The guy(Ilaahay xajkiisa ha ka aqbalo) is like any other Somalilander who because of our country's unrecognised status use foreign passports to travel. It is not a big deal to use koonfurian documents until our own documents are recognised. Personally, I prefer Ethiopian, Kenyan, or the other African passports but koonfurian passports will also do. Inshaallah, once Somaliland is recognised internationally, those passports will clog our landfills and sewage pipes. I think our government should put in place a contingency plan to recycle those papers for use in newspapers and other purposes before the public discard them carelessly.

The guy who posted this article by the Guardian manipulated the title to make it look as is Silaanyo is wrong to be inspired by those two regions. The majority of the Scottish people rejected independence because unlike the people of somaliland the Scots benefited from the union and continue to benefit from their membership of the UK. On the other hand the people of Catalonia are being actively prevented from voting on independence by the Central government in Madrid which has threatened the government in Barcelona with legal action if it embarked on such a move. I think some honesty in reporting is needed whe you want people to take you seriously as a Blogger or a budding journalist.

<cite> @DoctorKenney said:</cite> Well then it's responsibility of Djiboutians, Somalilanders, Khatuumites, and Puntlanders to pool their resources together to stabilize South Somalia. Diaspora Somalis can assist with funding and finances. There are millions of Somalis in the diaspora, and all we need is a small contribution from each Somali family to help fund this Stabilization Project. We can easily work with elements in the South who agree with us. The majority of H-Block Somalis would get on board with this project. They genuinely want to see a peaceful and stable Somalia. Instead of relying on selfish foreigners to solve our own problems maybe the solution to Somalia's problems should come from Somalis themselves? If Hargeisa and Berbera were in chaos I would advocate the very same thing, and I would never ever try to disassociate myself from the events in Hargeisa. Not everyone is as genuine you are Dr Ken. The problem is not Somaliland refusing to help but it is the politicians of Somalia accepting that offer of help. Since the nineties Somaliland maintained that if the politicians of Somalia accept the sovereignty of Somaliland then our government would do whatever it can to help stabilise Mogadishu and the south. But unfortunately insead of thanking us they did whatever they could to sabotage our own stability and security.

<cite> @DoctorKenney said:</cite> Tallabo, Don't try to disconnect yourself from the people of South Somalia. Don't try to disassociate yourself from the events in South Somalia. They're your people too. You need to change your mentality. You are right Dr Ken, they are my sisters too and I never dissociate myself from the suffering of the people of the South, but responsible is divided and it is men like Dalmar and his fellow mooryaans who are responsible for the security and welbeing of our sisters and mothers in Mogadishu and elsewhere in the South. But sadly, by the looks of it they can't even look after themselves and need Ugandan and ebola infected West Africans to protect them from Alshabaab.

Don't worry about me boy, 0 year old Somali sisters are in danger of being raped by the AMISOM who are also running over Somali aunties and uncles with their tanks on the streets of Xamar.

No I am not in a Bantu protected EU funded sorryland but accessing a privately owned, commercially oriented, open forum on the internet while enjoying the safety of London.

<cite> @Dalmar1 said:</cite> The only kind in Somalia to be known to bacaac obsessively 24 Hours from old to young is your kind, all around the world, physical or cyber its bacaacictraaf this bacaacictraaf that nonsense. I think you guys have bigger problems like regaining your freedom from your Bantu colonial masters and helping rape victims in Mogadishu than worry about Somaliland, don't you?

<cite> @GaroweGal said:</cite> The territorial integrity and Sovereignty of the Somali state is enshrined under both national and international laws, so the notion that Silaanyo and his drenched and deluled folks have a right to secede from the rest of Somalia is incomprehensible and frankly laughable. Actually no one in the international community is laughing other than you guys in your unfortunate episodes of schizophrenic attacks.

They should have just spoken in English, there is nothing with it.

<cite> @Dalmar1 said:</cite> Talaabo as an member of Xamar Clan, you and your SNM will never break Somalia apart, and we will always work against your project, a desperate project that steals other clan’s land making you minority clan into a majority. No single clan will ever become a seperate country Bacaac... keep barking.

