^^Saaxiib, I believe without the bubbling of tribalism in your mind, I think you would visualize things differently from the right perspectives that serve the interest of our religion as well as our people. But since that is not happening in the way you percieve things, I guess its time for you to check your unsatiable appetite for Qabyaalad. I said that because of my long time observations for your activities in this section had shown that you selectively centered the hate of your fellow brothers and sisters in Muqdisho. I think neither the management of the site, SOL nor I, can tackle your unchecked animosities that surface from your writings, but I can pray for you to the Almight, that He may grant you a sound health, free you from tribalism, make a believer of the good Islamic movements, and thus reversing your current futile energy for tribalism to the contributions of the holly struggles of our people, i.e. the likes of Islamic courts. Ilaahey haku caafiyo, aamiin.

Originally posted by Baashi: The E-factor - as it happens news analysis. By Inna-Kaadi-Najaasle Waxa-la-Yiri editorial piece. Monday, June, 5th, 2006 .....Although all the above mentioned factors contribute greatly to the Mogadishu’s instability, no power has more influence in Somali politicking than Ethiopians. . And that is what you think, Caaqilka Seattle! Are all these great unprecedented events accuring in Muqdisho beyond the stinking ethiopian radar screen, or the great Satan, i.e. the wicked American foriegn policy? Your error factor is proving very unreal now than ever, my sensationalist fellow. Maxkamadaha... They are subject to clan manipulation. but tell us what happen before the eyes of all those tribes who couldn't unleash any working manipulations to untangle the unity of Maxkamadaha. I think you erred to understand that manipulation is more true at the unwavering alliance of the warlords in which the Islamic courts had used for their advantages this time, by grassroot engagements with the folks in each of those tribes that surely contributed to the undeniable fact of which they are homeless now. Warlords that have been defeated in battles in the past came back with more fire power and stashs of green... Again, your mindset and experience of the past are misleading you now. The past wars between somali tribes were unprincipled and indeed very different to the fabric of this one. I hate to clarify things to our only intellectual in SOL, but Adeer this one involves with people who believe Islam and others who oppose it, not in practice, but even in theory. I personally met here a man whose cousin was killed in the fight against the Islamic courts who has firmly confessed to me that the death of his cousin was a rejoice to him and a victory for the Ummah. Has that ever happen in Somalia, Doctor Baashi? You wonder who killed him in the fight. It was his next of kin people along with the Islamic forces that he faced in the front lines; an indication of a serious matter we had never seen in the past. However if Zenawi decides to remake them and restore their position in the capital they will remain a force to reckon with and by extension the good people of Mogadishu will pay the price in blood. Zenawi did what he could and Caaqil Baashi, it's upto you to come to terms to the realities that our enemy have no options on the table except to engage us in face-to-face wars with us, including their western friends. I am sure they know the downside for embarking to that war, because it surely will solidify our unity and could lead to more victories, including the emergence of Islamic forces within Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Uganda, and Sudan and all of the regions of East Africa. We have nothing to lose, adeer. If our 'good people of Mogadishu' as you put it choose to die in a honorable cause, then what is the fuzz you making saaxiib? Now, bring on the Ethiopians you fear most, and we will see what they get from us!

Originally posted by General Duke: These courts will have to make a deal if not they will be brought down to earth. But alas this Ale Ubahane has no idea what he talks about, he is living in fanatasy world. The warlords who opposed the governemnt, Bootan, Qaynyare, Sudi, Mohamed Dheere are all gone. One must thank the courts and the people of Mogadishu for that. ehehe, is that you, the one living in fantasy, who thinks the victory of Islamic courts intangible, or me who thinks their is no government in Somalia, and Cabdullahi Yuusuf is another criminal to be brought to justice for his war crimes against the people?

Originally posted by nuune: Audio interview last night Suudi completly refused that he was part of the Anti-terror Group. Qanyare, Bootaan in Djibouti Ali Mahdi himself is a criminal that needs to be saved before the Islamic Court's wrath strikes him. And certainly the Islamic Courts must decapitate all the ramnents of either previous and present warlords.

