Hibo, you watch too much Days of our lives. GIVE ME A B-R-E-A-K. Where did you copy that From. Infact, the Admins deleted a topic I initiated for you. (POETRY section) you claimed to have writen 'Friends Without Faces' LOOL. Girl, Get a grip. Your A$$ wasn't even in North America when that Poem was written. All you people do is Cut and Paste other pple's work and effort, I wonder whats the whole meaning of that Poetry section, if you'r not being Creative. Same thing as u just did, Somali Maryooleey like you with a sunscreen on? Ah AH AH. Don't mix reality with Dreams now. No spring break for me, cuz I don't go to school lol. There is the ultimate Truth and honesty. Wish you could be the same Hibo brat.

Hibo, you watch too much Days of our lives. GIVE ME A B-R-E-A-K. Where did you copy that From. Infact, the Admins deleted a topic I initiated for you. (POETRY section) you claimed to have writen 'Friends Without Faces' LOOL. Girl, Get a grip. Your A$$ wasn't even in North America when that Poem was written. All you people do is Cut and Paste other pple's work and effort, I wonder whats the whole meaning of that Poetry section, if you'r not being Creative. Same thing as u just did, Somali Maryooleey like you with a sunscreen on? Ah AH AH. Don't mix reality with Dreams now. No spring break for me, cuz I don't go to school lol. There is the ultimate Truth and honesty. Wish you could be the same Hibo brat.

My vote goes to BARWAAQO!

Is soamlia really Arab Country or another African country? and what makes us diffrent than any other African countries can some one really help ova' here? oNe LOVE mean loving your country from heart not just mouth A SOMALIA The TREUE SOMALIAN Say No to Qabil becouse-QABIL AND

thanks sis, is he egyptian? maybe i'm mistaking him with someone else.

NOT BAD, BUT I THINK THE LAST PART SHOULD HAVE SAID I WONDER WHO'S IS IT RATHER THAN WHO DID IT, IT ISN'T IF SHE WAS KILLED OR SOMEONE WAS MURDERED. STILL IT WAS FUNNY.

LOL LOL HIBO DON'T U HATE WHEN THAT HAPPENS. AS FOR MY SPRING BREAK, I WENT TO TORONTO FOR THE WEEKEND, AND WHEN I GOT BACK HOME I TRIED TO CATCH UP ON THINGS I HADN'T HAD TIME TO DO WHEN SCHOOL WAS ON SUCH AS GOING TO THE MOVIES, HANGING AND JUST CHILLING WITH FRIENDS, GOING BOWLING, AND THEN BAMB THE WEEK WAS OVER, SHAME. WELL GOOD LUCK ON UR SPRING BREAK ABDINUR I AM SURE U WILL COME UP WITH SOMETHING INTERESTING.

LOL LOL HIBO DON'T U HATE WHEN THAT HAPPENS. AS FOR MY SPRING BREAK, I WENT TO TORONTO FOR THE WEEKEND, AND WHEN I GOT BACK HOME I TRIED TO CATCH UP ON THINGS I HADN'T HAD TIME TO DO WHEN SCHOOL WAS ON SUCH AS GOING TO THE MOVIES, HANGING AND JUST CHILLING WITH FRIENDS, GOING BOWLING, AND THEN BAMB THE WEEK WAS OVER, SHAME. WELL GOOD LUCK ON UR SPRING BREAK ABDINUR I AM SURE U WILL COME UP WITH SOMETHING INTERESTING.

Nova, What about Ilhaam?...LOL Yeah I agree with you, LST and MMA are unique names....best names I've seen in here so far. [This message has been edited by Ilhaam (edited 03-21-2002).]

