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href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-xj_enQEmtew\/WaG9NUZzAsI\/AAAAAAAAAzU\/wZdnwhjoahQo48hX18KCiAOkchVfG28zwCLcBGAs\/s1600\/6ccab33a66006ad0c5fea3b770eac045.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"488\" data-original-width=\"744\" height=\"209\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-xj_enQEmtew\/WaG9NUZzAsI\/AAAAAAAAAzU\/wZdnwhjoahQo48hX18KCiAOkchVfG28zwCLcBGAs\/s320\/6ccab33a66006ad0c5fea3b770eac045.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" content=\"\u0026lt;strong\u0026gt;\u0026lt;a href=\u0026quot;https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/atheists-could-die-out-because-of-contraception-researchers-claim-122841770.html\u0026quot;\u0026gt;People who don’t believe in God\u0026lt;\/a\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/strong\u0026gt; tend to be more intelligent – and this is a fact which has been shown by multiple studies.\" data-reactid=\"18\" type=\"text\"\u003E\nPeople who don't believe in Gods tend to be more intelligent – and this is a fact which has been shown by multiple studies.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" content=\"\u0026lt;strong\u0026gt;\u0026lt;a href=\u0026quot;https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/atheists-could-die-out-because-of-contraception-researchers-claim-122841770.html\u0026quot;\u0026gt;People who don’t believe in God\u0026lt;\/a\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/strong\u0026gt; tend to be more intelligent – and this is a fact which has been shown by multiple studies.\" data-reactid=\"18\" type=\"text\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" content=\"But the debate over \u0026lt;strong\u0026gt;\u0026lt;a href=\u0026quot;https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/does-god-exist-scientists-think-153002283.html\u0026quot;\u0026gt;why atheists might be more intelligent \u0026lt;\/a\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/strong\u0026gt;goes back much further, to Greek and Roman times – and it’s not because one belief system is more ‘correct’.\" data-reactid=\"19\" type=\"text\"\u003E\nBut the debate over why atheists are more intelligent goes back much further, to Greek and Roman times – and it’s not because one belief system is more ‘correct’.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" content=\"But the debate over \u0026lt;strong\u0026gt;\u0026lt;a href=\u0026quot;https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/does-god-exist-scientists-think-153002283.html\u0026quot;\u0026gt;why atheists might be more intelligent \u0026lt;\/a\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/strong\u0026gt;goes back much further, to Greek and Roman times – and it’s not because one belief system is more ‘correct’.\" data-reactid=\"19\" type=\"text\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" content=\"A new scientific paper by Edward Dutton of the Ulster Institute for Social Research in the UK, and Dimitri Van der Linden of the Rotterdam University in the Netherlands suggests an answer.\" data-reactid=\"20\" type=\"text\"\u003E\nA scientific paper by Edward Dutton of the Ulster Institute for \nSocial Research in the UK, and Dimitri Van der Linden of the Rotterdam \nUniversity in the Netherlands suggests an answer.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" content=\"A new scientific paper by Edward Dutton of the Ulster Institute for Social Research in the UK, and Dimitri Van der Linden of the Rotterdam University in the Netherlands suggests an answer.\" data-reactid=\"20\" type=\"text\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" content=\"The authors suggest that the reason could be explained if religion is considered an instinct – one which intelligence gives people the ability to overcome.\" data-reactid=\"23\" type=\"text\"\u003E\nThe\n authors suggest that the reason could be explained if religion is \nconsidered an instinct – one which intelligence gives people the ability\n to overcome.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" content=\"The authors suggest that the reason could be explained if religion is considered an instinct – one which intelligence gives people the ability to overcome.