POLICE have raided the home of a Muslim who went on TV praising his dead brother for fighting “holy war” in Syria. By Dominik Lemanski and Neil Doyle TARGET: Mustakim during his interview on Newsnight [IG/BBC] Mustakim Jaman was on Newsnight in December to talk about his older sibling Ifthekar – who boasted of fighting a...
Number of Saudi students in US reaches 111,000
In this undated file photo shows education counselors at the US Embassy provide guidelines for Saudi students during an expo. (AN) JEDDAH: IBRAHIM NAFFEE The number of Saudi students in the United States has reached 111,000 this year, up from 10,000 in 2007 while the number of Saudi students studying medicine in the States is...
Banning Khat Turns Black Immigrants Into Criminals
by Paul Sorene In this photo taken Wednesday July 12, 2012 Isaq Abdi sits beside bundles of khat which he sells for his employer in Mogadishu, Somalia. WE need to talk abut Khat. We’ll begin with Khat the cat, the three and a year-and-a-half-old pet who attacked his human hosts. He clawed the face of its owner’s...
Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka aan idiin hayno waxaa maanta kamid ah: Xukuumadda Federaalka oo sheegtay in ay dhawaan billaabayso dhismaha maamullada dagmooyinka iyo goballada dalka, Shabaabka oo sheegay in ay ciiddamo ka mid ah kuwa dowladda oo gaaraya 100 ku dhawaad ay ku soo biireen dhankooda iyo warar kale. Warka oo dhan hoos ka dhegeyso
Somali’s are not second-class citizens, facts prove this
BY MWENDA NJOKA Not too long ago, someone described a certain rally driver as the kind of a driver who made more noise than his rally car. Now, you obviously know that rally cars make a great deal of noise when on the move, so when it turns out that the driver is generating more...
US military presence growing in Djibouti, other Africans sites
By KEVIN J KELLEY The recent announcement of a planned White House meeting between US President Barack Obama and Djibouti’s leader highlights the considerable importance to the US military of the small nation bordering Somalia and Eritrea. President Obama’s scheduled May 5 talks with President Ismail Omar Guelleh, which are likely to focus in part on...
Muslim scholar urges women to take centre stage in Islam
Nouf Bakhsh DUBAI // Women need to once again lead the Islamic community, or ummah, and produce thinkers and leaders, a leading Muslim scholar said at this year’s Dubai International Peace Convention. Sheikh Said Rageah, a Somalia-born academic who live in Toronto, Canada, said: “Understand that Allah has given you your freedom, dignity and authority...
Bill Clinton ‘Surprised’ at Black Hawk Down Raid
By Dana Hughes Newly released documents from the Bill Clinton library provide a fascinating look at how the administration dealt with Somalia before, during and after the disastrous battle of Mogadishu, also known as Black Hawk Down, which resulted in the deaths of 18 U.S. troops and outraged the nation. In notes from a meeting in...
Xukuumadda Siilaanyo Iyo Shirkadaha Isgaadhsiinta Oo Iskaashanaya oo Xayiray Website-kii Wargeyska Haatuf
Hargeysa, (Haatuf) – Xukuumadda Somaliland iyo shirkadaha isgaadhsiinta ee Somtel, Telesom iyo Africanonline oo iskaashanaya, ayaa Website-kii Haatuf ka xidhay dadweynihii ka booqan jiray Somaliland gudihiisa. Waa markii u horraysay ee tallaabo noocan ah shirkadaha isgaadhsiintu ku dhaqmaan iyagoo fulinaya amar xukuumadeed oo lagu faafreebayo warbaahinta dalka. Xarunta Wargeyska Haatuf, ayaa madaxweyne Siilaanyo iyo qoyskiisu...
Warsaxaafadeed: Munaasabad gabogabo u aheyd socdaalkii shaqo ee Ra’iisul Wasaare Cabdiweli oo maanta lagu qabtay magaalad Kismaayo
Kismaayo, Munaasabad gabogabo u aheyd socdaalkii shaqo ee Ra’iisul Wasaaraha Xukuumadda Federaalka Soomaaliya Md. Cabdiweli Sheekh Axmed Maxamed iyo wafdi ballaaran oo uu hogaaminayay, kuna sugnaa muddo hal toddobaad ah magaalada Kismaayo ee xarrunta maamulka Jubba, ayaa maanta lagu qabtay xarrunta Ceymiskii hore. Munaasabaddan ayaa waxaa lagu casuumay madax dhaqameedyada gobolada jubbooyinka iyo Gedo,...