My spring break, man it was the best ever... I went to Jamaica, with the clear waters running through my fingers and the white sand squeezing between my toes. Tha lavishing beaches n the handsome smooth black men, cutting their eyes at the sight of my beauty.... I laid down with my sunscreen cream n my pina colada with a little sqeeuze of strawberry daiquiry.... It was a beautiful week, filled with dances from reggae to salsa....boy can the latino guys move.. ummm umm ummm....they had my head spinning...the mood was all set...I was ready to tango, when my alarm rang... damnn was it a dream... ------------------ Each one of us is a masterpiece in progress

My spring break, man it was the best ever... I went to Jamaica, with the clear waters running through my fingers and the white sand squeezing between my toes. Tha lavishing beaches n the handsome smooth black men, cutting their eyes at the sight of my beauty.... I laid down with my sunscreen cream n my pina colada with a little sqeeuze of strawberry daiquiry.... It was a beautiful week, filled with dances from reggae to salsa....boy can the latino guys move.. ummm umm ummm....they had my head spinning...the mood was all set...I was ready to tango, when my alarm rang... damnn was it a dream... ------------------ Each one of us is a masterpiece in progress

Asalaamu Calaykum Wr Wb all, Sameera, thats exactly how i felt, great to know you enjoyed it and inshallah we will all benefit from it. Unix, go to www.iisna.com (search for it there ) Bulo, Br. Bilal Assad is just amazing. Can you believe he is only 24 and studying at university. He hasn't had any formal islamic schooling, but obviously studies on his own. Allah has blessed him with a beautiful voice, he also leads the prayers at the local mosque for ramadan. Taqwa, yeah i noticed, there is a slight difference between this narration and that in arabic, but nevertheless the message is still the same. Great to see you found the accent "refreshing".

