Ramadan ends, but not the journey of spiritual attainment. ABU JAMAL When the blessed month of Ramadan ends we leave behind the month emphasizing mercy, forgiveness, and freedom from the hellfire. But what do we take with us? We challenged our nafs (desires) and made progress. Now is the time to continue that progress, not...
October 24, 2026
Category: Global News & Politics
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CONFESSIONS OF A NEW COVERT TO THE GERI-KOOMBO CLAN-FAMILY
By Prof Said S. Samatar This is the story of my recent dramatic, almost mystical conversion to the noble Geri-Koombo clan-family. What bizarre private agencies of enlightenment and pleasant beneficence that drove me into abandoning my Leelkase kin and embracing the Geri will take a psychiatrist to divine. But before dwelling on my impulsive, inexplicable...
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Lacagta hawada marta (mobile money)
W.q. Maxamed Dalmar Waxaan xusuustaa sanadkii 2013 horrantiisii in dawladda Soomaaliyeed, oo markaas cusbayd, ay soo foodsaartay dhibaato dhaqaale oo kaga imaaneysey xagga sarrifka doollarka iyo shilin Soomaaliga. Waxaa xilligaas aad hoos ugu dhacay qiimaha doollarka Maraykanka markii loo fiiriyo qiimaha shilin Soomaaliga oo aad sare ugu kacay. Waxaan xusuustaa xiisaddii arrintaasi abuurtay iyo dhaliishii kululayd...
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US-Trained Somali Commandos Fight Al-Shabab
Gaashaan soldiers shortly after re-taking control of the Somali parliament building from al-Shabab fighters in on May 24, 2014. (Somalia Handout Photo) By Dan Joseph, Harun Maruf Of all the ways the United States is helping Somalia’s fledgling national government, none may be more important than training the country’s first rapid reaction force, known as...
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Kent woman released before trial on terrorism charges
A Kent woman accused of helping fund the terrorist group al-Shabab was released from custody, over objections of the prosecutor, who said the woman had praised the group’s suicide attacks in Somalia. By Mike Carter A local Somali woman accused of raising money for the terrorist group al-Shabab was released from custody, pending a trial...
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UN envoy welcomes agreement of intent to form new central Somalia administration
Special Representative for Somalia Nicholas Kay. Photo: AU/UN/IST/Tobin Jones The United Nations envoy in Somalia welcomed today the agreement stating intent and principles for forming a new regional administration in the central part of the country. “This is another encouraging sign for Somalia’s progress to meet the goals set out in ‘Vision 2016’ and the...
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President Obama’s unsavoury guests
By Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam The African Circus is coming to town. It is officially called “U.S-Africa Leadership Summit” (not Ringling African Brothers). It is scheduled to be held on August 5-6 in Washington D.C. The theme of the “Summit” is “Investing in the Next Generation”. According to the pre-Summit hype, in the first ever...
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Americans’ Attitudes Toward Muslims And Arabs Are Getting Worse, Poll Finds
By Sabrina Siddiqui Afghan refugees and Pakistani men offer Eid al-Fitr prayers at the end of the fasting month of Ramadan on the outskirts of Peshawar on July 28, 2014. Muslims around the world are celebrating the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. AFP PHOTO/ A MAJEED (Photo...
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Gunned down in Mombasa – the clerics that have died
Photo: Jimmy Kamude/IRIN Youths clash with police outside the militant Masjid Musa Mosque after the death of Sheikh Aboud Rogo in 2012, accused by Kenya and the US of terrorism activities MOMBASA, (IRIN) – More than 21 Islamic clerics have been gunned down in Kenya’s southeastern port city of Mombasa over the past two years, according...
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Four Ethiopian athletes missing from World Junior track and field championships
Four members of the Ethiopian track and field team have gone missing from the IAAF World Track and Field Championships over the weekend, according to the University of Oregon. University spokeswoman Julie Brown said four members of Ethiopia’s junior track and field team were not in their assigned rooms at the residence halls Saturday morning and...