Postby FAH1223 » Sun Mar 16, 2008 12:04 am
[quote="Monk-of-Mogadishu"]So he wants to:
-> Wage a war on fellow Somalis (the world doesn't see S/Land or P/Land, they see skinnies)
-> Support an unpopular and failing transitional regime
I don't like that at all. As much as I believe Somaliland is the biggest menace to peace in the North, waging war on them won't make life better in Puntland.[/quote]
And we go back to Prof. Warsame:
"There is actually little contrast between the current situations of today's Somalis and the Arabs in the Jahiliyyah period (before the advent of the Prophet). The actual difference being that the Arab nomads didn't receive the message of Islam yet. To list the similarities,
1. The pre-Islamic Arabs were continuously engaged in tribal raids
1. Present-day Somalis still raid each other albeit not as frequent.
2. The pre-Islamic Arabs used to carry out retaliatory executions.
2. Present-day Somalis still carry out retaliatory murders.
3. The pre-Islamic Arabs glorified and venerated their ancestors.
3. Present-day Somalis still glorify and venerate their ancestors.
4. The pre-Islamic Arabs were deeply superstitious and prejudiced.
4. Present-day Somalis are still in engulfed in superstition."