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    Damon, was this why you were so determined to be in SOL, just simply mention this TV show? 058.gif

     

    I had never seen this show, but I used to live in Baltimore. What a garbage city it was, though we lived the 'pretty,' safe side of the city. I only saw the other side once, what a dreary place. However, as dreary as it is, it is much, much better than Detroit. What a wasted city that one is.

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    Toronto Somali community’s cry: ‘Our kids are dying’

     

    Last week, Abdul Warsame spent an afternoon at the Khalid Bin-Walid mosque in the Rexdale neighbourhood mourning 28-year-old Abdulaziz Farah. In a fiery sermon to the hundreds gathered, he warned parents and youngsters that “it’s a matter of time until another Somali kid is killed.”

     

    Within days, those words had come true.

     

    Four days later, early on Tuesday, two young men were shot to death on Jamestown Cres., in a notorious west-end neighbourhood. They were the fifth and sixth Somali-Canadian men to be killed in gun violence in Toronto since early June.

     

    “I am heartbroken,” said Warsame, co-founder of a mentorship program for Somali-Canadian youth. “What should we do … our kids are dying.”

     

    He’s not exaggerating.

     

    The bloodletting started when Ahmed Hassan, 24, was shot dead at the Eaton Centre on June 2. Hussein Hussein, 23, died on June 23. Abdulle Elmi, 25, on July 8. Abdulaziz Farah, 28, on Sept. 8.

     

    And then on Tuesday, Suleiman Ali and Warsame Ali, both 26, were found dead with gunshot wounds in an alley in an Etobicoke townhouse complex.

     

    The spate of violence has left the Somali community in Toronto crushed, its leaders desperately seeking answers.

     

    They have held meetings throughout the summer to understand why their young men are getting killed and how they can help keep them safe. They’ve asked federal and provincial politicians for more programs and services to help young people get through school and find jobs. They have asked Toronto Police to help.

     

    “We need help … I am not ashamed to say that now,” said Mohamed Farah, who works with Midaynta Community Services, an organization that helps Somali-Canadians.

     

    There are an estimated 80,000 Somalis in Toronto, another few thousand in Ottawa and, community leaders say, about 3,000 in Fort McMurray, Alta.

     

    For long, the community has battled poverty and unemployment. It tried to deal with many single-parent households. The unemployment rate for Somali-Canadians is above 20 per cent, the highest of any ethnic group.

     

    But in 2009, it woke up to the grim reality of radicalism.

     

    Between 2009 and 2011, at least two dozen young men from Toronto and Ottawa — and two young women — disappeared, allegedly to fight alongside Al Shabaab in Somalia, an Islamist youth militia aligned with Al Qaeda.

     

    As the community grappled with that conundrum, news started trickling in that more than two dozen young men, lured to oil-rich Alberta with the promise of good jobs, have died in what police called an escalating gang and drug turf war.

     

    And now this.

     

    “This is hard, I know. There seems to be bad news coming continuously from the community… but we, too, want solutions,” said Ahmed Hussen, president of the Canadian Somali Congress.

     

    He has been talking to the parents of the dead young men, to figure out whether the killings were gang-related. Toronto Police detectives have refused to comment.

     

    “We were able to turn Alberta around,” said Hussen. “Hopefully, we can do it here too, with everyone’s help.”

     

    Warsame, who is usually soft-spoken, said his message to parents was explicit: “We are in a crisis, we need to own up to the problem. We have to put a mechanism in place to protect our young people and provide better environment for them and, most importantly, we need to understand their lifestyle. The killings won’t stop otherwise.”

     

    He has told young people to “get out of this game and not retaliate.”

     

    “What else can we do?” said Warsame. “Everyone knows poverty and unemployment are big problems in our community… but no one seems to do anything. Politicians hold meetings, yes, but it takes them months to get back.”

     

    But Warsame, who is highly respected among young men in the community, says elders are reaching out to families and neighbourhoods, offering every possible help with raising children.

     

    “We are doing what we can at our level,” said Warsame. “It’s ironic; we fled Somalia to give a better, peaceful life to our children. And there’s violence here, too.”

     

    While Somali-Canadians admit the community is going through a rough patch, its leaders haven’t lost hope for their young people.

     

    They point to role models such as Fuad Mohomed, a 17-year-old from the Lawrence Heights neighbourhood who studies at Contact Alternative School. He’s a poet, basketball player and mentor.

     

    Warsame often brings him to talk to the teenagers he mentors through his program in Rexdale.

     

    “I want better for myself,” said Mohomed. “I want to make something of my life. When you look around your surroundings and take in the environment, you want better … obviously. And in order to do better, you have to want better. That is what I tell others.”

     

    He realizes there are challenges in the community — there are single mothers, there is poverty, unemployment, lack of opportunities.

     

    “But there is always a way out … we know that.”

