Of course, the underlying cause of every conflict is rooted in clan, but too often the professed claim is justified on religious and political grounds. That's why I wanted to know whether the actors involved were affiliated with any of the religious forces in the country or as Xamud stated were normal folks propelled by Aano qabil.When is there NOT a clan dimension to it?Pardon my ignorance, but I thought the mosque killings was between pro-Shabab and pro-Sufi groups; does it also have a clan dimension to it?
Did you think Somalis were actually killing each other over religion?---even if we had Somali Shias and Sunnis or Somali Hindus and Muslims they'd still fight over qabiil and nothing else.
Xamud,
Thanks for the clarification!