Originally posted by WaTerLily: Let's hope they don't demand to become the next government. The useless government in Biadoba should use this latest victory to their advantage. Why do you not want them to claim the next government of Somalia? What is the point of Allah's Book and Message if they can't deliver a system of governance for the people? By the way, if the warlords that selected the president of the so-called government that is based now in Baydhabo are kicked out from their fiefdoms in Muqdisho, again, what is the point of having him as a president, when indeed he was the same, and still is, as those now-vegabound warlords of muqdisho? Now, let's hope the Islamic courts to become the true representitives of the people that will embody the values of Islam, and materialize the perfect system of God in our social and privite lives. ........well, its coming to that soon, insha-Allah.

Originally posted by Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar: Had it been about a certain brutal warlord, who occupies land uu shuqul ku lahayn, dadka saan safka usoo galay condemning other warlords, who do not even occupy others' lands, what would have they said? Jihaad? Halgan lagu difaaca the brutal warlord? Huuhaa iyo hiihii. One calls him a "God-like..." The other cannot even admit he is a warlord at all. Dadkaas ayaa hadlaayo, diintana inay ka hadlaan rabo. Adiga anaaba kugu jihaadaayo, waana arki doontaa intaan 'Cargo' kugu dirno, oo aad adoo xirxiran Shiiq Shariif xafiiskiisa Muqdisho lagu geeyo, si Maxkamada Islaamiga ah ay kuu xukunto danbigaaga. Baraf aa i marooyo casharka loo dhigay qabqablayaasha dartiis, and for MMA and JD, its time to listen the music against your sinful wishes!

