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    nuune;971162 wrote:
    Norf,
    the news is true, he was appointed some 2 weeks ago, President Hassan has no choice, Alshabaab demanded a higher position, they have got, this particular role is important as it got publicized, there are dozens of other roles Alshabaab filled(most of them not publized), some of them at the airport where Amisom is stationed.

     

    I have said in another post before how the elements of Alshabaab are holding higher positions, the Central Bank of Somalia is one, Villa Somalia is another etc, it is clear to everyone in Xamar and Nairobi, even very clear to those working with them in the mentioned institution, but they have no choice but to keep quite or their lives will be lost.

     

     

    This is a hostage crisis,
    Alshabaab noticed the weakness points of the government from day one, then President Hassan and co started to negotiate with them in exchange for some roles in the government, point was that they stop the bombing, but it hasn't, whenever Alshabaab demands a position of a higher status, and the government refuses, the result is UN bombing(the result of this they have got their guy with higher positon, the mentioned guy in this thread), Airport bombing, Villa Somalia bombing, Turkish Embassy bombing like few days ago, Hospital bombing like today, Alshabaab don't need to go to those places to plant bombs, they are already stationed there(have roles working there and getting paid).

     

     

    The game is very much clear, and I sad to say it will stay like this for the whole term of President Hassan, unless he makes some sacrifices by eliminating Alshabaab from his institutions, doing that will even cost his life and the lives of other ministers and MPs.

    So AS are wagging the govnt rather than the govnt wagging AS? I understand some cencessions being made (we are a forgiving people) but if what you wrote above is what is going on then I am shocked.

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    Alpha Blondy;971106 wrote:
    inaar,

     

    the elections are two years away, ma garatay? the beesha haaradan a.k.a
    ''gog and magoog''
    of the SL Republic are in their last days of this
    Kleptocracy
    . the UCID-Wadani coalition, with Jamal at the helm....... will mount a serious challenge to the Fox and its allies. my advise to you is fairly simple....... come here quick, while you can still get a mashruuc. balse, be warned, Big SILaanyo's patronage is limited. he hasn't been kind to many of his own, especially those who were too thirsty.
    :D
    . word on the street is.....if you're of the black adams, you might be successful.

     

    check the story of this guy.

    lool

     

    Its sad that you view politics and people through the same lens as the less educated. No govnt is perfect. What I don't get is the latest baying for the President. What on earth did he do? :D

     

    As for my impending relocation, it will not be dependent on who is in power or what mashruuc I have in mind (and I have plenty). But, when, God willing, oil is gushing from my back yard waa la ii yeedhi :P

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    So who witnessed it?

     

    Channel 4 are right to broadcast the Muslim call to prayer

     

     

    It will be a refreshing treat to listen to the call for prayer via a mainstream British media channel for the first time, says Imran Awan.

     

    Channel 4’s "provocative" decision to broadcast the Muslim call to prayer during Ramadan should be welcomed. No doubt the cynics both inside and outside the media will feel differently, though - the Sun has already unhelpfully thrown down the gauntlet with a piece entitled: "Ramadan a ding-dong" and "Holy month ‘bigger than the Jubilee’". Yet more sensationalised headlines that seek to portray Islam and Muslim affairs in a negative light.

     

    The reaction to the Woolwich incident is a testimony to the fact that a number of British media organisations are quick to make the usual lazy assumptions that Islam and extremism are somehow connected. In his statement on the decision to broadcast the call to prayer, Channel 4’s head of factual programming Ralph Lee appears to agree with this sentiment: “Not surprising when you consider [Ramadan's] near invisibility on mainstream TV. Contrast this with the way most Muslims are represented on television -nearly always appearing in contexts related to extremism or terrorism.”

     

    For Muslims, the call to prayer is a time of critical reflection, and a means to get spiritually closer to God. It happens five times a day, although Channel 4 will only be showing the morning prayer (also be available online) delivered by the muezzin (in this case Hassen Rasool).

     

    There are estimated to be at least 2.8 million Muslims who will be benefiting from Channel 4’s decision. During Ramadan, Muslims across the UK will be waking up very early in the morning in anticipation of the morning call to prayer before fasting starts. I have always been accustomed to listening to my daily call for prayer via the usual Muslim digital TV channels, such as the Islam Channel, or on my mobile phone.

     

    However, it will be a refreshing treat to listen to the call for prayer via a mainstream British media channel for the first time. Of course there will be those who argue Channel 4 is doing this as a publicity stunt, in order to increase audiences and cause controversy. But I tend to agree with Ralph Lee, who told the Radio Times: “It’s easy for non-Muslims to see Islam through a superficial prism of what is forbidden, and Ramadan through the physical hardship of fasting and control.”

     

    I think this is where Channel 4 will really help. Too often there is a misinformation regarding Ramadan and a media bias that places Muslims and Islam in the same context as acts of terrorism. For once, a mainstream British media channel will allow the wider public to see a true reflection of Islam and make up their minds in an informed manner.

     

    It’s in response to the kind of reporting by newspapers like the Daily Mail, and the Sun that has resulted in Channel 4 taking the decision they have. Historically, the call to prayer has always had an emotional and spiritual meaning for Muslims because it was initially delivered by a person, Bilal, who was an Abyssinian slave and considered to be an "outsider" in society at the time of the Prophet Muhammad.

     

    Let’s hope Channel 4's decision to broadcast the call to prayer and wider Ramadan programmes gives the British people a real taste of the beauty of Islam, which is so often blurred by negative media reporting.

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    Good development

     

    warsamaale;967316 wrote:
    its consumption, consumption and more consumption without any production. the meager foreign exchange in the form of remittances and foreign aid they get is quickly repatriated.

    Erm, its a private development based on the letting of commercial space. People were employed to build it and others will be employed to manage it.