Beyond what the sheikh has said, do we dispute the fact that a half-clothed woman doesn't arouse a man?

Dispatches Debate: Muslims and Free Speech Are Muslims threatening free speech in the West? and many other questions. This is a very interesting debate with two advocates on each side of the fence. Advocate one: Lawyer Imran Khan Advocate two: Kenan Malik

Originally posted by Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar: What the...Qaabdaranaa maraxda. Weyba isla qumantahay, waliba indhashareerkaas qaabka daran. Lol. Oo adiga hada ma isla qumantahay? Adeer dhaqan noocee ah ayaa lagugu soo barbaariyey? Ma mid deel-qaafka iyo af-lagaadoda dumarka caadeysteybaa? Diin iyo dhaqan midna kuma jirto in dumar qaab-darro lagu sheego ee adiga yaa kuu fasaxay in aad dumarkani sharaftooda meel uga dhacdid waryaa?

Originally posted by HornAfrique: ^Abtiyow horta ha i xumayn. Meel aan diinta Ilaahay (scw) ka hortaaganahay ama aan ka hortaagna i tus, inaad igu tiraahdidne soo rac sida nin aan awalba la socon aad iyo aad yaan uga xumahay. Alley lehe runbaad sheegtey.

Alle-Ubaahne, wiilyahow caga dhigo waad sabeyneysaaye. Horaa loo yiri 'cagtii joogsan weydaa marbey ceeb la kulaantaa' adiguna haadhaadkaagan iyo been-abuurkan aad diinta ku been abuuraneyso waad ku fashilmi doontaa mar aan fogeyn. War dadka diinta kama xigtidee qunyar soco; Illaahna kuuma xilsaarin inaad dad aadan ogeyn waxa quluubtooda ku jira u kala qaybiso Gaalo iyo Islaam.

BA in Early Childhood Studies? Wow, congratulations. Being good with children opens up many avenues Passion . Good luck with Graduate life.

I'm ready. Yeah, so is I. Begin. Vent.

Ya iska garey Indeed.

Lawmaker advises foreign companies against Somalia investment By Oct 27, 2006, 00:48 MP Bulhan: Mineral/oil exploration in Somalia at this time is "wrong" BAIDOA, Somalia Oct 26 (Garowe Online) - A member of Somalia’s interim parliament has advised foreign companies against investing in Somalia during a Garowe Online interview. MP Hersi Bulhan, the oldest serving lawmaker in the Somali parliament, directed his words at would-be investors. He advised foreign investors against “spending [their] wealth” in Somalia until a national government takes full control of the country. MP Bulhan warned potential investors against being milked for money by people who claim government legitimacy. MP Bulhan said that the Somali government has been in the country for a “short time” and that “each group rules itself.” In the aftermath of the collapse of the Somali nation-state in 1991, Somali regions and towns fell under the control of various armed clans and sub-clans. The Baidoa-based interim government was created in 2004 to restore the rule of law after more than 15 years of civil war in Somalia. Under the clan-based Somali government, MP Bulhan represents Nugal region, which is administered by the Puntland State government. On October 11, an Australian exploration company – Range Resources, Ltd. – announced that it had given a Canada-based company – Canmex – an 80% stake in the Puntland natural resources exploration project. The Nugal valley of northern Somalia is amongst concession areas granted to Canmex under the deal with Range. MP Bulhan said its his opinion that exploration for minerals and oil in Somalia at this critical time is “wrong.” Hersi Bulhan served as a Cabinet minister for the government of assassinated Somali President Abdirashid Ali Shermarke (1967-1969). He was elected to the Somali Federal Parliament in 2004. RELATED: Listen to MP Hersi Bulhan’s interview in Somali – Garowe Online, Oct 24 2006 Range Resources on Somali oil hunt – The Australian, Oct 12 2006 Garowe Online News

BOB: The name Kismayo comes from the Swahili name of Kisima which means Well or Ceel if you like as the residents were people used to be known by the Somalis as "Gaalo Madoow", Bob, I heard the same. Actually the Bajunis who still live in Lower Juba still speak Swahili, and as the original occupiers (and the occupants of Kismayo), they still speak of the city as Kisima, the welled city. This can be explained, I guess, by ceelasha k qodan Kismayo. Also, there are said to be a tribe (was it the Giriyama) whose tribal centre was Shungwaya, situated deep in the Lower Juba region. They were, as well as the Galla, driven out of what is know Somalia proper by the invading nomads who defeated them. This is around the time when the Ajuran Dynasty was defeated too, resulting in their fleeing into Ethiopia and Kenya.