\" data-reactid=\"23\" type=\"text\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" content=\"It means that non-religious people may be better problem solvers.\" data-reactid=\"24\" type=\"text\"\u003E\nIt means that non-religious people may be better problem solvers.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" content=\"It means that non-religious people may be better problem solvers.\" data-reactid=\"24\" type=\"text\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" content=\"It means that non-religious people may be better problem solvers.\" data-reactid=\"24\" type=\"text\"\u003E\nThat would explain recent survey data which supports the stance that \nintelligence seems to be negatively associated with being religious, the\n authors write.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" content=\"It means that non-religious people may be better problem solvers.\" data-reactid=\"24\" type=\"text\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" content=\"It means that non-religious people may be better problem solvers.\" data-reactid=\"24\" type=\"text\"\u003E\n‘If religion is an evolved domain then it is an instinct, and \nintelligence – in rationally solving problems – can be understood as \ninvolving overcoming instinct and being intellectually curious and thus \nopen to non-instinctive possibilities,’ Dutton writs.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" content=\"It means that non-religious people may be better problem solvers.\" data-reactid=\"24\" type=\"text\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" content=\"It means that non-religious people may be better problem solvers.\" data-reactid=\"24\" type=\"text\"\u003E\nDutton argues that being intelligent helps people to rise above their instincts during stressful times – a useful skill.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" content=\"It means that non-religious people may be better problem solvers.\" data-reactid=\"24\" type=\"text\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" content=\"It means that non-religious people may be better problem solvers.\" data-reactid=\"24\" type=\"text\"\u003E\n‘If religion is indeed an evolved domain – an instinct – then it will \nbecome heightened at times of stress, when people are inclined to act \ninstinctively, and there is clear evidence for this,’ says Dutton ‘It \nalso means that intelligence allows us to able to pause and reason \nthrough the situation and the possible consequences of our actions.’ \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" content=\"A new scientific paper by Edward Dutton of the Ulster Institute for Social Research in the UK, and Dimitri Van der Linden of the Rotterdam University in the Netherlands suggests an answer.\" data-reactid=\"20\" type=\"text\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr 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text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan id=\"goog_1392821075\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan id=\"goog_1392821076\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-iVNAyV2jHkM\/WXec0nq3RSI\/AAAAAAAAAy0\/OjJ0LiAxstgByYGtGfCSEkFPsR_4mI_2gCLcBGAs\/s1600\/20229322_1832272360416915_7770869066210801573_n.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"350\" data-original-width=\"560\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-iVNAyV2jHkM\/WXec0nq3RSI\/AAAAAAAAAy0\/OjJ0LiAxstgByYGtGfCSEkFPsR_4mI_2gCLcBGAs\/s320\/20229322_1832272360416915_7770869066210801573_n.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;georgia\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot; , serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003ESaynisku waxa uu yiri dadku waa ‘xayawaan fekera’;\nAfrikaan daanyeer la haybwadaaga oo ka samaysan hiddosideyaal iyo unugyo oo\nkaladuwanaanta dadka iyo xayawaanka kale ay tahay un sida dadku u fekero. Nooluhu\nsi kasta oo uu u ka la muuqaal duwan yahay haddana faraq weyn u ma dhexeeyo\ndhanka ayaanka abka. Sayniskuna waa halgedka ugu muhiimsan oo ugu saamayn ballaaran\nnolosha dadka oo dhaliyay caddaymo muujiya halka nooluhu ka yimid isla markaas horumariya\nilbaxnimada u nugul aqoonta ka dhalata caddaymaha cilmibaarista. Teer iyo waagii\ndadku Afrika ka soo dhuyaalay ilbaxnimo kasta waxay isku dayeysay in ay tu kale\nka horumarto mid walba oo cusub na ay taabsanaysay tallaabo horumarineed oo mudan\nwaahyaheeda iyo astaanteeda oo sooyaalku xuso dhaqankeeda, bulshadeeda,\naqoonteeda, iyo wixii la halmaala.