[SSDF] CALLS FOR FIGHT AGAINST SIYAAD

[Meseret]

(Clandestine) Voice of Front for Redemption of Somalia in Somali to Somalia GMT 10 Feb 1979


[Excerpts] The first item on our program tonight is the recitation of blessed verse of the Qur`an and their translation, and we ask you to listen carefully. The verses are from the Surah al-Nisa` and will be recited by Sheikh Abdullahi Ma`alim Abdirahman: Praise belongs to God and we praise him for having willed that the founding of our front, Front for the Redemption of Somalia, should coincide with a great day, a day that has a great place in history and the religion of Islam: The day when a light glowed at place most loved by God in the world, the most dignified place, the Ka`ba near holy Mecca, when our prophet Muhammad, God`s blessings and peace be upon him, was born.


We thank God for bestowing greater grace upon us than upon the people before us and for towing his mercy on us. God has enjoined us to disseminate his mercy and light to other people all over the world.


Out of loyalty to our Islamic heritage, we always celebrate the victories we win in disseminating our Allah`s mercy and light and his religion to people who thirst for it. ever, it is (?unfortunate) that now, far from celebrating any such victories, our en and children and those who need our help to be able to celebrate victories are mourning every year instead of celebrating joyfully. They have even forgotten the prophet and their religion because they are denied contact with them.


It is therefore the message of the members of this front that our joy should be to launch a holy war, that instead of celebrating – for indeed, there is nothing to celebrate – ­should launch a holy war against the ugly situation in Somalia, which used to be a cradle of Islam but where today women and children are not allowed to pray in mosques instead are forced to do other things.


Somali are today forced to applaud the one with [Siyaad Barre], instead of worshiping their God. Places where people should be learning the Qur`an have become places where songs about “the father of Africa, strongman of the world” are bean sung.


The people are more preoccupied with guarding him than in sending their children to mosques. A verse in the Surah al-Nisa` instructs us: Those who believe in Me, be vigilant against: the problems which can affect you caused by the unbelievers and their followers. Therefore, launch a holy war, either jointly or in groups.


And you must know, says God, that there are some who do not want you to launch a holy war, who will discourage you, who will be pleased that you have problems. When you do good deeds and achieve good things, they will say “we were with you,” pretending that they were on your side. These are the hypocrites who abound in our ranks today and who are usually called the demigods.


God commands us: Fight. Those who need heaven, fight. Fight for the sake of God. Anyone who fights for the cause of God, whether he dies or wins his cause will always be rewarded by God. `What is wrong with you that you are not fighting for the cause of God, while the weak, the children, and women pray to God: Burn this city to ashes, because it is full of injustice; rescue us from it, for from you we crave salvation.

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Somali Salvation Democratic Front
The Somali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF) also known as the Democratic Front for
the Salvation of Somalia (DFSS), was organized during a conference held in 1982 by three
dissident groups: the Somali Salvation Front (SSF), the Democratic Front for the Liberation of
Somalia (DFLS), and the Somali Workers' Party (SWP). As such, it was one of the first groups
to declare its opposition to the Siad Barre government. A party congress in March 1983
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adopted a constitution and a political program that called for the overthrow of the Siad Barre
regime, removal of U.S. bases from Somalia, and the establishment of genuine peace and
cooperation based on the brotherhood of the Horn of Africa. The SSDF draws support from the
Majarteen sub-clan of the Darod clan in the northeast of Somalia.
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As of September 1991, the SSDF reportedly controlled most of the territory in the
northeastern portion of Somalia. The SSDF has allegedly been supplied with arms from Libya.
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As mentioned in sections above, the SPM and SSDF, as the two Darod representatives within the
governing coalition, have experienced hostilities with the USC which are likely to escalate if
General Aideed gains control over the USC.

[Estarix]

Perhaps the SSDF in the 80s could have claimed a religious struggle against the seculur regime of Siad barre, but this legacy did not end up being a fittting one, it did not transpire in their own factional wars against Al itihad and most recently a peripheral war against ICU/alshabaab.