Pirates of Puntland; Ethiopia and the USA
The warlords in Puntland are allied with the Ethiopian regime, lead by Meles Zenawi, a Marxist guerilla turned G-20 statesman...
Saudi Scholar Reviews al-Maqdisi’s book, Millat Ibrahim
Saudi scholar, Al-Humaydi, says that al-Maqdisi`s book incites the feeling of Muslims and calls the secrecy and preparing secret organizations, planning, preparation within the Muslim society in order to cause a crack [within the society]. Al-Humaydi asks: “If that call is right and if Abraham`s faith is what you are calling for, which you urge for embracing, why then is the secrecy and why is the plotting within the society? It is for the purpose of causing the needed crack.” He adds: “The second step, as he said, would be to attack this society through sedition or killing, starting even with the father and the mother...
Galgala: Farole’s Waterloo
Rather than addressing the legitimate grievances of a Puntland community Farole chose to silence their voices by opting for a shooting war...
Travelling to Somalia gave me hope
My impression was that President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed is a very bright, smart, practical, and deeply caring man...
Top Ramadan TV show satirizes, irks Saudi hardliners
The most popular Saudi TV series sparked huge laughs and huge controversy this month by depicting a Muslim woman not just married to four husbands, but also wanting to divorce one of them in order to marry someone else...
Yemeni TV Series Break Silence over Slavery
The series “my concern your concern” have caused much reactions because they touched on sensitive issues, most notably slavery...
Time for Elections At Last?
In Presidential elections in Africa, contests often turn out to be a fierce rivalry, bordering on vendetta`s...
Radicalism in America
The Christian radical elements in America are convinced that though Mr. Obama is a Christian but he has a soft corner for Islam and the Muslims as he was born a Muslim from his father`s side ...
Hitler: Jewish and African?
According to a journalist, Hitler`s dominant chromosomes is fairly rare in Western Europe. However, between 50 to 80% of Berber tribes & Somalis share Hitler`s dominant chromosomes ...
Ethiopia comments on Sheikh Sharif`s “Secret Memo”
Ethiopian Foreign Affairs states that the fabrication of such a document raises a question as to why it has been drawn up and released at this time...
Crumbling Arab world?
The Arab world looks like it is about to crumble. Four Arab states — Iraq, Sudan, Yemen and Somalia — are facing the threat of territorial disintegration...
An incubator for jihad
In Kenya`s capital, Somali immigrant neighborhood is incubator for jihad, and Eastleigh is a copy of Mogadishu...
Dubai camel dairy pushes Camelicious milk
European Union health regulators in July cleared the United Arab Emirates to become the first major exporter of camel milk products ...
Entrepreneur forged stronger Israel-Indonesia ties
An Israeli bolstered ties between Israel & Indonesia -- the world`s largest Muslim country, & one with no official diplomatic relations with the Israel ...
Are Conflicting fatwas good for Muslims?
UAE religious authority issued a fatwa that states “It is permissible for workers in certain professions to break the fast because of severe hardship...
Changing face of Mecca
The plans to redesign Mecca`s central Haram mosque to accommodate up to three million pilgrims have the blessing of Saudi King...
Diaspora Group Focus with Prof Menkhaus
Ken Menkhaus, of the Enough Project, met members of the Somali Diaspora to discuss prospects for political reconciliation in Somalia...