    Koronto Star

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    Apophis;872008 wrote:
    ^^Keep those cheap, mass produced, soviet era architecture from our lands; we already have hideous buildings being erected in the capital and elsewhere daily. We need diversification and originality not mass production, which will look unsightly in 20-30 years.

    You know dowladii Kacaanka limited how many floors buildings should have and the exterior painting colours to pure white. It also kinda forced the walled houses on the main streets to paint their enclosed walls once each year minimum. Also no house's wall whatsoever would be further than his/her neighbours. All walls way simanayeen, so Xamar had those perfect straight streets, avenues and roads. Paint was nuuryo too, very cheap and produced inside the country. No wonder it was called the Pearl of Indian Ocean. It was the result of mass planning.

     

    I now understand why that was needed. Qashin dhan ayaa balaayo dhan iska dhisanaayo today at wherever to whichever colour one desires. Now pink is the favourite colour that dons the exterior of the newly built buildings and houses Xamar, themselves architecture styles imported from Kenya and Imaaraadka, ugly-looking junk buildings.

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    Rabi ha u cimri dheereeyo iyo caafimaad wanaagsan, too.

     

    I am liking the way he is bestowing respect to our flag -- it is always behind him, whether while meeting with foreigners at the airport; giving state dinner; welcoming non-Soomaalis in his office in Filla Soomaaliya and everywhere.

     

    It is not much, but it tells you his character, how he loves dalkeena.

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    Azhar Ahmed convicted of offensive Facebook message

     

    A teenager has been found guilty of posting an offensive Facebook message following the deaths of six British soldiers in Afghanistan.

     

    Azhar Ahmed, 19, of Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire, was charged with sending a grossly offensive communication.

     

    He told Huddersfield Magistrates Court he accepted the message had been "unacceptable" but had denied it was "grossly offensive".

     

    The judge said his comments were "derogatory" and "inflammatory".

     

    The six soldiers were killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) in Lashkar Gah on 6 March in the deadliest single attack on British forces in Afghanistan since 2001.

     

    Sgt Nigel Coupe, 33, of 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, was killed alongside Cpl Jake Hartley, 20, Pte Anthony Frampton, 20, Pte Christopher Kershaw, 19, Pte Daniel Wade, 20, and Pte Daniel Wilford, 21, all of 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.

     

    'So upsetting'

     

    The offensive message, which said "all soldiers should die and go to hell", was posted by Ahmed just two days later on 8 March.

     

    Ahmed told the court he was only trying to make his point that many other deaths in Afghanistan were being ignored and added he had no idea it would cause so much upset.

     

    He said he replied with apologies to many people who commented on his Facebook page and when some told him they had lost relatives in Afghanistan he realised how serious it was.

     

    "That's when I realised it was unacceptable for them to see something so upsetting and distressing, to write something like that," he added.

     

    District Judge Jane Goodwin said Ahmed's Facebook remarks were "derogatory, disrespectful and inflammatory".

     

    He will be sentenced later.

    Sheeko sheeko

  11. Posted

    I had seen the a clip of the scene on Telefashinka Qaranka. Samatar ayaaa sheekada isku daba waday. Farmaajo iyo Yuusuf Garaadna iyagana wey camiraayeen. Cosoble iyo Caddoow shib shib ayee ahaayeen. Baadiyoow kaamirada maba qaban.

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    Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar;862195 wrote:
    LoL, I had a similar yet different reaction to this qoraal, too: I am afraid these guys Axmed Jaamac and Liibaan Cigaal are on the list of Barbaarta hit men. Too many Western media reports ka muuqdaan. I hope they have reliable personal security protection.

    It sadly happened today. Bil xataa kama soo wareegan. Inta lagu xasuuqay, Eebba ha u raxmado, samir iyo iimaan reerkooda. Kuwa dhaawaca ahna Eebba ha caafiyo -- aamiin, aamiin.

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    19.09.2012

     

    I like meesha Samatar la fadhiisiye of this casho sharaf by madaxweynaha cusub u sameeye the former presidential candidates and new xildhibaano. Perhaps an indication of the incoming of the wasiirka koowaad? Perhaps.

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    Liam Stacey: Twitter Fabrice Muamba attacker banned from university

     

    Liam Stacey, a student jailed for using Twitter to mock heart attack football star Fabrice Muamba, has been banned from his university for the remainder of the year, officials have confirmed.

     

    The 21 year-old was suspended from Swansea University in the wake of his public fall from grace following his online attacks on the Bolton Wanderers player.

     

    He has been released from jail after
    serving half of a 56-day sentence
    for admitting racially aggravated public disorder.

    Hours before Stacey was due to make a public apology to the football star on Tuesday night, university chiefs made it clear that there was no place for racism at their educational institution.

     

    They confirmed they had imposed a full suspension on the final year biology student until the end of the academic year. It includes a blanket ban on setting foot on the university campus over the same period.

     

    Exceptionally, Stacey will be allowed to sit his final exams, as an external candidate, next year, one year late. But he will not be allowed to sit them at university and, if successful, will not be invited to a traditional graduation ceremony.