Duke: In the long run, the age of warlords is over , we are now enetering the end of the civil war. A national federal government is better than the deluded dreams of a single group who have no idea how to govern. Erm, A/Y isn't/hasn't been a warlord? or the TFG parliament doesn't consist of warlords?

Because Uncle Yey has been urged (by Ethiopia) to move base to Gedo, horn. Dayactirka are inline with the 'coming to Gedo' that is to take place in the few weeks ahead of us. It is either Gedo (garbahareey) or Godey! PS: Welcome the president Horn in Gedo .

^^Everything is ok except my inbox is empty..all the PMs are gone

Happy Birthday, Serenity and many more.

^^Ninyahow, adiguba you are confidently supporting confident C/Y . Aniguna I am giving support to the courts, for the peace they've brought to the land.

Duke: If the TFG is in danger why are they not fleeing Baidoa? Why are they not lashing out, making threats? Instead what we have is the quite, before the storm. Ideed it is the courts who are making idle threats daily. Rumour has it that they have, in the last couple of days, been having meetings to contemplete an exit strategy, erm, I mean a path to flee on .Dowladda KMGda oo lagu wado in ay u guurto magaalada Garbaharreey

^^ Allah, adeer come 1st of November, insha-Allah, Baidoa would come under severe fuel shortages . To heat up things, you need fuel to light the fire and without fuel, it ain't happening . PS: Waanba wada joognaa; Insha-Allah we will learn how credible your inside information is come 1st Nov. We await which turn the TFG's polcies would take. Just hope things happen for the better of the TFG from the 1st of Nov. If as you say, your info becomes absolutely correct, then, I am here to ackwoledge that you are indeed well-connected to the core of the TFG. If, however, nothing happens, then, what do you want us to believe about your claims to having inside information to the TFG's dealing in Baidoa?

Originally posted by General Duke: quote: What about through Puntland via Ethiopia, ever thought of that. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- That can be easily dealt with. How, by bombing from the air No comment.

What about through Puntland via Ethiopia, ever thought of that. That can be easily dealt with. Che- I know the locals' support is vital in winning the war and subjecting them to this punishment is unfortunate. There is no way around it. I wish there are other better ways of handling the issue. I hope for the safety of the locals and the liberation of Baidoa from the warlord.

^^ Where exactly do they come from? Or even more precisely from where can they possibly come from? Landlocked Ethiopia? Or Mogadishu, Kismayo or Kenya? You tell us where.

Originally posted by Xoogsade: But baydhabo businesses can suffer as well. I wonder how effective this will be in punishing the TFG alone. Xoogsade, sxb, I understand the concern. Without oil, not only the businesses but also the locals would suffer too. However, there are two kind of ways of dealing with the TFG: a direct battle in Baidoa costing lives of locals; or an indirect battle that allows the flow of all the necessary supplies, which also allows the coming and going of locals peacefully without restriction.

^^ Indeed Che, the courts must think. They are actually thinking. That is why there are introducing new ways of getting rid of the stooge group in Baidoa. Food and other supplies would go in except oil.

^^ You may live to see the consequences. Enough said.

