldn't be a greater risk to gobolka sanaag, go west or east his surrendered a dead man walking.

[The Zack]

Originally posted by Libaahe*:

Aslong as the terrorists led by atam are combined in galgala mountains there shouldn't be a greater risk to gobolka sanaag, go west or east his surrendered a dead man walking.

Waa adduun ay Muslimiintii xitaa muslimiinta kale ay ugu yeedho "Argagixiso". Qofkii diin lagu sheegaba waa argagixiso. Bush policy has impacted a lot of people, specially maryooleyda.

[NASSIR]

Zack,well said, my friend. There's no evidence that the said man espoused the Islamic version of al-Shabaab. Even Farole has falsified on BBC the accusation that the man waved the black flag, a propoganda coined in a way that would commence hostility or burden the region with another image of insecurity detrimental to its development. I'm also surprised that some less-informed from the region would take the fabrications at face value and advance it.

 

Lbaahe, dhulkani waa dhul Maakhir, east iyo westiba wa dhulkood. Adiga "somaliland" arrimaheeda ka hadal. This is Maakhir.

 

Sheekadaan iyadaa iska dageysa

[Jacaylbaro]

All I know about the said Atam is that he is an arms dealer ........

 

 

Islam is used for other purposes nowadays and in East Africa it is getting even worse as some groups are hiding behind that banner for their own dirty agendas.