Ayaan Hirsi: The Impossible Fight against Islam Death is an inevitable reality, but in the case of Ayaan Hirsi Magan, the pain of it has already begun in life, increasingly – as excruciating as it is - before her eyes, with manifold magnitudes. What used to be Ayaan, (meaning luck in Somalia language), is now becoming the unluckiest person in our time. She served once upon a time in the lower chamber of Dutch Parliament, gaining quick prominence in the western world, but at the expense of her life, by insulting the followers over one billion religion, Islam. In this insult-ridden struggle against Islam, the inexperienced young girl from Somalia has spearheaded into the path of utter hoog, ba’ and balaayo, all familiar to her in her daily nightmares. But I am sure this was the exact path, according to what we retrieve from the definitive history of our Ummah, ventured by many renegades as Fircoon, abu-jahal, and company. In her Press release statements, dated on May 16th of this week, (according to this site www.ayaanhirsiali.web-log.nl), the wailing went this: “I came to Holland in the summer of 1992 because I wanted to be able to determine my own future. I did not want to be forced into a destiny that other people had chosen for me…. Here in Holland, I found freedom and opportunities, and I took those opportunities to speak out against religious terror.†Of course, a questionable freedom and an opportunity that she is now catapulted out to the wilderness, and at the mercy of deportation to where she has previously adventured from. Will terror be the sports she will then be delving into for speaking out against in the absence of what she once called freedom and opportunity? Of what she wanted to convey to her friends, who turned foes, was politicians to, “grasp the fact, (according to her hallucinated version of truth), that major aspects of Islamic doctrine and tradition, as practiced today, are incompatible with the open society.†And whether that message was recieved seriously, she asked, “have I accomplished that task?†To which she ostensibly believes to have, “stumbled often in my political career. It has been frustrating and slow.†In her suicidal scenario, we call it, “shinbirtii dabka qaaday mar oo buulkeedii ku gubtay.†But she certainly pursued a desire, (a highly disastrous one), that has became an swift, transitory enjoyment of this world, where – in fact - if she does not repent, it will be said to her, “Read your book! You yourself are sufficient as a reckoner against you this Day†[israa, 14]. Of all the despicable she said, I would be glad if her saying of, “It was wrong to do so†meant a retreat of her sinful rhetoric against Islam. But she was talking about her concocted asylum case she submitted that triggered the whole debacle. She fabricated against herself, against God, against our culture, and more shamefully against our immaculate women who live with dignity and honor. “It is common knowledge that threats against my life began building up ever since I first talked about Islam publicly, in the spring of 2002â€, and then what happen Miss Unlucky?, “my freedom of movement was greatly curtailed, and that became worse after Theo van Gosh was murdered in 2004.†The killing of her friend was a chance at least – and a heavenly signal – that she never used for to retreat from the vile-centric mission against Islam. What has to unfold, as the saga continues, before the real threats actually materialize on her, are certainly bringing more subduing psychological burdens, and of course, that is a life not fit for living. With the unconvincing cheap shots she hurled at Islam and its people, Ayaan has paid a significant price, of losing her mental composure, and becoming the most paranoid creature that dares even to distance any human species as far to the oceans, finding in there a temporary shelter on a dangerously floating boat. Why? Well, even her constituents had declined to accommodate a badly needed immunity at a critical time in their neighborhoods. However, what I cannot comprehend, let alone measuring it, is the sharp intensity of her intrinsic feelings, as she subsequently had to undergo the great suffering that she rightly earned for. In Holland, she is now the venom and the liar; the vulnerable, and even the-soon-to-be-exiled from the entirety of European continent. Her legacy in Europe will be one of the most gullible and courageously coward that is beyond Salman Rushdie. The question is where is her next abode? Before the hellfire, I surmise, it is going to be America, according to her statements in the Press release, “Ladies and Gentlemen, as of today…. I regret that I will be leaving the Netherlands...†Well, if my guess ever proves right, then I say welcome to America, the home of the Right, not the Left, and the land of the Pushbacks from the largest Somali community in Diasporas. Because by continuing with the campaign of insult against our God, the God of Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Mohammed, (all peace be upon them), we will legally take the fight back to her and allege her unrestrained tongue for inciting religious intolerance and hate crimes. But if she resigns from the impossible mission, then as a forgiving community, we are going to ask her seek for the Mercy of her Lord, the Most Merciful. Ayaan, you went to Holland to better yourself as any other African, but today you are departing with a haunting experience, and a life that has changed to the worst possible. Precisely, you became a victim of yourself. Now, as I a former countryman, I would like to advise you that you transform the overwhelming fear, (the perfect insanity), you accumulated from your disastrous political business to a deserving fear of the Almighty. By doing that, hopefully you can secure a good seat in the next life; because this one was ruined by some wild experimentation they played on you. The shock and awe that is now swirling in your heart is something very disproportionate to what awaits in Aakhiro, and before that reality rests a great opportunity you can take to enrich for yourself in repenting to Allah, (sw), and striving for good. That can obviously, with the Will of Allah, restore you to the authenticity of what your great name Ayaan, (luck), attributes to, because with Islam and the support of your dear family you were indeed Ayaan enough. Now, I believe, you can reverse the clock by insulting the pledge of those who had dictated for you to utter the despicable words against your perfect religion, as well as your people. Remember, in your life now, at the sight of God, nothing is too late. Repent and ask your Lord for forgiveness. I am now lowering my tone, thinking that a misguided sister as you would come to terms with the grave consequences of her mischief, and yet hoping that you would seize the momentum of submerging pressures and betrayals by taking a courageous step towards the Islamic track you derailed then. Do you know, deviant Ayaan, that in the administration of your uncle in Baydhabo, President Abdullahi Yuusuf, you can fatten up yourself with more than the insignificant membership you craved at the lower Dutch parliament? Just now declare your Shahaada, and make yourself a born again believer of Islam and a proud member of Nomad, to participate in the holly struggle of ours. Hope is hope, but if you still incline to a suicidal wish to create more commotions, then I fear for you, for a Day when your talking mouth will be appeased on its due and merits of the most painful torments of the Boqor, the Macbuudka Weyn. Ayaan, do not hesitate to send me an email, (waaba hadaa imaqleysid). I am here, together with my people Somalis, to help you rescue your shattered life. (Ilaahow i cafi hadeey dambi tahay inaan qof diintaada caayay wax u sheego, istaaqfurulaah.)

^^So you want to know my weapons and allow the FBI to eavesdrop our exchanges, thus making one of us going behind the bars! You are too smart to do that, but I will never tell you. Try another trick, Biishishishishishishista!