<cite> @Odey said:</cite> Sadly for Silaanyo, a major seismic survey was undertaken by TGS seismic and the data did not bring back anything promising. Generally when new data is brought to the market, it creates a a lot of activity and is bought by everyone, yet this data hasnt sold for years now. That tells you something- nothing interesting there. The region offshore Somaliland in the red sea is relatively young and doesn't Look promising. So, bless him, he is trying to keep the dream alive but nothing is coming. Onshore, the only area worth looking is not his clan area. The province of sool is the only region within reach that has anything promising and that is fast slipping from him because one cannot drill in areas whose people aren't on board. The region is also quite dry and without many the sources. The human capital is small in numbers and that too isn't much help. The political climate is not in his favour either. A giant is awakening in the rest of Somalia. The federal govenment is gaining more clout daily and all roads are leading there. The world is more engaged than ever before and the FGS is pressing ahead on a united Somalia and the world is listening. The dream that has lasted 24 years is coming to an end. It is only natural that the die hards in that region want to hang on to the deep sleep and keep dreaming, but the realists are beginning to see. Solution ?....... Dadkaaga wax la qeybso intii goor goor tahay I think the only dreamer here is you. If as you claimed Somaliland has neither natural resources nor a useful human capital, why is then Koonfuria so obsessed with it? Why don't you and your follow koonfurians let this small patch of dry and worthless corner of Africa with few nomads living on it go its separate way and keep all the wealth and blessing in the South for the people of that region alone? I am sure if you guys leave us alone to get on with our lives everyone will be happy. The koonfurians will get to enjoy all their oil, gas, mineral, fish, and agricultural wealth alone without worrying about sharing anything with the poor folks from the North; and the Somalilanders will be content with the little they have and will never bother you.

If no Somali is involved in this atrocity, it will be only a matter of time before Somalis take the centre stage given the huge and growing number of mostly young men and women joining terrorist groups or are sympathetic to their evil causes.

A Bulgarian man paralysed from the waist down in a stabbing attack is walking again thanks to treatment pioneered by leading Jewish neuroscientist. Darek Fidyka is believed to be the first patient to recover from a complete severing of the spinal nerves. He suffered his injury in 2010 and has now regained sensation in his lower limbs and is able to walk with a frame. Surgeons using methods grounded in the work of Professor Geoffrey Raisman, who used cells from Mr Fidyka’s nose to help regenerate the severed tissue. Raisman, head of the Institute of Neurology at University College London, said he believes the treatment “will result in a historic change in the currently hopeless outlook for people disabled by spinal cord injury.” The grammar school-educated son of a Jewish tailor from Leeds, Raisman was persuaded by his father to read medicine after he was awarded a scholarship to Oxford University. Research conducted by Raisman at Oxford showed for the first time that the brain and central nervous system have a capacity to regenerate following trauma. Raisman told reporters that the patient is “able to resume much of his original life, including driving a car” and is “absolutely delighted.” http://www.jewishnews.co.uk/leading-jewish-neuroscientist-helps-paralysed-man-walk/

Tell him about the French and Spanish empires, the Greek, Roman, and Persian empires before them, the Mogul empire, the Soviet Union, the Dutch colonies, the Portuguese colonies, even tiny Belgium had its day in the sun.

<cite> @DoctorKenney said:</cite> Watch this short video saaxib, it goes into further detail and says it much more eloquently than I. Shaykh Yasir Qadhi is great here The guy is talking nonsense. You just wasted few minutes of my time with this video. <cite> @DoctorKenney said:</cite> BTW Tallaabo; lying, cheating, stealing, committing adultery, committing murder, and other such crimes have existed as long as humanity existed. What kind of rationale is that to justify homosexual behavior? What a ridiculous comparison!! The crimes you mentioned are committed by both heterosexuals and homosexuals and have nothing to do with the topic at hand which is sexual attraction between who humans. Lying and cheating do not need the deployment of sex hormones like testosterone and oestrogen in the body, whereas sexual attractions between two humans or two animals are underpinned by such major physiological mechanisms. Ditoore, you really need to put some thought into your arguments instead of regurgitating the garbage naïve Muslim preachers and the Christian fundamentalists spout to justify their oppression of a large segment of humanity. <cite> @DoctorKenney said:</cite> And also, we're not animals we are human beings. Yes we are not animals but we are not made of plastic either. We are physiologically similar to the animal kingdom. Indeed we share over 99% of our DNA with the chimpanzees and over 96% with a host of other animals and invertebrates. So whatever natural tendencies animals have humans also usually possess the same tendenies. That is why new medicines and cosmetics are fist tested on animals before human trials are conducted. But we are different to the animals in respect to our ability to control many of our actions which are not driven by basic, powerful, and involuntary biological mechanisms such as the urge to eat, to drink, and yes to mate. <cite> @DoctorKenney said:</cite> There's a different standard expected of us as human beings. Some animals kill the offspring of their rival males, so would that be okay if human beings do the same thing? In some insect populations, the female KILLS the male after she mates with him, and then she eats him up. So would that also be okay if human beings did the same thing? It's not a good argument Tallaabo. The animals behaviours you have mentioned have no relevance in this discussion whatsoever. These strange behaviours within the animal kingdom are purely survival instincts which are used to keep their species reproducing. Obviously, humans are endowed with a more powerful brain so we do not need to do such things. However, we share a lot with these animals and insects including sexual attraction which underpins the reproduction of every animal and insect. These attractions are mostly for the opposite sex but a significant minority of humans have it for the same sex. We also share the desire to favour our own children over our rival’s children although of course no murder is involved in most cases.