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;georgia\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot; , serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;georgia\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot; , serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003EDhan walba oo ilbaxnimo haatan dhisan laga gorfeeyo\niyo si walba oo tu soo jirtay dib-u-eegis loogu sameeyo ama hab walba oo\nsiiyaalka saadaal looga dhiibto, waxa aan marnaba laga indhosaaban karin ta uu\nreer Galbeedku hormuudka ka yahay iyo saamaynta ay dunida ku yeelatay dhowrkii\nqarni oo la soo dhaafay. Horumarkaas isa soo tarayay qarniyada ayaa lahaa\nmarxalado ka la duwan oo uu soo maray la na soo halgamay gaar ahaan qarniyadii\n16-aad iyo 17-aad oo ahaa labadii ugu waxtar badnaa markii laga soo gudbayay \u003Ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003Ewaayihii mugdiga\u003C\/i\u003E ay Yurub ugu gudubtay\nindhodillaacsigii sayniska. Labadaas qarni waxaa loogu yeeraa \u003Ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003Ekacaankii sayniska\u003C\/i\u003E oo u gogolxaaray gungaarka\nwacdaraha tignoolojiyadda dhisaalan maanta. Waxaa barbar socday ka la soocii kaniisadda\niyo taliska oo ibo furay maan-ifaynta garashada cusub ku xukumtay maangalnimo\noo sheekooyinkii duugoobay milge tiray oo ka dhaqan galay qaaraddaas oo dabadeed\ndunida kale tartiib-tartiib ugu fidayay. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;georgia\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot; , serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;georgia\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot; , serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003EHidderaaca oo ay ku dhan yihiin tusaalooyinka\ntixraaca noolaha baa dhawrkii qarni oo la soo dhaafay sayniska u foofshay laamo\ndhaadheer oo mid walba mudnaanteeda leedahay, waa aragtida dheellitiran oo leh\nwax walba oo nool—geed ama xayawaan—abtirsi hore ayay leeyihiin oo hiddoside ku\nmuujan. Habraaca baarista hidderaaca loo adeegsado waxaa ka mid ah; unug, bu’, DNA,\nqalfoof, xidid, iwm. (Haa, geedaha wax badan baan wadaagnaa oo dhirta aan\ncalaajinno dabadeed dheefshiidkeenna aan dheellitirnayn hidderaac ahaan uu\nnafaqada ka nuugo waxaa noo dhexeeya hiddosideyaal ah noole ka yimid manoole [organic\nfrom inorganic].)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;georgia\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot; , serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;georgia\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot; , serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003EUnugyadu waxay u ka la baxaan dhawr nooc oo uu nooc\nwalba qaabilsan yahay hawl gaar ah; sida unugyada neerfaha, unugyada jirka,\nunugyada dhiigga, iwm. Waxaa mid walba ku jira bu’ ay ka koobmaan hiddosideyaasha—qaybo\nyaryar oo bu’da xiriirsan oo ah DNA—oo tiradoodu gaarayso 20,000 inta la og\nyahay.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;georgia\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot; , serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;georgia\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot; , serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003EHiddosiduhu waa anaani u nool keli ah in uu waaro\nhaddii kale ma tarmo, tusaale ahaan ma jiro hiddoside u hawlan in uu ititibiyo\nasaaggiis ma na dhacdo in uu sidaas ku\/u dhaxal reebo, hayeeshee qof ama noole\ndhan oo ka samaysan baa taakuleeya tolka ama istaakuleeyaan si ay u waaraan.