War Nuur Ducaa ku dhacdee maad gabar siisaan, waatii culimada markii loo riyaaqo wanaagooda gabar lagu dari jiree, iyagoo waliba xaasas kaleeto leh. Mise xushmad-daro culimada ah ayaa nasoo maagan? Sh. Nuurow, koley aniga xageyga ayaantaan gabar ma jirto oo la dhameystay, laakiin ducaan ku daba dhigay.

Originally posted by General Duke: Alle-Ubhane, I figure you long ago to be a man out of his depth, your understanding of political issue is based solely on whimsical clan hope and emotiveness, your love of the courts is no more than the proffesed love and others show for the warlords. It is elogical for you to blame everything on Ina Yusuf while overlooking the actions of the Mogadishu players. They oppose every national plan, they opposed peace keepers [AIDS], they oppose still the formation of the armed forces [CLAN], they oppose federalisam [CLAN]and you clap and cheer for ever hoping. Now the mortars are raining on Sisis and Mogadishu and you keep quite, even claiming the deaths are worth it as a route to peace. If there were police national army or even peace keepers the people of Mogadishu would feel much safer. The destruction of once beautiful Mogadishu, the failure of the USC, the propogation of hate the looting of national and private property is not the working of A/yusuf it is the workings of the men of Mogadishu, if they pretend to be clan leaders like Qaynyare, Sudi, or Political leaders like Abdiqasin, Cadow or religious like Ina dahir Aways. It is their blame, but you will ignore it and put everything on President Yusuf, Puntland and of course Ethiopia.... Yesterday you were against Baidoa and Jowhar, how wrong time proved you and how wrong you will insha Allah be proved again.. General Duke, its funny to see someone of your rank to blame me of tribalism, which I resigned a decade ago, as a kid, with the help of Allah's guidance. But no wonder that you reminded me the famous somali proverb that says, " Tuug intaadan tuug oran buu tuug kuugu yeeraa " Given the uncountable tribalistic remarks you uttered and still exercising to steer the whole site into your unbecoming president's side, I think your existance on SOL would long ago vanish if it wasn't may be the owner or the management keeping you as an active member, (purporting the popular believe of their tribe as the other somali sites do). Well, I oppose the criminal you call the president of somalia, and I am not ashamed of that. I strongly side with the Islamic courts with pride, and an uncompromising believe to the Message they stood for. Its the message they strive for that I support, unlike your narrowed tribalistic visualization of a man of your tribe, not the interest of our nation. I condemn you and your president for being the problem the current problem of our country, because its tribalism that destroyed our nation, which has obviously embodied you and the criminal, Abdullahi Yuusuf. As long as you believe in those tribal-centric views, you are deserved to be called Qabiilist. And everybody knows that. So.. Tell all that I said to your tribal henchmen in SOL to accuse me of tribalism.

^^Why are you misleading the people, old man? I live near Harvard Area, and I never heard any news,(at any point in time over the past 10 years), concerning a Somali student from Harvard taking his/her life out of the deluge of suicide impulses. Never, my friend, unless there is another Harvard around somewhere. Now, I feel good for catching a walking lie in probably several years!

They is rubbish, and I mean it.

^^You know what.........? Nevermind, I know you are a female for the truth, incapable to cope with the after-affects of it! Let this thread roll, maandheey!

A close observation to the activities and behaviours of some girls among us, I fear another Ayaan Xirsi to emerge among us. Somali girls are going to be a heart attack on me. Ilaahow aysan mid kale nagu soo bixin... Aamiin!

^^Xiin, you will see the coming weeks with hope and expectations of the doom of Warlords. I always look at the remarks of General Duke as a kid with tremendous love and kinship to Cabdullaahi Yuusuf. That is OK, but saaxiibow ninkaas dadka sanka haka galin, it seems you propelling him to the highest when in fact he lost all wheels to roll. I Thought the passion of hate is more stronger than the passion of love. Your love for the man has exceeded so far over my excruciating hate for the old man. War ninyahow C/laahi siyaasadiisa waa indha beeshee yeeysan adna ku indho tirin.

