The assembly established Islam as Tunisia’s religion but rejected Quran as main source of law AFP Tunis: Tunisian lawmakers rejected Islam on Saturday as the main source of law for the country that spawned the Arab Spring as they voted for a second day on a new constitution. The voting comes amid concerns that a...
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A third person injured in an explosion at a Minneapolis apartment building housing Somali immigrants has died, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s office said Saturday. Abdiqani Adan, 29, who did not live in the building, died Friday at the Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, according to the office. Meanwhile, two...
Review into the quantity of guns sent to help UK firms after fears that some will end up in the wrong hands Mark Leftly The Government has been forced into an urgent review over why nearly 44,000 guns in only 15 months were sent to tackle piracy in East Africa and a number of repressive...
Wararka waxaad ku dhageysan doontaan: Barlamaanka cusub ee maamulka puntland oo doortay Goddoomiye, qarax lala eegtay gaari uu lahaa guddoomiyaha dagmada yaaqshiid ee gobalka Banaadir iyo warar kale. Warka oo dhan hoos ka dhegeyso
Garoowe, Jan. 04, 2014 (WDN)- Xildhibaannada golaha wakiilada Puntland ee ay dhawaan beeluhu iska soo dhex xuleen, ayaa maanta xildhibaan Siciid Xasan Shire u doortay xilka guddoomiyenimada golahaas oo ay u tartamayeen xildhibaanno kala duwani. Xildhibaan Siciid Xasan Shire oo ay isugu soo hadheen wareegii saddexaad ee codbixinta isaga iyo xildhibaan Cabdirashiid Maxamed Xirsi, ayaa...
Poverty, unemployment and basic access to services can drive the youth towards terror group Gulf News Recent bombings in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu seem to indicate that even though Al Shabab, the banned terrorist group, does not have the support of the people its writ continues to run by the use of terror and mayhem. It...
By EMMA INNES They say religion is a matter of the heart – but it seems the shape of our brains could also have a role to play. Believers or those with a spiritual side have ‘thicker’ sections of brain tissue than other people, a study suggests. And in welcome news for the faithful, the researchers...
BY AMY FORLITI, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MINNEAPOLIS – The body of a second victim was found Friday in the ruins of a Minneapolis apartment building housing Somali migrants, increasing the death toll to two from the explosion and fire that gutted the building. The Wednesday morning fire also injured 14 people, some seriously. The second...
By Rasheed Abdy Al-Shabaab’s campaign to undermine Somalia’s traditionally diverse forms of worship and rituals has no scriptural and doctrinal basis. Many people assume the Somali militant group Al Shabaab enjoys the support of most Islamic leaders. However, Somali-American Imam Hassan Ali Mohamud condemned the group’s attack on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi in September. He...
JEDDAH: NADIM AL-HAMID The government has appropriated 5,800 properties at a cost of SR75 billion for the expansion of the Grand Mosque in Makkah, according to the mayor’s office. The latest appropriations include the Dar Al-Tawhid InterContinental Hotel and the building next to it that currently encompasses the old Hilton Hotel on the western and...