A Clarification of Doubts Concerning the Life of Shaykhul-Islaam Muhammad Ibn ‘Abdul-Wahhaab [based upon the book: Refutations of the Allegations of Those Opposed to the Movement of Shaykh Muhammad Ibn ‘Abdul-Wahhaab] 1010 Weston Rd, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6N 1S3 Phone (416) 761-9845 FAX (416) 761-9027 Visit http://www.troid.org Email dawah@troid.org Some of the enemies of the Salafee Da‘wah have claimed that Shaykh Muhammad Ibn ‘Abdul-Wahhaab broke away from the Ottoman Caliphate, and thus departed from majority in disobedience. Ibn Afaaliq describes the tawheed of the followers of the Salafee Da‘wah as such: "As for their tawheed, then it includes going against Muslims…and this is disbelief and not tawheed ." Addressing them, ‘Umar al-Mahjoob said: "…and you have fallen into disobedience." Ibn ‘Aabideen in his commentary described the followers of this da‘wah as Khawaarij, and that was under the chapter of " The wrong-doers (al-Bughaat)", and they are the ones who go against the obedience of the Imaam without a true (proof). [1] Dahlaan claims that the followers of Shaykh Muhammad Ibn ‘Abdul-Wahhaab: "…have departed the majority." [2] Az-Zahaawee as well, claims that they are notorious for: "…deserting the obedience of Ameerul-Mu’mineen". Many of the enemies of the da‘wah described the Shaykh and his followers as Khawaarij, because one of the attributes of Khawaarij is that they go against the Imaam of Muslims, and they become disobedient as soon as they observe some sins of this Imaam that are far below Major Disbelief. And this is illustrated with what al-Amlee claims. He says: "The Khawaarij have made the fighting of the Kings of Muslims and going against them permissible… So did the Wahhaabiyyah." The author of the book "A summary of the History of Arabs" includes a chapter in his book titled "The Uprising of the Wahhaabiyyah against the obedience". ‘Abdul-Qadeem claim that the upcoming of Wahhaabism was one of the reasons behind the fall of the Caliphate, he says: "The Wahhaabiyyah founded a state within the Islaamic State under the leadership if Muhammad Ibn Sa‘ood and then his son ‘Abdul-‘Azeez. England supported them with weapons and money, and based on ideology they have thrust forward to conquer Islaamic lands that were under the control of the Sultaan, in other words they have raised the sword in the face of the Caliph and killed the Islaamic Army, the army of Ameerul-Mu’mineen (Leader of the Faithful) by means of instigation and support from the English." And before starting to answer the claim of Shaykh Muhammad Ibn ‘Abdul-Wahhaab’s revolt against the Caliph, it is appropriate to mention what the Shaykh believed of the creed that necessitates the obedience to the Imaam of Muslims, regardless of whether they are dutiful or wrong-doers, unless they order a disobedience of Allaah, for obedience (to them) is only for things that are good. The Shaykh says in his letter to the people of Qaseem: "And I believe in the obligation of submitting and being obedient to the Imaams of Muslims, the dutiful of them as well as the wrong-doers of them, as long as they don't order a disobedience of Allaah, and the person who is responsible for Khilaafah; he whom the people have gathered around and accepted, and he who has forced his way to become Caliph as well, his obedience is obligatory and revolting against him is unlawful (haraam)." He also says: "The third source: To make our gathering complete we have to listen to and obey those who rule us, even if it was an Abyssinian slave, and Allaah has explained this to us fully in various forms of explanations, legislative and destined, and then this foundation became to be unknown to a lot of those who claim to have knowledge, never mind practicing it." In answering such claims, an integral question needs to be answered: Was Najd, the home of this movement, under the control of the Ottoman Khilaafah? Dr. Saalih al-‘Ubood answers: " In general, Najd did not witness the sovereignty of the Ottomans, for their power did not reach it, nor their governors, nor at any time preceding the lifetime of Shaykh Muhammad Ibn ‘Abdul-Wahhaab did a Turkish flag rise in it. What proves this reality is reading through the managerial divisions of the Ottomans. A treatise by Yameen ‘Alee Afandee (who was the treasurer of the Haqqaanee book in the year (1018H), corresponding to 1609) titled "The laws of the Ottoman/ the contents of the book of Deewaan", reveals that starting with the eleventh Hijree century, the Ottoman Khilaafah split into thirty two distinct divisions (iyala), fourteen of each are Arabic, and Najd is not included in those, except for al-Ihsaa, if we were to consider it to be part of Najd.." Dr. ‘Abdullaah al-‘Uthaymeen says: "Prior to the upcoming of the call of Shaykh Muhammad Ibn ‘Abdul-Wahhaab, Najd was not under the direct dominion of Ottomans, nor did it witness any sovereignty from within. Banee Jabr, Banee Khaalid, and the Shareefs were not sovereign, and civil strife between the tribes of Najd was the norm." Dr. Aajil al-Nashmee says: "The Khilaafah did not pay attention to Najd and the neighbouring territories. This policy may be attributed to the vastness of Najd, on one side, and on the other side the presence of the tribal fragmentation." What proves that the position of the Shaykh was fine, and that the Shaykh did not hesitate as to the fact that his movement is not related to the Khilaafah is the letter sent to Faadil al-Mazeed, the ruler of the Syrian desert: " This thing that they have disapproved of me, that they hated me for and created enmity between me and them for; if they ask any scholar in Syria or Yemen and others, they will say this is the truth and it is the religion of Allah and His Messenger (sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam). However, I cannot make it public in my area because the state does not approve of it, and Ibn ‘Abdul-Wahhaab managed to because the ruler in his area did not disapprove of it, rather when he knew the truth he followed it." As for "Zuloom's" claim that the movement of the Shaykh was one of the reasons behind the fall of the Khilaafah, and that the English helped the Wahhaabees to achieve this cause, then Muhammad Mahdee al-Istanboolee answers this flat allegation: "It was incumbent on this author to support his view with proofs, and in the past the poet said: If the allegations were not based on their proofs/with texts, then it is a proof of foolishness. To the contrary, History reveals that those English were opposed to this movement from the beginning, fearing a re-awakening of the Islaamic World." Al-Istanboolee also says: "It is strange, both amusing and saddening, that this author accuses the movement of the Shaykh of being one of the causes behind the fall of the Ottoman Khilaafah. It is needless to say that this movement was founded in the year 1811, and the Khilaafah was destroyed in the year 1922." And what proves that the English were against the Wahhaabee movement is that they have sent Captain Forster Saddler to congratulate Ibraaheem Pasha on the victory he gained over the Wahhaabiyyah- referring to the war in Dar‘iyyah-, and to confirm also how inclined he is to cooperate with the British Act against the Wahhaabee piracy in the Arabian Gulf (The most aggressive attacks/ kidnapping of the Royal British vessels that roamed in the Gulf and the Indian Ocean carrying the treasures of India to the empress was carried by well known Wahhaabee centres on the Gulf coast- which until as recent as the fifties was referred to on international maps as the pirates coast- such as Sharjah and Raasul-Khaymah.) Moreover this letter stated clearly the intention of the British government to create an agreement with Ibraaheem Pasha with the goal of annihilating the Wahhaabee control. Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Mandthoor an-Nawmaanee says: "The English have used the position in India that opposed Shaykh Muhammd Ibn ‘Abdul-Wahhaab in order to throw anybody who opposed them with the label "Wahhaabee" And as such the English called the scholars of Deoband, India - Wahhaabiyyah due to their open opposition to the English" Rather the priest Zuimer mentioned that the Wahhaabiyyah in India do not expose their beliefs because call for Jihaad against the English was ascribed to them. Footnotes: [1] Haashiyah Ibn-‘Aabideen (4/262). [2] ad-Durarus-Sunniyyah fir-Radd ‘alal-Wahhaabiyyah (pg. 23)