This war will end with the defeat of warlords and peace will born, a lasting peace for all Mogadishu inhabitants, insha-Allah. That is what I believe now.

I don't get it my friend. Who is the good guy and who is the bad guy here? Charles Kram.. is a known anti-Muslim new york times columnist. I see nothing else new. Perhaps, I didn't read it.

Originally posted by General Duke: ^^^ No it can't but we can give our voice....SOL has a large number of Somali's in different parts of the diaspora. So as a cyber community we can show our unity, disgust and support for the innocents caught up in this maddness... If everyone signs up then we can forward it to the hundred Somali Portals and forums... Enough is enough.... Don't lie my friend, SOL has only a countable slight of minority from Xamar area, and Somalilanders and Puntlanders sit on the majority seat, for them to petition the plight of their brothers to end is good enough. Diversity of somalis can happen here when tribalism halts for good. Cause I see alot of misrepresentations, especially on political section.

Originally posted by Castro: ^ Life is good atheer. Good to see you around here. We miss your conservative, right-wing views. Saaxiib, likewise and thanx, but my departure was in part because of those despicable girls who ruined the whole atmosphere with intimidations and subjugations solely on my radioactive activities in the site. Hopefully, I will emerge as they perish from the grip of Moderatorships. But othert than that, live continues and the quest of conservatism engages another front.

Qac'Qac, Saaxiib waxaan ku iri, "Guur loo aayo" anoo kuugu sii daraayo intaas, Wiil iyo Caano, Gabar iyo Caano.

Originally posted by Socod_badne: Don't mess with Texas Mr. Ahmednijad! This aint idle threat, it can be brought to bear by force if need be. Who is the force, then? By the way, are you still alive with the intoxications you inhaled from Bush's propoganda? Stup!d Socod Badan!

The prospect of the meeting with Gadafi, the despotic regime in libya, is utterly immaterial to the reality in Somalia. The old man should see the solution from the lens of his people, not the cheap shots of Gadafi.

Originally posted by Castro: I have a feeling (don't know why) this "dialogue" is not going too well. Perhaps it's time to call it a day. Everyone? I had a feeling that this great unabashed liberal would one day unveil himself before everyone! Hello, my freind, long time no exchange... How is life afterall?

