Somaliland: Somaliland Rejects Somali President’s Remarks

I have expressed my discontent on how Somali so called President Sh. Sharif has reacted to the question on Somaliland. He basically told BBC Somali Service that "shit happens" and Somaliland people should get over the pain and suffering as all Somalis in Somalia proper faced the same faith.

Prior to that news, Sharif was reported calling General Ali Samatar, a notorious deputy President of Somalia for 20 plus years to offer his help to fight against war crimes charges.

Gen. Samatar ordered the destruction of the former "northern" cities of Somalia, current Somaliland Capital City of Hargeisa and second largest city of Burao.

Gen. Samatar admitted given the order to bombard and annihilate without regard to human lives. Human rights organization, Amnesty International, estimated the death of civilians over 50, 000.

Gen. Smatar is awaiting a civil trial in the US. Several survivors are suing him of wrong doing. He has appealed to the Supreme Court to stop the trial and waiting the results. Sh. Sharif who calls himself a president phoned Gen. Samatar and promised him his help to stop the trial.

The unsophisticated Sharif is getting himself into this complex issue of what had happened in the past. However, one thing is very clear, current and former Somali politicians don’t want to create a climate of accountability. None of them wants to find out what had happened? Who did what? Who should be the person responsible? and how to prevent this in the future?

Meanwhile, Somaliland government reacted to his remarks –

Click here to read their response.

Click here to listen The Somaliland Government response

The legal context of the missing Somalis case

There are now 14 people with connections to Minnesota charged with terrorism-related crimes. Many lived here for some amount of time, some allegedly recruited fellow Somalis to return to the fighting in their home country.

Click here to listen the legal context.

A Somali man is implicated the missing men departure to fight in a foreign country.

Click here to read the article -

The Religious Wars by Nicholas Kristof of Times

Interesting article - Kristoff critiques in a very unique way about how modern books fight over the meaning, direction and reasoning on religion and the true essence of it.

Click here to read his article

Somali Pirates Big Payday from Spain

Great question- Spain is stepping into a complex world on how to safe her 15,000 fisher boats from Somali Pirates. Click to hear more from NPR.

Paying Ransom, Does It Exacerbate Pirate Issue?

Sheekh Sharif iyo Somaliland - Dembiyada gaarka ah ee uu ka gelayo

Waxa socota dacwadda Cali Samatar - Jeneraalkii qirtay inuu amray burburinta iyo duqaynta magaalooyinka waa weyn ee Somaliland. Waa Sarkaalkii Ciidamada xilligaa ugu sarreeyey ee ahaa Wasiirka Difaaca isla markaana ahaa Abbaanduulaha. Waa Madaxii ugu sarreeyey ee hawsha fulinayay.

Muddo dhawr sano laga joogo ayaa dad dhibaato ka soo gaadhay dagaalada iyo xasuuqa ay dawladdii Somaliya ee markaa jirtay geysatay ayaa waxay maxkamadaha dalka Maraykanka ka codsadeen in kiiskooda la dhegaysto oo Cali Samatar maxkamad la soo taago.

Dhawrkan qof ayaa waxay xaq u leeyihiin inay dacwad ku soo oogi karaan shakhsi kasta oo dembi dagaal ku gala meel kasta oo adduunka ka mid ah.

Cali Samatar wuxuu xaq u leeyahay inuu maxkamdda tago oo uu is difaaco iyadoo si sharci ah lagu kala baxayo lana eegayo wixii caddaymo ah ee meesha yaalla.

Maxkamadda hoose ayaa afar sano ka hor laashay kiiska oo sheegtay inaan Cali Samatar maxkamad la soo taagi karin mar hadduu ahaa hogaamiye siyaasadeed. Waxa xilligaa Cali Samatar taageerayay Wasaaradda Arrimaha Dibadda ee dalka Maraykanka oo garab siisay.

Hase yeeshee qareenada dadka dacweynaya oo xirfad badan u leh dembiyada dadka xasuuqa geysta horena ugu guulaystay maxkamado ay saareen jeneraalo dalalka Laatiin Ameerika ka soo jeeda oo dadkooda sidoo kale laayay ayaa waxay rafcaan ka qaateen xukunka maxkamadda hoose.

Maxkamadda rafcaanka ayaa iyadu kiiskii soo celisay horraantii sannadkan ka dib markii la sugayay muddo dhawr sano ah. Waxayna sheegtay in Cali Samatar maxkamad la soo taagi karo oo aan la hor istaagi karin inuu hor yimaaddo si dembiyada loo dhegaysto isna isu difaaco.

Shabciga Somalida ee deggan dalka USA ayaa aad u kala jabay oo noqday waxa la odhan jiray reer koonfur iyo reer waqooyi. Taasoo macne qabiil noqotay. Iyadoo arrintu tahay dadkii dhibaatada dagaalkii dawladda Somaliya kula jirtay sanadihii 1988 - 1991 oo dhinac ah iyo Somali inteeda kale oo dhinac ah.

Sababaha ay mar labaad Somaliyi isaga raacday dadka Somaliland dega ayaa waxay la yaab ku noqotay shacbiga oo is lahaa 50,000 inta ka badan ee qof ee dhintay ayaa waxay heli cid masuuliyaddeeda dusha looga saaro

Qareenada Cali Samatar oo ka naxsan in maxkamaddu bilaabi doonto dacwadda yaa waxay rafcaan u dirteen maxkamadda ugu sareysa dalka USA ee loo yaqaan Supreme Court. Waxa khubaradu sheegaysaa in aanay maxkamadda sare wakhti u helin kiiska noocan oo kale ah oo ay hor yaallaan kumannaan kiis oo kale oo ka muhiimsani. Hase yeeshee jawaabtooda la sugu doono muddo sanado ah. Cali Samtar oo hadda deggan gobolka Virginia ayaa ah qof da'ahaan aad u weyn lagana yaabo inuu xilligaas ka hor tiisu timaaddo oo uu dhinto.

