Melo,
The conflict between the Mahdi Caydiid and the Jalle Siyaad was political and had no religious overtones.
But if it came down to Jalle Siyaad vs. Tahir Aweys, I'd be singing Gulwade Siyaad while breaking ikhwani skulls with the butt of my Ak-47.
Adeer. How can you reconcile Secularism and Islam? How do you reconcile the explicit verses which preach against this?
Btw, most of the people fighting are not dying for an Islamic state. They just want their basic needs met. This is no different, than all the Hutus who fought against Siyaad.