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Washington Park multicultural event highlights immigrant cultures
Sahara Aden wore traditional dress to perform a Somali Bantu spiritual dance. (Photo by Rick Brown)Sahara Aden swayed and pirouetted in her bright red traditional dress, enacting a spiritual dance of...
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Rwanda stories: ‘My mum told me I was born of rape. I felt very bad’
Patrick Nbungutse, 18, is from Kamonyi district. He plans to become a lawyer and says his mother is proud of him Rwandan genocide survivor Claudete Musanabera with her son Patrick Nbungutse....
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Toronto mayor Rob Ford votes against Mandela street honour
Toronto mayor Rob Ford watching the Toronto Blue Jays MLB game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on July 24, 2013. PHOTO | TOM SZCZERBOWSKI | FILE GETTY...
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Somalia turning guns into ploughshares
Somalis tend to their maize garden as a soldier keeps watch over them. Photo/FILEBy DANIEL K. KALINAKI The EastAfricanOn a hot morning in early March, a dozen or so Somali farmers crowd into a small...
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International recognition of Somaliland will boost its economy
Bottling factory in Somaliland [Abdi Robi and Tanq Tarey]As African leaders gather in Brussels for the EU-Africa summit, the foreign minister of Somaliland writes that despite substantial help from the...
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Wararka aan maanta idiin hayno waxaa ka mid ah: Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya oo dhiggiisa Faransiiska kula kulmay Biljimka, Dad sheegay in ay barakiciyeen Ciiddan dowladda Soomaaliya ay leedahay, Xukuumadda...
View ArticleHeshiisiinta Labada Dhawaaq ee ‘Dh & R’
W.Q. Cabdirisaaq BaraagHordhacQormadani waxay daba socotaa, kana dhalatay qormo hore oo uu qoray Cabdiraxmaan Faarax ‘Barwaaqo’. Qormadiisa Cabdiraxmaan waxuu cinwaan uga dhigay ‘Xeerarka Fagaasa...
View ArticleJudge sentences man in tutoring scam
By Kathy Lynn GrayA Somali man who ran a scam tutoring company for needy Franklin County students was sentenced to 13 months in prison today on federal charges of falsifying invoices and stealing...
View ArticleTwo suspects charged in Kenya with possessing explosives
NAIROBI, A man and his wife were on Thursday arraigned in a Nairobi court charged with being in possession of explosive material (grenades).Hassan Mahati Omar and his wife Fardos Mohammed Abdi who...
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In Memory of Tubeec, King of Somali Music
By Adan MakinaKnown in Somalia and in the Diaspora as ‘Boqorkii Codka’, ‘King of Vocals’ or ‘King of Music’, Mohamed Suleiman Tubeec (GBS) had the qualities of a modern musician. A soft-spoken man who...
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Sunnah and Bid’ah
The Straight Path has been laid out. Our job is only to follow it, not to try to discover new paths.By Khalid BaigOnce some Jewish scholars said to Sayyidna Umar bin Khattab, Radi-Allahu unhu, “The...
View Article‘Digital’ sheikhs take da’awah activities to social media sites
Local scholars wishing to engage Muslim youth are being forced to adopt the use of social media networks frequented by this age group to promote da’awah activities. Those who have developed cold feet...
View ArticleKENYA: ATTACKS MEANT TO IGNITE SECTARIAN VIOLENCE
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s president says recent attacks in the country, blamed on Somali-based Islamic militants, are meant to provoke a sectarian war but it won’t succeed.Uhuru Kenyatta said...
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Wararka aan idiin hayno waxaa maanta ka mid ah: Maxadweynaha Soomaaliya oo xariga ka jaray safaaradda Soomaaliya ee Dalka Biljimka oo dayactir lagu sameeyay iyo Mudaaharaad looga soo horjeeday...
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Somalia: UN rights office calls for moratorium after ‘hasty’ execution of...
Rupert Colville, spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. UN PhotoThe United Nations human rights office today voiced its concern at the “hasty” judicial process in the Somali town of...
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France’s far-right to ban faith-based school lunch options in towns it governs
Arrangements contrary to France’s secular values, says National Front leader Marine Le Pen: “We will not accept any religious demands in school menus,” Ms Le Pen told RTL radio. Photograph: Pascal...
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Pilgrim claims to have world’s smallest Qur’an
ONE FOR THE BOOKS: A copy of the Holy Qur’an which measures less than 2.5 centimeters. (AN photo)MADINAH: YUSUF MUHAMMADA Pakistani pilgrim claims that he owns the world’s smallest Qur’an, which is...
View ArticleSomaliland Hails British Step Forward in Independence Bid
Henry RidgwellLONDON — A city in Britain has become the first to officially recognize Somaliland’s claim to independence. The vote — which is purely symbolic and carries no legal weight — is...
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Undercover cop denies he lied to court about suspect wanting to join terror...
By Stewart Bell Mohamed Hassan Hersi was charged in 2011 with attempting to join Somali terrorist organization Al-Shabab. Peter J. Thompson/National Post/FilesBRAMPTON, Ont. — The lawyer representing...
View ArticleKuwaiti Terrorized By Ethiopian Shepherd
KUWAIT CITY, Jahra securitymen have launched a search operation to find a runaway Ethiopian shepherd who terrorized a Kuwaiti citizen by claiming that he murdered his father and threatening to murder...
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