    Xigasho

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    Police killings: man arrested over Dale Cregan Facebook page

     

    Page appears to praise man arrested on suspicion of murdering Manchester police officers and suggest he should receive OBE

     

    A man has been arrested in connection with an offensive Facebook page set up following the deaths of police officers Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone, Greater Manchester police said.

     

    Assistant Chief Constable Garry Shewan said Merseyside police had arrested a 22-year-old man in Netherley, Liverpool under the Communications Act 2003.

     

    The arrest is thought to be linked to a Facebook page that appeared to praise Dale Cregan, the man police arrested on suspicion of murder, for his alleged involvement in the killings. It also suggested he should be awarded an OBE. The 22-year-old was in police custody for questioning.

     

    Shewan said: "In the last 48 hours, since the tragic death of our two officers, there has been a huge amount of support from the public through our website and on social media. However, there are also a small number of people who have posted malicious and upsetting comments online, causing outrage to many people and prompting them to ask us what we are doing to deal with these people."

     

    He said police took reports of this nature very seriously, as demonstrated by the arrest.

     

    Shewan said they had become "very aware of the derogatory and offensive comments", but the overwhelming message on social media remained one of support.

     

    The overwhelming public reaction has been sympathetic to the police. An online book of condolence has attracted more than 25,000 messages from wellwishers. A Facebook page set up by the force has been viewed by more than a million people.

     

    On Wednesday night a member of the public set up a Facebook page offering cover so Greater Manchester police officers could attend the funerals of Bone and Hughes. Shewan said he could not thank the public of Greater Manchester and the UK enough for their support and good wishes since Tuesday.

     

    Shewan described Tuesday as the worst day in his policing career and said the force was still coming to terms with "the loss of two wonderful, first-class young officers". He said it would do everything it could to rid Greater Manchester of organised crime.

     

    It would be wrong, he added, to portray Manchester as being in the middle of a gang war. "This would overestimate what we have got here: clearly two feuding criminal families."

     

    He said "enough is enough", that Tuesday was a watershed moment that had to be the end. Over the last decade, gun crime has fallen in Manchester year on year. The force has witnessed the largest reduction in gun crime anywhere in the UK.

     

    Meanwhile, the police dismissed reports that the gun used in Tuesday's shootings had been supplied by Steven Greenoe, an American who was jailed in the US for importing gun components to the UK. Greenoe, of Raleigh, North Carolina, bought the guns in the US, broke them up and hid them in his bags, before travelling to the north-west of England on commercial flights.

     

    Earlier, the family and friends of Hughes and Bone paid tribute to their dedication and commitment to the job.

     

    Hughes, 23, and Bone, 32, were shot while responding to a report of a burglary at Abbey Gardens, on the Hattersley estate in Mottram, shortly before 11am on Tuesday. A grenade was also used in the attack.

     

    A minute's silence was held in honour of the officers on Wednesday.

     

    Theresa May, the home secretary, described the murders as "savage acts of pure brutality", and said the victims were "brave and talented officers who were going about their everyday duties, doing what they do, day in, day out, protecting the public, fighting crime".

     

    Postmortem examinations on the officers concluded that they died as a result of gunshot wounds.

     

    Cregan, 29, handed himself in at a police station and was being questioned in connection with four murders: those of Hughes and Bone, and of Mark Short, 23, killed in May, and his father, David, 46, killed on 10 August.

     

    Police were granted more time to question Cregan, giving them until Friday morning before he must be charged or released.

     

    On Wednesday, a 28-year-old man, who has not been named, was arrested in the Hattersley area on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder. He was taken into police custody for questioning.

    Guardian

  24. Posted

    Why was Shariifka not suitable as well? Whatever he accomplished tan Shariifka accomplished ka badan. So was Farmaajo. Why not bring back Farmaajo then asagana? He was the one who started this whole process oo dadka rajadooda soo kiciye.

     

    Eniwey, Soomaali needs a new fool. Uma maleynaayi madaxweynahaan cusub in uu soo celinaayo wajigii hore while at the same time there is a new guddoomiye baarlamaan, new kuxigeeno and new madaxweyne.

  25. Posted

    SYL daneystiyaal Talyaani u adeegi jiray waaku jireen, however at the same time, dad dalkooda iyo dadkooda aad u jecelna wey ku jireen oo Soomaalida dhan wada midowdo rabtay. Maxamuud Xarbi ayaa ka mid ahaa. Cabdullaahi Ciise ayaa ka mid ahaa. Cabdirisaaq Xaaji Xuseen ayaa ka mid ahaa. And the 13 founders as well. Waa dadka ugu Soomaalida jeclaa dadkaan. They stood for a staunch Soomaalinimo, a united Soomaalis everywhere with unquestioned conviction.

     

    Rabi ha u wada raxmado inta geeriyootay, abaalkooda haka siiyo. Kuwa noolna cimri dheer, cibaado suuban iyo caafimaad wanaagsan