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A thread on how there is an sophisticated attack on fundamental islamic principles in somali society with the aim of replacing them with western liberal values and the role western funded institutions as sahan & civil activist have in it.

#somalia #mogadishu
2/18

This thread will be focused on a report done by the rand corporation a US funded think tank that aims to reform islam by dividing up muslims and then allying with one against the other.

Here is a link to the report

rand.org/content/dam/ra…
3/18

The report argues that the 🇺🇸 has 3 potential partners in muslim societies

1st : secularist
2nd : liberal muslims
3rd : moderate traditionalist incl sufis

Here are the report’s definition of these 3 groups
4/18

To paraphrase it the report argues that these 3 groups are easily manipulated and are not so grounded on religious text but are more emotional & traditional based so therefore could be easier persuaded to reform islam and embrace western liberalism.
5/18

Well who are they being put up against ?

The report labels that group the islamist those that basically want the sharia to be at the basis of any law governing them ! a recent separate study has shown ( pic 2 ) that the overwhelming majority in Somalia hold that position.
6/18

The report argues that western institutions should empower these 3 groups vs the islamist who they label fundamentalist simply meaning those that only accept the quran and sunnah as their guidance ( the overwhelming majority in 🇸🇴) and not traditions or emotional arguments
7/18

The report states that the participation of muslim women is necessary in order to reform islam and argues that promoting gender equality empowers moderate muslims ( muslims who believe islam & liberalism are compatible )
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They also argue that women groups provide the main impetus ( impetus definition 👇) for implementing progressive reforms in islam.

To simply paraphrase it : muslim women are an important tool in dismantling islamic principles.

A good Examples is feminism
9/18

Here are 6 examples of western funded ngo’s as sahan research & others epromoting suffism & gender based equality in somalia 👇

Here are the women rand was calling for all of these programs are fully paid by western govt’s
10/18

Here is very famous one 👇 this woman clearly reading from a script is made/paid to make false allegations and statements that are in conflict with islamic values.

Exactly as the rand report suggested
11/18

Here is another example of using muslim women just to attack islam

Is this bbc documentary that was made to potray somali society as a male dominated society oppressing women on religious basis, proof 👇 here is a link to the documentary
12/18

The rand report also suggest the promotion of sufism

Here is rashid abdi who works for sahan research center a western funded research centrr promoting sufism exactly as rand paul suggested he should !
13/18

Here is more of rashid abdi glorifying sufism and the idea behind it is to promote the idea that there is no true one islam and therefore we shouldn’t be so strict in our islamic principles and basically transforming islam in some sort of peace hippie religion !
14/18

After rashid has tested the waters and feels confidence enough he makes the claim that there is no one true islam and that multiple paths can lead you to heaven exactly as how the rand report suggested ! He doesn’t even backdown when faced criticism !👇
15/18

To make it clear rashid abdi has zero knowledge on islam and even calls for the worship of others besides allah by claiming men can pray to saints and not allah and still get to heaven👇this is major shirk/apostasy and goes against the basic principles of la ilaha illallah
16/18

Here rashid abdi asking somalis do you want to be a modern state with LIBERAL CIVILISED VALUES or a medieval islamic state !! ( look at the framing )

And he is calling for the sufis to be tough on the salafis and fight them 👇
17/18

Here are clear manifestations of rand’s report ! I could go on for ages with example after example !

We are announcing that we are countering the rand report with a counter report called the stand report meaning somalis will stand their ground against the manipulations.
18/18

I am not perse arguing against liberalism/democracy here ! I am trying 2 highlight the manipulative tactics used to influence somali society into a liberal oriented society without the consent of the people and under manipulative tactics directed against islamic principles

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Jan 19
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Ethiopia & somali separatists in hargeisa are trying to coordinate their propaganda wich is being designed for them by western think tanks I.E manipulation centers

Here are some of them👇👇👇

#somalia #mogadishu Image
2/18

1 : misrepresenting statements opposing the illegal MOU

2 : falsely claiming somalia is incapable of physically opposing the illegal MOU

3 : falsely claiming that somalia’s unity btwn the north and the south wasn’t legally ratified

4 : downplaying all criticism.
3/18

5 : falsely trying to present somaliland’s case as an fait acompli ( example : we have already left and are not coming back or we have been longer without you then with you )

6 : CONFUSION‼️

7 : falsely claiming that FGS doesn’t have any control over somaliland
Read 18 tweets
Jan 6
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Somalia is clearly being lured into something and the united kingdom is behind it and they’re using the UAE as a proxy and by extent ethiopia too!