25 October 2006 Baidoa-based government urged to release three journalists arrested by its troops Reporters Without Borders today called for the immediate release of three journalists working for privately-owned radio stations who were arrested yesterday near the southern city of Baidoa by militias loyal to the transitional federal government after they filmed evidence of the presence of Ethiopian soldiers on Somali territory. “These journalists were undesired witnesses of the bloody poker game being played by the belligerents in Somalia,†the press freedom organisation said. “In view of the very worrying situation in which our three colleagues now find themselves, we urge the government to respect the press freedom guarantees contained in the federal transition charter it signed.†Reporters Without Borders added: “The public has a right to know the realities of the fighting that is taking place in Somalia. President Abdulahi Yusuf Ahmed must therefore order the release of these journalists, as they were just doing their job in an extremely dangerous situation in which news manipulation is one of the weapons being used.†Fahad Mohammed Abukar of Baidoa-based Warsan Radio, Mohammed Adawe Adam of Mogadishu-based Radio Shabelle and Muktar Mohammed Atosh of Mogadishu-based HornAfrik were arrested yesterday morning in Daynunay, a village 15 km outside Baidoa, where the government has its headquarters. They were coming from Burhakaba, a place about 60 km away where government troops have been fighting militias loyal to the Islamic courts that control Mogadishu. Three people travelling with them were also arrested. They were taken to Baidoa for interrogation at the headquarters of the criminal investigation police. The Reporters Without Borders partner organisation in Somalia, the National Union of Somali Journalists, said they are now being held in the city’s prison. The three journalists were caught in possession of a digital video camera containing footage of the body of an Ethiopian soldier of Somali origin killed in Burhakaba, as well as footage of Ethiopian soldiers in Somalia, a local political source told Reporters Without Borders on condition of anonymity. The transitional government, which is recognised by the international community, has been battling for several months for control of southern Somalia with the Islamic courts, which have proclaimed a jihad against Ethiopia. The Islamic courts, which control Mogadishu and nearly two thirds of the provinces, claim that Ethiopian troops are fighting alongside the government militias. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has acknowledged sending “about a hundred trainers at the most†to Somalia. Reporters sans frontieres

By Guled Mohamed MOGADISHU, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Somali Islamists are stopping fuel shipments reaching the government's base in Baidoa, dealers and officials said on Wednesday, potentially cutting off key supplies should a tense standoff between both sides boil over. Tensions are fast rising in the Horn of Africa nation between the Islamists and the Western-backed government as the religious movement extends its authority across southern Somalia, effectively flanking the administration on three sides. Under Islamist control, Mogadishu is the main hub from where fuel, brought in by businessmen from the Gulf States, is then transported to other southern towns such as Baidoa. One fuel dealer said his truck was stopped overnight in Buur Hakaba, a strategic town which the Islamists retook on Monday after government troops had chased away their allies over the weekend. The town is only 30 km (18 miles) from the interim government's provincial base in Baidoa and on the route used to transport fuel to there from Mogadishu. "This is an economic embargo by the Islamists aimed at crippling the interim government," Abdi Ahmed told Reuters by telephone from Buur Hakaba, where his truck was still being held. "This will have a major impact on Baidoa because most of our oil comes from Mogadishu." Ahmed said the Islamists were only stopping trucks carrying fuel and had let through those carrying food and passengers. "This is bad for business. Fuel prices will start to go up now, transport will also increase. It's a really a big blow," the Baidoa-based dealer said. An Islamist source in Buur Hakaba confirmed the move. "All trucks carrying fuel to Baidoa from Mogadishu have been detained," the source, who declined to be named, said. "Other trucks are allowed to proceed with their journey." Many fear skirmishes between the government -- the 14th attempt at effective central rule since the 1991 ouster of a dictator -- and the Islamists, who seized Mogadishu from U.S.-backed warlords in June, could turn to a full-scale region-wide war. Pro-Islamist fighters in Buur Hakaba and rival Ethiopian troops supporting the government dug defensive positions this week around their outposts. Witnesses say regional power -- and the Islamists' enemy -- Ethiopia is propping up the government by sending troops but Addis Ababa denies sending anything but military advisers. Somali Deputy Defence Minister Salad Ali Jelle said those worst affected by the Islamists' move were civilians as the government had a large enough fuel supply. "This embargo will only affect ordinary people since we have enough supply of fuel," he said from Baidoa. "We had planned in advance and knew they would resort to such acts." In another development, militia loyal to the government arrested three journalists who were travelling to Baidoa from Buur Hakaba. The National Union of Somali Journalists said they had been reporting on the skirmishes. Local sources said their cameras and tape recorders were confiscated. An official confirmed the arrests. "The journalists who were arrested yesterday were seen moving in and out of Baidoa and Buur Hakaba. So that is why they were arrested," senior government intelligence officer Mohamed Ali said. "There was a lot of troop movement in the area." (Additional reporting by Hassan Yare and Sahal Abdulle in Mogadishu) --- Madevial army tactics of go'doomin . Soon the TFG would rely on donkey as technicals when the oil runs out. Any supply from Ethiopia would also be curtailed. Now let us see how long the TFG can last!