Words worth contemplating... Dear nomads around the world, We have not learned the most basic human lessons. We have not remembered the most basic human truths. We have not understood the most basic spiritual wisdom. The message we hear from all sources of truth is clear: We are all one. That is a message the human race has largely ignored. Forgetting this truth is the only cause of hatred and war, and the way to remember is simple: Love, this and every moment. If we could love even those who have attacked us, and seek to understand why they have done so, what then would be our response? Yet if we meet negativity with negativity, rage with rage, attack with attack, what then will be the outcome? These are the questions that are placed before the human race today. They are questions that we have failed to answer for thousands of years. Failure to answer them now could eliminate the need to answer them at all. If we want the beauty of the world that we have co-created to be experienced by our children and our children's children, we will have to become spiritual activists right here, right now, and cause that to happen. We must choose to be at cause in the matter. So, talk with God today. Ask God for help, for counsel and advice, for insight and for strength and for inner peace and for deep wisdom. Ask God on this day to show us how to show up in the world in a way that will cause the world itself to change. And join all those people around the world who are praying right now, adding your Light to the Light that dispells all fear. That is the challenge that is placed before every thinking person today. Today the human soul asks the question: What can I do to preserve the beauty and the wonder of our world and to eliminate the anger and hatred-and the disparity that inevitably causes it - in that part of the world which I touch? Please seek to answer that question today, with all the magnificence that is You. What can you do TODAY...this very moment? Look to see, now, what it is you wish to experience-in your own life, and in the world. Then see if there is another for whom you may be the source of that. If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another. If you wish to know that you are safe, cause another to know that they are safe. If you wish to better understand seemingly incomprehensible things, help another to better understand. If you wish to heal your own sadness or anger, seek to heal the sadness or anger of another. Those others are waiting for you now. They are looking to you for guidance, for help, for courage, for strength, for understanding, and for assurance at this hour. Most of all, they are looking to you for love. God Bless. ------------------ Live today to the fullest because tomorrow is not promised". [This message has been edited by SouL_LaDy (edited 03-21-2002).]

Maskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar that name is unique! I like it..It's nice. LibaaxSankataabe..lol..this nick is funny..i like it..it has a crazy character in it..lol. NaagWalan..;)this nick says 'one wacko sista in the house more like it'. CaanoGEEl OFF the Shizzle My Izzle..lol..Luv. It. and last but not least..MINE..Yes NOva_Baby..Casa Nova Baby..Pizza Nova .