Somalia should act strategically not emotionally!!

Let’s consider all the facts!!

#somalia #mogadishu
2/19

First of all it was the UAE who initially started the berbera project in 2016 and finalized the agreement in 2018.

Every since then, there have been white western & certain africans NGO’s and individuals who came out of nowhere who are all extreme somaliland supporters.


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3/19

As soon as the uae started the development of the berbera port guess who sneaky inserted themselves into the berbera project ??

You already guessed it… the united kingdom
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Mar 30, 2023
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Thread on marco polo’s description of Mogadishu from btwn 1271 AD to 1291 AD

This thread also highlights somalia’s famous textile industry

It also highlights how the presence of the jareerweyne community in 🇸🇴 is directly linked 2 🇸🇴’s textile industry

#somalia Image
2/25

When marco refers 2 mogadishu he uses the name “Madagascar” and the term “island” wich historians explained is a misinterpretation of the arabic word jazeera wich means island or peninsula
The island of Madagascar should therefore be understood as the Mogadishu peninsula.


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3/25

That Marco Polo means mogadishu when he uses the name Madagascar is confirmed when marco states that the great island of Madagascar is approximately a 1000miles south of the island of socotra and that madagascar lies btwn socotra and zanzibar wich mogadishu “exactly” is 👇


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Jan 23, 2023
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Here is proof that I.M Lewis was deliberately manipulating somali history

I.M Lewis an British colonial historian was deliberately manipulating somali history and was intentionally misquoting written historical documents on Somali cities👇

#somalia #mogadishu
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2/11

Both I.M Lewis 🇬🇧 and Enrico ceruilli 🇮🇹 were colonial administrators and self proclaimed historians that deliberately tried to disconnect the banadir coast from somalis historically.
How ?

By emphasising arab presence and adding their own interpretation to that presence.
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3/11

I.M Lewis in his book on HOA history states that by the 13th century the hawiye ( somali clan) had established themselves around the arab settlement of marka. And he uses ibn sa’id al maghribi as a source

Why is he calling marka a arab settlement? Ibn sa’id didn’t say that
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Nov 16, 2022
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Madagascar used to be a part of somalia when it was conquered by mogadishu and adal in the early middle ages.

And thats why its named after mogadishu

Somali history is deliberately being distorted and minimized‼️

Here is the truth👇 1/25

#somalia #mogadishu Image
2/25

Around the 10th century Mogadishu became a world famous port city and is clearly described by literally every traveler or historian from every nation around the world that has visited it or written about it, as the the biggest, richest and most powerful city in east africa. ImageImageImage
3/25

The ivory & gold trade is one of the main reasons Mogadishu is so wealthy & there is clear consensus amongst african & western historians that the merchants of mogadishu r the first 2 arrive in sofala Mozambique with ships in search of gold & ivory in wich they find plenty. ImageImageImageImage
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Oct 10, 2022
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Abu barakat al-barbari simply means father of the blessed somalis nothing else‼️the fact that the mogadishu sultanate controlled certain maldivian island’s and were spreading islam in 🇮🇳 like sa’id of mogadishu did, reaffirms that position‼️

#somalia #mogadishu
2/8

Barbari means somali and abu barakat al-barbari in light of the knowledge that mogadishu/somali merchants & scholars are present all over the region spreading islam & trading reaffirms that it should be understood in that context.


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3/8

Barbari doesn’t mean he came from berbera as one 🇺🇸 professor suggested and this article is claiming b/c that professor didn’t knew that the somali people were previously called al-barbar and barbari is even used by ibn batutta and it clearly refers to a people not a city👇
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