Boqolsoon: Prophecies in the Saga of Somali Politics Somalia has fallen but with many great giant leaders. Some of them were old, others in the middle, but this man was in the heyday of his youthfulness when he was silenced. He was a powerful voice, uncompromising and critical to the military government, to the, then, countable warlords, to the elites of major tribes, and even to the religious authority, but with a just principle that all Somalis had agreed to. He was a Sheikh, a preacher per excellence, and the best orator ever to surface in the contemporary history of Somalia. In the long but shorted struggle he led, Sheikh Sherrif Abdi Nur, the renowned scholar in the field of Islamic traditions, would call him the backbone of Da’wah in the region. Others as far as Egypt would say Boqolsoon as the beacon of hope in Islamic propagations in Africa. Some critics who were complicit to the status quo described him a controversial who spoke up in the most controversial era of the nation. Nevertheless, he was an accepted man of the people, of the truth, who exactly died on its path. Today, millions of Somalis listen back to his numerous soul-enriching speeches with passion, and yes, one of those tapes - passed to me by a friend - has paused me with spellbound! The man was talking about today - a time he unfortunately never reached to observe - in an accurate prophecy. He pointed out with an unambiguous terms that the civil war would continue for many years, and in the midst of it, foreign troopers from the U.N. would arrive, creating more unrest and conflicts. “Regional disintegrations will follow,†he specified to the tribes of **** , ****** and ***** . In addition, and to my amazements, he added that the war will finally come down to religion, Somali Muslims vs. Somali Christians, (hypocrites, too)! His past audience was right for not understanding the wild calculations he was warning about to happening in the near future in Somalia. From that serious foretelling, I could hear about some frequent starvations hitting the country that I witnessed, about fleeing masses to the West I was part of, and about constant tragedies that would visit every family, including mine, in Somali society. He was talking to a people who have longed in sleep and more than many times have ignored his compelling view of tomorrow. “Whether it pleases, or provokes your anger,†he said repeatedly, “I would not hesitate to mention that your enemy is busy at crafting the tools that are going to bring about your destructions, and then inserting your affairs on the hands of foreigners.†Again, more surprisingly, he switched to another issue, (and this speech was presumably recorded in early of 1991), of some secret documents he unearthed, pertaining to Western companies that dumped high radioactive chemicals and nuclear waste in the open seashores of Somalia! Of the fears he expressed for his people, I shed tears, (the manly ones), for my people in year 2006 that we have seen his chilling predictions, and the worst are yet to come, willingly, I wish, after my youthful death. When a society becomes colorful with major sins, of wrongly shedding the blood, of corruption, of indecency, and the dearth of moral obligations, surely their existence is bound to vanish. My brother Boqolsoon has seen our elders irresponsibly sawing the seed of hatred, and our youth harvesting eventually the bitter consequences of it. In that social state, Boqolsoon believed, nothing is more unfortunate than the intellectuals and the good people within the society becoming more so inactive and passive towards the pressing issues. The Hero has enlightened us to understand an enemy that is two-pronged, one from within and the other from the outside. Given the sad fact of our people engaging in a vicious tournament against each other, of which none of them was quite cognizant of the schemes of the outside enemy. Our strong social unity, then, died down, because of the trivial fronts we chosen over the important ones. Brother Boqolsoon, may Allah have mercy on him, has shown us something of great leadership quality, that fear of the enemy is the greatest impediment of our social progress. Though I had never seen Boqolsoon, his voice reveals a true sense of valor coming from the depth of an unpretentious soul. An unmerited sketch of fact-finding about life says that he was physically slim, gentle, humble, pious, and financially strapped, but unflinchingly dedicated his entire life for the revival of his people. A great leader should not only understand his time, but for the time ahead as well. Our time, however, is marked with many fictitious leaders that are only promoted in the news of the BBC-Somali. They are indeed contrasting from the quality of leadership embodied in Boqolsoon. In my juxtaposing of the two, I think, lies an offense, for they are the most incomparable examples in the world. When we endorse the reckless, the reckless must work hard to suppress the responsible from rising. And the reward of that endorsement to our despicable warlords has to come in the form of colossal detriment, the one that is dragging us for 16 long years. The Sheikh stood up to answer the call of duty, especially, at a time when standing alone equals the diametrical end of your life. The web of impossibilities he embarked to operate under had obviously earned him the unprecedented legacy that we always fail to match. Of course, he was one of us, but duplicating some of his fine traits in discipline, values, intellect, knowledge, and the great courage that geared him up to the height and benchmark we cherish for ourselves, is posing us significant challenges. Now, that our brother was stored below us, in the graveyard that awaits us all, we must look for directions from his ever-lasting inheritance for all of us, because it best advices to the listening ears. To be cautious of the enemy, to feel unwavering on the truth, and to never get unprepared before the Magnificent Court of Allah. The theme of his message has ended with a beautiful remark, of which you and I are naturally imposed to undertake, and that is the fear of Allah, the one-step that is conditioned in the help we desperately need today from Allah, the most exalted.

