Somali Britons complain about the conduct of the BBC Somali Language Service!

[Fiqikhayre]

Eedeynsane yuusuf garaad oo ah ninka haysta bbcda qeybta afsomaliga ayaa jaaliyada somalida ee Engiriiska dacwad u gudbiyeen maxa sare ee bbcda!!!

 

 

 

 

To: The Chairman of the Board of Governors

35 Marylebone High Street

London W1U 4AA

 

Dear Sirs,

 

We are Somali-Britons who deeply care for the future of our country. We are very unhappy about the way the BBC Somali Service conducts the Somalia related programs: Such as the selection of News Topics to broadcast and the selection of the radical people interviewed.

 

We feel that the people in charge of the Somali Service are neither being impartial, diverse in opinion or fair in reporting the reality in Somalia. On the contrary, they appear to be taking sides and acting as tools of propaganda for the Islamic Courts Union.

 

In our opinion, a group of Islamic Courts Union Supporters within the BBC Somali Service are selectively choosing interviewees to express the opinion of the group that the Islamic Courts Union are the chosen liberators of the Somali people. Thereby using the good offices of the BBC to campaign for the newly emerged Taliban Style Forces. We know these Forces as the New Somali Warlords who have replaced the previous, now ousted Somali Warlords. The people in charge of the BBC Somali Service is giving the activists of the Islamic Courts Union a platform as a means of propaganda for the purpose of poisoning, brain-washing and recruiting young innocent Somali-Britons and other youth Muslims in Britain, Somalia, and The East African Region, and indeed World-wide.

 

As you know, the ousted Somali Warlords killed hundreds of thousands of innocent civilian Somalis. Dismantled our country’s physical infrastructure and social fabric, and took Somalia back to the Stone Age. Their activities were then confined in the Somali Territory. But now these Islamic Courts, the New Warlords, are a global threat, fanatic madmen, extremists and fundamentalists who want and plan to wage war on everyone, every religion & faith, including Islam. They have declared JIHAD without understanding what JIHAD is. They are only using Religion as a means to achieve their goals through the implementation of far more deadly and dangerous hidden agenda. I enclose a DVD Video demonstrating the Islamic Courts Union’s ideology and actions since they seized power in Mogadishu and Southern Somalia Regions.

 

What has happened to the Journalism Ethics of the BBC Somali Service? What has happened to the trusted and respected core values of News Broadcasting that has always distinguished the BBC from all the other Broadcasting Media? Are we to understand that the ethics of the BBC Somali Service are now the accepted ethics of the BBC.

 

Yours sincerely,

Somali–Britons

United Kingdom

[ansaar17]

if you fight against the religion of allah then allah will fight against you. this is the stance they give in all of what they say. the sad thing is they all seem to support the occupation of a muslim country by a christian country.

 

talk about a disaster!

[king_450]

I don't listen BBC anyway, but if this is true he should be FIRED! he is upto no good.

[Sharif_seylaci]

they should just mentiont somaliland

 

not as in dawlada la magac baxday i will be happy then but it doesent matter

[Socod_badne]

This reeks of clannish witchhunt...

[Allamagan]

Not in my name, adeer. I have nothing against this gentleman. plain accusations! blukah!

[Wisdom_Seeker]

These Somalis are clan driven. BBCSomali is fair and balanced. And backs their reports with facts which have standing ground.

 

If they have a problem with it, then don’t listen to it or go create a new news radio station which is fair and balance on your status.

 

They need to stop wailing like an old woman, for God's sake.

[Jabarjaan]

I think Yusuf Garad and the entire BBC crew are doing great job as always! Warlord gartay lakin warlord dabadhilifkii baa aduunka u xun. BBC-da hadey runta ka sheegto dhibka Yey iyo asxaabtiisa u geystaan waddanka mala qarinaa! jeez

[General Duke]

I am down with this and so are many, Yusuf is going down, he played ball so lets play..

[raadamiir]

Yusuf Garad is a loser and we won't stop until he gets fired from his job!!!

[Dhubad.]

^All these accusations are based on Qabiil iyo Qurun. Somaaliyeey Goormaan dhaafaynaa arinkaas?

[General Duke]

^^^When The BBC/Somalis ection stops being a tool of a clan and thus propogating false news..The people will move on.