Waxa arrintan Somalida sii kala fogaysay dawladda Sheekh Shariif oo soo fara gelisay. Waxana la sheegay inuu Sheekha laftiisu telefon u soo diray Cali Samatar una ballan qqaday in maamulkiisu "Wax kasta u qabanayo oo arrintan lagaga hortago."

Waa yaabe godobka ay reer Somaliland ka galeen Sheekha iyo Somalida koonfureed maxay tahay? miyaanay ogayn in dadkiisu ay ka buuxaan suuqyada Somaliland oo magangelyo la siiyay? Maxaa kellifay inay Somaliyi marlabaad isugu tagto reer Somaliland oo qaarna afka Cali Samatar ku difaacaan kuwo kalena lacag qareenno loogu qabto u ururiyaan.

Cadaawadda ayaa si cad uga muuqatay maanta mar uu Sheekh Sharif waraysi siiyay idaacadda afka Somaliga ee BBCda. Mar wax laga weydiiyay arrimaha Somaliland ayaa wuxuu sheekhu yidhi, "...dad badan baa wax tabanaya oo Soomaali oo dhan dhibbaa soo gaadhay ee waxa loo baahan yahay in midnimada laga shaqeeyo.." Waxana cad in sheekhu u jeedo inay dhibku u gaar ahayn Somaliland ee ay Somaliyi dagaalka ku hoobatay.

Ma xuma, hase yeeshee Sheekha oo aqoontiisu gaaban tahay wuxuu illaabay in shacbiga Somaliland ay dawlad dagaal ku qaadday (State Sponsored Genocide). Xasuuq dawlad ay awooddeeda ciidan, maaliyadeed, diblomasiyadeed, iyo maamulba ay go'aan ku gaadhay in diyaarado lagu rusheeyo, shabciga guryaha laga baxo oo xitaa ay ku badbaadi waayaan caasimadda dalka oo ay dalkooda hooyo ku noqdaan waxa loo yaqaan second citizen. Iyadoo qabiil lagu soocayo.

Sheekhu wuxuu is barbar dhigayaa dagaalada beeleed ee Somalida weligeedba dhex mari jirtay illaa haddana taagan iyo dawlad dadkeeda xasuuqaysa.

Sheekhu Cali Samatar ayuu ka doortay shacbiga somaliland oo u harraadan in dadka la gumaaday luxudka si ay ugu ledaan ay helaan caddaalad iyo cid masuuliyadda qaadata. Mustaqbalkana noqota arrin laga caago oo haddii cid maanta loo qabto berri aanu ninkale ku dhicin.

Waxase is weydiin leh, dawladda Siilaanyo ee soo socotaa, maxay ka qaban doontaa? Waayo waa caddaan in maamulka Dahir Rayaale aanu diyaar u ahayn inuu isku furfuro arrintan sababo shakhsiyadeed ama beeleed aawadeed.

Doorashada madaxweyn ee Somaliland ee soo socotaa, ma laga yaabaa inay wax ka beddesho arrintan?

The Pain is more and real when a muslim commits a crime

This week's shooting by a Muslim soldier in Texas have reignited the suspicous way Muslim Amaricans are viewed.

Clinck here to read the report: Suspect was to be sent to Afghanistan

It suddenness me deeply when I realize that each time a Muslim American acts up, does something wrong or commits a crime we all pay the price in one way or the other.

This blanket of suspicion to all Muslim Americans has become natural as we share a faith with the accuser. This is mortifying. We are all guilty by association in the eyes of most other Americans. This is not because our fellow citizens hate Muslims, but the media sensation that covers the crime more often speculates the motive of the suspect.

Imagine how you would react if you are a regular citizen bombarded news reports every evening about the evil side of the Muslim faith. Imagine if you regularly get that prime time news every night for the past decade. You are human and that will effect your judgment.

We love America; most of us would defend with our blood. We go to work every day to make a difference in our communities, cities, states and our nation. We are part and parcel of this great nation. We benefit when this country is in good shape and we share the pain with our neighbors when the time is tough.

But the pain is more real and personal when someone that you don’t know but happen to be the same faith as you are commits crime and the rest of the country points fingers at you. The pain is real when your place of worship is under attack. The pain is real when Muslim children are harassed at school. The pain is real when you feel like you are sub-citizen and neighbors, coworkers and strangers ask you if you know the person or share politics with him.

Humans commit crime regardless of their faith but the notion that Muslims commit crime because they have ulterior motive is absurd. Some may have political agenda, but few nuts among the millions of Muslim Americans can’t be the face of the community. It is extremely unfair to live in fear when a Muslim person does something horrible.

How many brave Muslim soldiers I know are enlisted in the military or fighting to defend this country as we speak? How many others teachers, scientists, doctors, engineers, professors, nurses, police officers are hard at work at this moment trying to improve the lives of Americans.

We loathe seeing crimes or acts committed by a fellow Muslim. We become accustomed to change our daily routine, take extra precaution or even sometimes totally reduce our schedule and remain in our homes when a Muslim person commits a crime or is accused, just to avoid the spotlight. Most of the time that person is not even part of the community we live. Not even in our state and we may have never heard of what he does before that day. But simply we share a faith, his action affects our life, community and rights as American.

The perception of guilty by association is killing us, unbearable and we ask our American brothers not rush to judgment and always treat each crime separately. When a Muslim American is accused of committing a crime, please don’t assume the motive to be political or extreme ideology. Take the time to sort out what it is and make your mind after all the facts are presented.

Don’t rush to judge because your perception and judgment will affect millions and will disrupt the lives of millions of others.