Jaahileyah. Lets leave it at that

I dont know man
xeer could've equaled shariah
waaq could've equaled one god
Since somalis are predominately muslim like 90 something percent, there needed to be a reason for them to be able to gravitate towards it.
To me its three things 1.They were already on a monotheistic maybe islam path(their were a lot of prophets)
2.Somalis love copying each other more than any other people
3. Islam was plainly the truth to most somalis.