The west have tried to treat people of homosexuality for centuries because they thought it was a disease which could be cured. To this day fundamentalist Christians mostly in the USA are abusing little kids because they can't accept that homosexuality is a natural part of the human being. Thankfully, the majority of the world's population and every respectable scientific and medical institution have now come to the inevitable conclusion that homosexuality existed as long as humanity existed and will continue to exist no matter what, is not a disease, is a different variant of the overall human sexuality, is also present in the animal kingdom, is not "curable", and that there is nothing wrong with being a gay or lesbian.

Those who are celebrating this man are doing so because of clan connections. Tribalism has blinded the Somalis and darkened their soul.

<cite> @DoctorKenney said:</cite> Read the article I shared Tallaabo, it goes into the issue in detail I have read it and it confirms what I said and what the hadiths said i.e. Aisha(RA) was six when she was married to the prophet(SCW) and 9 when their marriage consummated.

Dr Kenny, if homosexuality is abhorrent, heterosexuality is also abhorrent as both are different variants of human sexuality. It is like condemning the black people whilst praising the white. These reports prove the physiological basis of homosexuality: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/male-homosexuality-influenced-by-genes-us-study-finds-9127683.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7456588.stm God does not make mistakes in His creation and also would not create homosexuals just to condemn them.

<cite> @DoctorKenney said:</cite> Tallaabo, we've already had this discussion in a previous thread. Either you're deliberately trolling or your memory is weak: http://www.somaliaonline.com/community/topic/child-marriage-in-islam/page/3/ And there are many separate articles addressing the marriage of Aisha: http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Polemics/aishah.html Read the above article. It's very useful and goes into the issue of Aisha's marriage in detail. It's been argued before, by Christian Missionaries in decades past, and the arguments have been soundly refuted in the past. But Tallaabo is playing into the hands of the Atheist troll Xabad and going along with him, instead of standing his ground. I'm very disappointed with him. Yes we discussed this before but you did not show me any evidence which refutes that Aisha's marriage to the prophet(scw) was consummated when she was nine years old. And the article in the link you provided affirms what the hadiths say .i.e. she was 9 years old.

<cite> @CidanSultan said:</cite> Xabad is a polytheist. He worships an idol called waq as he has stated many times. He is not an atheist he is a polythiest. And thank you doctor Einstein talabo. I know what the difference is between the two. Your also wrong about Aisha as your wrong about the previous comment. She was married off but as she wrote herself the marriage was consummated later when she declared older and she was happy with it as she herself stated Volume 7, Book 62, Number 64: Narrated 'Aisha: that the Prophet married her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old, and then she remained with him for nine years (i.e., till his death). So I am not wrong.

Dr Kenny, we have argues over this before. Homosexuality and heterosexuality are just two sides of the same coin- human sexuality. It is scientifically proven and there is no more room for you to manoeuvre regarding this. You are using an outdated and refuted tactic when you compare human sexuality with an addiction like alcoholism and your constant reference to this ridiculous comparison just shows you are dishonest in your arguments.

<cite> @CidanSultan said:</cite> Salahudin Ayubi the conquerer of Jerusalem. The conquer of Fatimid Egypt. Kurd: Isn't he the same Kurd you despise, consider infidel, and want wiped out by the terrorists in Syria and Iraq?

<cite> @Holac said:</cite> Rwanda is a beautiful country, but the same issue that contributed to the infamous genocide still exist today. Tutsi control of the political and economic power of the country has doubled since the genocide and the country can descend into violence once again. The West is propping up Kigame as a savior but the Hutus feel marginalized and a Tutsi minority (15% of the total population) still controls the country. The Tutsis are one of the lost Somali tribes so all power to them :-D

Why didn't you include AL-Baghdadi the great terrorist as he conquered half of Syria and Iraq whilst chopping thousands of heads in the process?