I am totally against the breakup of the union. The United Kingdom benefited all the people living in the British Isles through out its 300 years of existence. In union, the people of Great Britain and Ireland literally took over the world politically, economically, militarily, culturally, and technologically. Thanks to the strength of the union and the empire it produced, English is now the defacto official language of the world, and the British legal and parliamentary system serves as a template for most counties in the world.

The Muslim world can put a banishing pressure on a country like Angola if they indeed banned Islam. To start with the Muslim countries in Africa can demand the suspension of Angola from the African Union and threaten to leave the union if Angola remained a member. An African union without so many counties would not be worth the name, so Angola with be suspended without a second thought. Secondly, the 57 Muslim majority counties can demand the UN Security Council, the European Union, and the US to put crippling sanctions on Angola and freeze their assets. China which has vested interests in Angola's natural resources might resist such a move but if all the Muslim countries threaten China with diplomatic and economic consequences China will no doubt forsake Angola and choose to maintain good relations with the 57 Muslim counties. No country can afford to cut ties with 57 countries many of which are the world's biggest suppliers of oil and gas. All in all, if this news is true and the Muslim counties cooperate well, Angola will make a quick U-turn or will risk economic and political implosion because of the international sanctions and pressure.

Jacpher;987716 wrote: ^Stop pretending these are real number. In the real world, these are marginal errors. No matter how famous these names sound to you, the larger part of the country, Somali and gaal don't go together . Haven't you seen the number of Somali atheists we have in this forum alone? And I knew few of them in real life.

Haatu;987682 wrote: A few individuals might exist here and there, but there is no "community" to speak off. And I actually do know the guy behind it all. I owe my cush life in the West to him ( ) so believe me when I say it's mostly maryooleys making a quick buck. Waaryaa don't give the maryoolay the idea of claiming asylum using Christianity;)

Xaaji Xunjuf;987494 wrote: Waxad maqlayseen Somaliland wey duushay the past 2 decades wataaan si dhab a u duushay hadaba:D Hadda baalal dhab ah ayay yeelatay ma istidhi:p

The Somali Bantus must be respected and their rights protected by the AMISOM government in Villa Burundi in Mogadishu. They have suffered enough.

Are you in Minnesota? Here in the UK we have got neither excessive cold nor excessive heat. It is the perfect climate, the blessed Isles indeed.

It is called Walawayn airlines;)

Safferz;987473 wrote: Are you sure Tallaabo's revolution won't look more like this? LOL:D;) No the initial stage won't look like this. This is the after-riot victory parade:p

I left a comment in the link you provided. I hope they post it as it is.

Haatu;987366 wrote: Well of course. First order of the day: Alpha is exiled to Zimbabwe for being too close to officials from the previous regime. Cadale luckily survives an assasination attempt whilst in his house by unknown gunmen on the same night. Power struggles continue as Haatu consolidates more power. School children are now taught to refer to him as Aabo Haatu The SOL spring revolution is upon you organised by former minister Tallaabo

Xaaji Xunjuf;987080 wrote: Its to divert the current crisis of Somalia, there is no such thing as a cold war , cold wars are quarrels between equals Somalia and Somaliland as it currently exist are not equals.Somalia is in a political and constitutional crisis the resignation of the bank governor. Followed by the crisis between the president and prime minister, followed by homicide attacks the police station attack in Hiiraan, the instability which continues to plague Somalia. And some internet warlords want to talk about a non existent cold war.Somalia and Somaliland live in 2 complete different worlds what happens in Somalia it has no effect on Somaliland whats so ever. True a cold war is waged between two equals. Currently Somalia is not only in crisis, it has effectively become an African colony. So I will not lose a night's sleep over any "imagined" threat from that AMISOM booth camp. They might cause us few troubles here and there but usually such issues can be brought before their African masters for resolution.

Minister Tallaabo is deeply involved in a new scandal but refuses to resign. Here is his statement to the nation;)

Dr K and galbeedi, you made good points

SomaliPhilosopher;987051 wrote: and you talk about 'independence'... The Commonwealth of Nations is a non-political organisation of equal nations which share common history.

Here is an interesting lecture about rap music:

All these consecutive tyrannical regimes are completely useless. In each government there are ministers for propaganda and culture but no one to run education and health for the nation!! This says a lot about the priorities of the tyrants. I have no choice but to organise a "SOL spring" to bring down the devils:mad:

You should wait for few months for the BBC to rebroadcast it as a repeat programme. They usually do. If you can't wait that long then you can buy the DVD from the BBC shop or better rent it from a local library or video shop.

Khayr;986845 wrote: You know "Doing Nothing" is a Decision. So if you do nothing in this case, you will have killed 5 people. Sounds to me that you would be held accountable because your decision led to the death of 5 people. Could you live with that decision? Yes it is a conscious decision. It is the decision to let nature take its course. Interfering with such events would make one decide the life and death of others. I would be wrong to kill a man to safe others so I would let all face their fate. It is like a lottery.

guleed_ali;986838 wrote: Are Somali passports allowed to be produced in Hargeisa? If so, then this a good thing that curbs the production of illegal passports. I don't dabble into politics all that much but I still don't get why the "Republic of Somaliland" still have Members in the "Somali" Parliament. The Republic of Somaliland does not have any representatives in any other country's national parliament. It is up to the countries of the world to decide who sits in their respective parliaments but Somaliland has no influence in any other country's decision making. Of course Somaliland would not mind having its citizens in other countries' parliaments as that would give us diplomatic advantages. We hope more of our citizens join the national parliaments of Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti, the Sultanate of Ma...tania, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, USA, etc

Apophis;986823 wrote: I would do nothing. Because otherwise you are committing murder. That is my answer too.

^ Shouldn't this be in that other thread?

Maashaallah. Now Somaliland is being considered alongside major countries like Pakistan when the UK is deliberating its aid and foreign policy. I hope other countries follow suit.

Thanks Saff, your wise advice is at last heeded

I hope the Genel team have not exploited our situation to extract more concessions from our government.