European Muslims flock to Syria
1,100 Europeans have joined Islamist militant groups in Syria’s civil warZawya Dow JonesReuters head A Free Syrian Army medical group trains people on how to cope with chemical weapon attacks in Aleppo...
View ArticleBulo Burde residents flee al-Shabaab’s oppressive rule
By Osman Mohamud in MogadishuBulo Burde residents say al-Shabaab has forbidden youth from playing football, using smartphones, and enforced strict rules on clothing and hairstyles. [AFP Photo/AU-UN IST...
View ArticleAfrican leaders ‘hopeful’ of South Sudan peace deal
Delegations from Ethiopia and Kenya call first meeting promising, but humanitarian crisis continues to worsenMonica Mark in LagosKenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta (second right) and Ethiopian PM...
View ArticleWhite Widow Lewthwaite fomenting jihad in Somalia on back of a camel
BY CHRIS KILPATRICKThe world’s most wanted female terror suspect – who spent part of her childhood in Northern Ireland – has been spotted fleeing by camel to an al-Qaida training camp.Samantha...
View ArticleWarka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka maanta waxaad ku dhageysan doontaa: Faahfaahin ku saabsan qarax saakay lala eegtay ciiddamo ka tirsan dowladda Soomaaliya, Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya oo gaaray Kenya si uu uga qayb galo Shirka...
View ArticleBomb Kills 10 in Mogadishu Restaurant Attack
By DAN BILEFSKYPARIS — At least 10 people were killed in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, on Friday when a remote-controlled bomb exploded in a restaurant in the northwestern part of the city, government...
View ArticleHate Crimes Against Muslims Soar After Woolwich Murder Of Lee Rigby
PA/Huffington Post UKHate crimes against Muslims have soared in 2013, new figures have shown. Hundreds of anti-Muslim offences have been carried out across the country in 2013, with Britain’s biggest...
View ArticleLosing glasses brings Somalia war zone into focus
By Mark DoyleA different side to Somalia is discovered – one of mango plantations and bustling markets, as well as a country devastated by two decades of conflict – after losing a pair of...
View ArticleDadaab: A place as famous as Hollywood
By MOHAMMED HUSSEIN HASSANPHOTO| FILE Somali refugees at Ifo-extension, situated in Dadaab, the largest refugee camp in the world. PHOTO | TONY KARUMBA | FILE AFPIts stories are carried in some of the...
View ArticleIsmail, maimed in Somalia, is thriving in Arctic Circle
Teenager spirited out of Mogadishu after his limbs were hacked off by Al Shabab is adapting well to life in Norway, doing well in school and dreaming big.By: Michelle ShephardMICHELLE SHEPHARD /...
View ArticleWarka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka maanta waxaad ku dhageysan doontaan: Madaxweynaha Jabuuti oo sheegay in ay ciidan dheeraad ah geynayaan Soomaaliya, Dagmada Afgooye oo laga saarayo ciidanka xoogga dalka lana geynayo kuwa...
View ArticleWarsaxaafadeed: Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya oo Muqdisho ku soo laabtay
Muqdisho, Madaxweynaha Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya Mudane Xasan Sheekh Maxamud iyo wafdigii uu hoggaaminayey oo ay ka mid aheyd Ra’iisul Wasaare Ku xigeeen ahna Wasiirka Arrimaha Dibedda Marwo...
View ArticleWaa laga Hadlaaye ma laga Bixi Karaa?
Talo Waa Garasho iyo Go’aanW. Q. Rashiid Sh. Cabdillaahi (Gadhweyne)Inta aan xusuusto, tan iyo toddobaatannadii qarnigii labaatanaad baa laga hadlayey dhaqanka gudniinka fircooni ah iyo dhibaatadiisa...
View Article‘I want to prove I am a new person now’
An Indian Muslim pilgrim prays after she casts stones at a pillar, symbolizing the stoning of Satan, in a ritual called “Jamarat,” the last rite of the annual hajj, in Mina near the holy city of Mecca,...
View ArticleSomali team seeking to be masters of ice sport bandy
Bandy is not a game that many people know.It is basically ice hockey writ large – played outdoors on a sheet of ice the size of a football pitch, and with a ball not a puck.Unsurprisingly, the...
View ArticleMuslims wake up to age of digital divorce
Technology is challenging traditional matrimonial practices as people can now seek suitors, get married and, yes, divorce as well! This is a dilemma that has left Muslim scholars and opinion shapers...
View ArticleNigeria, Ethiopia to Clash again!
Super EaglesIn what should serve as a fascinating appetiser for the 3rd African Nations Championship starting in South Africa next week, Nigeria’s senior home-based squad will tackle their Ethiopian...
View ArticleWhy keep President A. Faroole
By Hassan AhmedThe coming presidential election in Puntland will be a very good opportunity for Puntlanders to prove their usual claim of being a civilized society by learning how to accept the defeat...
View ArticleWarka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka waxaad ku dhageysan doontaan : Madaxweynihii hore Sheekh Shariif oo ka hadlay arrimaha Soomaaliya iyo dhibaatooyinka hadda ka jira, Odayaasha Ku shiraya Baydhabo oo ka jawaabay hadalkii...
View Article5,800 buildings to make way for Grand Mosque expansion
JEDDAH: NADIM AL-HAMIDMASSIVE EXPANSION: The first phase of the Grand Mosque’s expansion included the removal of 1,150 properties at a cost of SR33 billion, while the second stage also included the...
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