^Not even your mom? Duqa dhabadh!l!f waaye Sacad waa inaadeerkiis.

A case in point: my brother-in-low who hails from *********** tribes of Sool region and in fact members of his tribe don’t want to have anything to do with *****ten tribes of Puntland much less join Southern Somalia. He lost me here Even if Somaliland abandons Sool and Eastern Sanag that doesn’t mean finally those regions will reach a lasting peace. Hateful brick Somaliland is the only country that can honestly mediate the Somali warring factions—and they too know that fact. Seriously, Somaliland could mediate Ethiopia and ****** Liberation Front ONLF rebels who have been fighting for their self-determination in the Eastern region of Ethiopia known as ******ia. Why would Ethiopia listen to vassal state? Whatever he was trying to say is lost in delusions and emotional rants.

AUN

Plus, I've heard the place is big on shukaansi these days [big Grin] Geesbaad iiga dhacdey. She wasn't there long enough to explore the place.

I thought Somalia was gabar as well.

Niqaab markii laga hadlo Lazy wey soo urisaa

Haatu-I have been selling Gaarissa. You would think I will be top on the list. P.S. My mom was there for couple of days. She left there on Saturday.I will have to ask her what's like.

Haatu-aniga iyo adiga safaaradaha inaan kala qaadaano waaye!

Ibti-I resent your portrayal of Somali men

^Qofyahey fiirii iskadaa ninkaan ee mid Soomaali kuqabo xitaa reer Burco iska ahaadey I'm not mad about anything but I do you are part of hand-held crew Reread my above post-I was only talking about not kusband.

Originally posted by *Ibtisam: ^^^What do you mean maad bartitid? I do know it, I just don't want in aan xanto asaga, you are bad influence adigu hoorta. Af-Soomaaligaaga marax uu sii noqdey.I was asking if you taught him Somali. If you didn't he has no clue when we communicate with you in Somali. I think Adam hada kudhaama I'm not the type to be hand-held, That's what every woman says till qoobsagaaro lagu qabto LoooooooL@Ibti-I just reread what you wrote. I didn't say Bengali would have issues with Indians. I said you have to be in India long enough to learn how to deal with them.

^Afsoomaali amaad bartey? Ninko hand-helder fiican ma,aha.He should have atleast given you practice run by taking you to Dhakar or Chittigong.

You have to give men in the sub-continent enough time to figure out and learn how to deal with them.

I would have banned this as well.

This is an intellectual fart.Xaaji high on jaad wrote this.

load of crap

You are essentially saying you are against it but won't do anything about it. In any dogma, morality is closely followed by "duty".Maybe this is what Duke is trying to reconcile.Morality bounds one to duty even more so in religious traditions.

I think Duke is saying on something you need to take moral stance even if that means infringing on others' rights.Moral values has no "buts".

^When among others and when there in person, I speak proper Somali (radio Moqdishu Somali). I should nominate my Ayeeyo teacher of the year award

^Tell me about it and their Somali is so funny-good lads though.

Haatu-Yes, decent amount. We have couple more events to do.I'm happy to be taking part in it-good experience N guess what, in the process I have met couple kids from Gaarissa that go to Harvard. Silent Cry is also coming to town!

^Thanks The event went really well and we had good speakers.

^But this beg the question, is having sex with older person (we will all be old) is disgusting. Let's ignore the circumstances for sec. That said, I wouldn't mind this cougar

Press Statement Concerning Our Deseased Father As-Salam 'Alaykum To: All the Islamic centers, and Muslim Organizations in North America, CAIR, Golaha Imaamyada Masaajidda ee W/America, Masjid Noor, Masjid Rachma, ISNA, ICNA, SAGC By Fathia Mohamed Yusuf April 30, 2010 ________________________ Our father, Mohamed Yusuf Bashir, a Muslim and Somali American passed away on April 7th, 2010. He had a long battle with complications due to multiple strokes. My late father was transported to Ohio from Lewiston Maine, to spend the last days of his life with his immediate family. After our father passed away he was transported to Rutherford Funeral home. Because of the passing of another Muslim, our father could not be buried until April 8th after Assar prayer. We arrived at the Ibn Taymiya Mosque in Columbus, Ohio, unaware of the events that would unfold this day. After Assar prayer, the Imam of the mosque Sheik Adam S Abdullahi took the microphone and shared some disturbing information. This is what he said 1. The Imam said that our father changed his name to a non-Islamic American name, although it is important to know that the Imam never met my father nor did he speak with any family member for clarification. 2. He also said the deceased never prayed. Again he made this without speaking with the mourning family members who were present at the mosque at the time. Whether or not my father prayed or not prayed is not the issue. The truth is that as an Imam, he should not be making such decisions without any clarification from the family. The duty of an Imam is not to pass judgment only Allah has the right to pass such judgment. An Imams’ duty is to comfort and soothe the deceased person’s family and to pray for forgiveness. 3. The Imam stated that the deceased never fasted. (This again is another false statement only Allah could know the answer to this. Our father was a diabetic with a list of 26 medications that he took on a daily basic) 4. The further stated that the deceased never took the Shahada. The congregation was very saddened to hear this and got very angry, and we the family were very disappointed to hear such blatant fabrication. He could have simply spoken with the family members for any clarification. A person in that position should not at all according to Sharia law refuse the Janaazah prayer for the deceased without clear evidence. Because of these reasons he said WE WILL NOT pray Janaazah. Imam Aden also said that our father could not be buried in an Islamic cemetery and that a man such as our father does not deserve to reap the rewards that are received through Janaazah prayer. 5. At no point was any of the information provided over the microphone by Imam Aden, to the congregation was ever verified by the family members or friends. Our family was disrespected in a time of grief and our deceased father was slandered in a Mosque. After slandering our deceased father, the Imam asked for witnesses to prove our father proclaimed Islam by saying SHAHADA. At this point at least 5 t o 10 friends and family members stood up, many others were so shocked by the imam’s words that they were frozen on the prayer floor. Even after the imam saw that there were many witnesses to my father’s faith, he continued to question them in an accusatory manner and said he will not pray for the deceased. As a result of this, pandemonium broke out in the Mosque. Different matters were raised as potential reason why Imam Aden behaved as he did. The idea of tribal clashes and misleading gossip was mentioned. However, the true issue is what happened in the Mosque on April 8th after Assar prayer was un-Islamic and unacceptable. 6. After the Imam was confronted by the community on the matter, the Imam claimed a man posing to be a family member, approached him and fed him with false information. Again this imam never bothered to verify the information with family members, including my mother or any of my siblings who attended at the mosque. Consequently our fathers Janaazah prayer turned into a Mosque riot. The Imam’s justification for his action later was to say that he called an Imam at Maine mosque to ask whether he used to attend, and I wonder if this Imam recognizes me from his own mosque. In conclusion we would cordially and respectfully request a full public apology from this man. Additionally, we request that this man receive counsel from all of the Sheik’s and Imams’ that sit on the Fiqh counsel in Columbus, Ohio. We also want the man that told such horrible things about our father, the man portraying to be a Sheik/Imam apologize to the family and publicly announce why he had such ill will towards the deceased. Sincerely, Fathia Mohamed Yusuf For further information on this issue, please contact Yusuf Family at Email: fathiayusuf@hotmail.com 614-546-7698 Columbus, OH-

Duke-that's why one asks questions? lool@ayoub