Boqolsoon: Prophecies in the Saga of Somali Politics Somalia has fallen but with many great giant leaders. Some of them were old, others in the middle, but this man was in the heyday of his youthfulness when he was silenced. He was a powerful voice, uncompromising and critical to the military government, to the, then, countable warlords, to the elites of major tribes, and even to the religious authority, but with a just principle that all Somalis had agreed to. He was a Sheikh, a preacher per excellence, and the best orator ever to surface in the contemporary history of Somalia. In the long but shorted struggle he led, Sheikh Sherrif Abdi Nur, the renowned scholar in the field of Islamic traditions, would call him the backbone of Da’wah in the region. Others as far as Egypt would say Boqolsoon as the beacon of hope in Islamic propagations in Africa. Some critics who were complicit to the status quo described him a controversial who spoke up in the most controversial era of the nation. Nevertheless, he was an accepted man of the people, of the truth, who exactly died on its path. Today, millions of Somalis listen back to his numerous soul-enriching speeches with passion, and yes, one of those tapes - passed to me by a friend - has paused me with spellbound! The man was talking about today - a time he unfortunately never reached to observe - in an accurate prophecy. He pointed out with an unambiguous terms that the civil war would continue for many years, and in the midst of it, foreign troopers from the U.N. would arrive, creating more unrest and conflicts. “Regional disintegrations will follow,†he specified to the tribes of "I" , "H" and "D" . In addition, and to my amazements, he added that the war will finally come down to religion, Somali Muslims vs. Somali Christians, (hypocrites, too)! His past audience was right for not understanding the wild calculations he was warning about to happening in the near future in Somalia. From that serious foretelling, I could hear about some frequent starvations hitting the country that I witnessed, about fleeing masses to the West I was part of, and about constant tragedies that would visit every family, including mine, in Somali society. He was talking to a people who have longed in sleep and more than many times have ignored his compelling view of tomorrow. “Whether it pleases, or provokes your anger,†he said repeatedly, “I would not hesitate to mention that your enemy is busy at crafting the tools that are going to bring about your destructions, and then inserting your affairs on the hands of foreigners.†Again, more surprisingly, he switched to another issue, (and this speech was presumably recorded in early of 1991), of some secret documents he unearthed, pertaining to Western companies that dumped high radioactive chemicals and nuclear waste in the open seashores of Somalia! Of the fears he expressed for his people, I shed tears, (the manly ones), for my people in year 2006 that we have seen his chilling predictions, and the worst are yet to come, willingly, I wish, after my youthful death. When a society becomes colorful with major sins, of wrongly shedding the blood, of corruption, of indecency, and the dearth of moral obligations, surely their existence is bound to vanish. My brother Boqolsoon has seen our elders irresponsibly sawing the seed of hatred, and our youth harvesting eventually the bitter consequences of it. In that social state, Boqolsoon believed, nothing is more unfortunate than the intellectuals and the good people within the society becoming more so inactive and passive towards the pressing issues. The Hero has enlightened us to understand an enemy that is two-pronged, one from within and the other from the outside. Given the sad fact of our people engaging in a vicious tournament against each other, of which none of them was quite cognizant of the schemes of the outside enemy. Our strong social unity, then, died down, because of the trivial fronts we chosen over the important ones. Brother Boqolsoon, may Allah have mercy on him, has shown us something of great leadership quality, that fear of the enemy is the greatest impediment of our social progress. Though I had never seen Boqolsoon, his voice reveals a true sense of valor coming from the depth of an unpretentious soul. An unmerited sketch of fact-finding about life says that he was physically slim, gentle, humble, pious, and financially strapped, but unflinchingly dedicated his entire life for the revival of his people. A great leader should not only understand his time, but for the time ahead as well. Our time, however, is marked with many fictitious leaders that are only promoted in the news of the BBC-Somali. They are indeed contrasting from the quality of leadership embodied in Boqolsoon. In my juxtaposing of the two, I think, lies an offense, for they are the most incomparable examples in the world. When we endorse the reckless, the reckless must work hard to suppress the responsible from rising. And the reward of that endorsement to our despicable warlords has to come in the form of colossal detriment, the one that is dragging us for 16 long years. The Sheikh stood up to answer the call of duty, especially, at a time when standing alone equals the diametrical end of your life. The web of impossibilities he embarked to operate under had obviously earned him the unprecedented legacy that we always fail to match. Of course, he was one of us, but duplicating some of his fine traits in discipline, values, intellect, knowledge, and the great courage that geared him up to the height and benchmark we cherish for ourselves, is posing us significant challenges. Now, that our brother was stored below us, in the graveyard that awaits us all, we must look for directions from his ever-lasting inheritance for all of us, because it best advices to the listening ears. To be cautious of the enemy, to feel unwavering on the truth, and to never get unprepared before the Magnificent Court of Allah. The theme of his message has ended with a beautiful remark, of which you and I are naturally imposed to undertake, and that is the fear of Allah, the one-step that is conditioned in the help we desperately need today from Allah, the most exalted.