Nameless, thanks dowg

fartun, first of all as a muslims, we should not have b/g friend. well, if you make a decision, then stick with it. you are only 19 and hey, there are plenty somali men around.

Caydiid # 1

Outstanding, absolutely... marvellous... write me one plZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ------------------ Each one of us is a masterpiece in progress

I am trying to adopt another form of poetry.. this is how it is.. let me know what u all think!! Trust you, A feeling that changes more than the weather I’d rather try to predict how your day will turn Into sunny skies or rainy nights. Believe you, Relieved that you have not betrayed me yet I‘d rather protect myself by isolating the Iff’s Ann’s and Butt’s that interrupt our conversation. Judge you, But I know you better than most, Worst of all, I can’t make it without you Even though I want a permanent relationship, You keep switching sides; holding only temporary thoughts Love you, But I can’t even trust you My faith in you has escaped my grasp Or is it that I’m still here and you running, Wondering around, trying to find me When in reality, I never left. ------------------ Each one of us is a masterpiece in progress

Shaqsi, nice topic, very educational indeed...Its rather shameful of us somalis to claim we don't do drugs yet, Qaat is considered as a socially accpeted addiction. Women chew Qaat worst than men, these days,And i am sad to confess that I did witness many of whom i considered as female friends jump onto the wagon as u put it. It has indeed affected my friendship with them, for somalis tend to think of u as the way they think of ur friends. Nevertheless, I am in a champaign now, to form Somali Student origanization in my school, I think only then can we enlighten our society of its dark practices, and educate those that r ignorant of its effects. Ashwaaq: U think Qaat chewers don't have any effect on anyone but themselve? Well u r wrong sis, how many homes are ruined just b/c of that? How many children have lost their integrity n the thought of their parents being role models to them? Do u know what the statistics prove? It proves that the percentage of children who do drugs, includingqaat, cigrettes, marijuana etc, is 100 times more than the children who r not under such conditions. So we can't justify, the notion that the chewer is only harmful to him or herself, rather innocent children r at stake as well. ------------------ Each one of us is a masterpiece in progress

I already did forget the first rule, by the time I was reading the 5th.... ------------------ Each one of us is a masterpiece in progress

To me being somali is: 1) Listening to my parents, than my own desires...except for the man I will marry. 2)Helping out anyone I consider to be a somali, ragardless of whether I know them or not. 3)wearing dirac & kuntiino, when the weather permits. 4) Taking pride in saying " i am somali".. 5) Listening to qaraami music & buraanbur booditaan.... 6) Having a cup of tea every afternoon with heel, qarfo, iyo sanjabiil... bigeeys ama cadeeys depends on my mood. 7) Having Xalwo, sambuusi, doolsho, icun, shushumow, iyo buskud in Eid iyo any kind of xalfad... 8) Helping elders when they need, without them asking for it. 9) Referring every older person I meet as adeer ama eedo ama hooyo. 10) Not kissing others ass, for personal gain... To be continued..... Uunix: Ina adeer marka geela loo heesaba adi maxaad dameeraha ugu heestaa?? How about u Shaqsi...u didn't tell us..what being somali means to u?? ------------------ Each one of us is a masterpiece in progress

U askin for a war of words I'll beat u wit a sword of verbs n' leave ur head with a sorted perm Infectious Shine dont wanna hear a warriors poem Cause he lyin to the public while he worrin' alone I'll rip u apart, with the verbal poetic art I'll go against the odds and leave you sprayin' a fart pardon me for gettin' vulgar on this dot.com i missed my prom for writin' 45 psalms Religiously attackin' ur issues, with a sheick from Mogdishue and a maid from down the street only makes this poem complete u tryin to beg for ur downfall through the means of words I got u in yo crib practisin nouns to learn I can go on for years, but, this poem would tear, scream to be left alone, infered beams to the left of you dome therefore attackin' your right side of your throne, Biologically, realisticly, scientifically, u aint shit to me.... I"ll write ur eulogy and attack yo fams cause they aint cool to me....