\nIsdiiddada halkaas ka muuqata siyaalo ka la duwan ayaa aaraa’ looga bixiyay\ncilmibaaristu se ay tixgelisay labadu in ay yihiin sidii isku dhoon si nooluhu\nu bedbaado oo jiilal dambe u dhigo. Isdiiddooyinka noocaas ah aad ayay u badan\nyihiin sababta oo ah mar waxaa khaldanaan karta garashada dadka mar kale na\nsida wax loo fahmay oo aqoontuna ay kordhaysay qarni ba qarni. Marar waxaa lagu\ngabraartaa dano siyaasadeed ama diineed oo eel badan ka dhalatay oo hengelo\ndhigay. Saynisyahanno ahaa geesiyiin runta u hiiliyay baa qarniyo iilka loo\njiidayay ka dib markii aqoontu ka hor timid wax hore loo rumaysnaa.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;georgia\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot; , serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;georgia\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot; , serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003ETusaale ahaan waahyahaan dambe dood gabaabsi ah baa\nka timid dhanka dhaqandhaqaalaha hantigoosadka oo isku dayaysay xoojinta hab\nsiyaasadeedka midigta fog isla markaas laalaysa dhaqandhaqaalaha hantiwadaagga\nbidixda fog. Inkasta oo saynisku diidmo hoosta uga xarriiqay aragtiyahaas ka ma\nay duwana su’aasha leh ‘haddii dadka iyo daanyeerku xigaal yihiin, sidee\ndaanyeerku weli ku nool yahay?’ Taasu waxay la mid tahay ayada oo la yiri\n‘awooweyaashaa\/ayeeyoyaashaa haddii aad ka timid sidee baa ay weli ku nool\nyihiin?’ Haddaba su’aal walba jawaab ayay leedahay waxaa se khaldan un fekerka\nhore oo asna saxma marka jawaab habboon dhambalato bayooloji ahaan. Tusaale\nkale waa maaddada isballaarinaysa ee su’aalaha miiran ee saykoolojiga hidderaaca\n(evolutionary psychology) oo haatan u gayllan tixgelinteeda saynis ahaaneed.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;georgia\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot; , serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;georgia\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot; , serif;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-7cD32KyLZlQ\/WWk4gtbh7ZI\/AAAAAAAAAyc\/ICQj_6eDn6ALKT9f7i3xi0D1U9xw7n36QCLcBGAs\/s1600\/Lohod%2Biyo%2BSaraacimo.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"526\" data-original-width=\"552\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-7cD32KyLZlQ\/WWk4gtbh7ZI\/AAAAAAAAAyc\/ICQj_6eDn6ALKT9f7i3xi0D1U9xw7n36QCLcBGAs\/s640\/Lohod%2Biyo%2BSaraacimo.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;georgia\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot; , serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003EKolka la baaro noole ka samaysan unug iyo nude\n[unugyo badan\/xubin] oo loo barbardhigo abtirsi hore iyo degaan waxaa daahu ka\nfaydmaa firka nooluhu dhaxlay, sida uu ku waaray, halka uu ka yimid iyo\ndhaqankiisa. \u003Ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003EDegaan\u003C\/i\u003E bayooloji ahaan\nwaa geyi isku dhan oo uu noole ku dhaqmo oo qaabeeyaa nolosha oo jaadad ka la\ngeddisan leh, tusaale ahaan degaanka berribiyoodku waa ka duwan yahay ta xammaaratada,\nlabaduna wax badan baa ay wadaagaan. Berribiyood\/xammaarato (amphibian\/reptile)\nwaa lafdhabarleyaal bad iyo berri ku nool oo ku abtirsada \u003Ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003Etiktaalik \u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E— ama mallaay,\nnoolaa 375 milyan oo gu’ ka hor oo ay ku abtirsadaan labaduba. Degaanka iyo cunnadu\nwaa waxyaalaha ugu waaweyn oo ka masuul ah isbeddelka hidderaaca, waxaa kale oo\naan lagamaarmayn bakteeriyada, cimilada, da’, iwm., kaalinta ay ku yeeshaan hiddoside\noo isbeddel u horseedda. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;georgia\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot; , serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;georgia\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot; , serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003EWaa suurogal in uu isbeddel weyn oo leh bad iyo\nberri ka dhasho bakteeriya saamaysay hal hiddoside dabadeed dabargooyay ama\ntarmiyay noolaha oo dadku uu ku jiro. Waa na suurogal in ay dhintaan ama\ndabargo’aan qaybo waaweyn oo ay bedbaadaan xayawaan yaryar—sida shinnida. Taxankaas\ntiktaalik (mallaay) ka soo askumay dadku waa ka mid yahay, markaas caddaymaha\nsaynisku waxay u garsheeganayaan in dadka loogu yeero ‘aadmi’ sababta oo ah hal\nqof oo Bariga Dhexe u dhashay oo \u003Ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003EAadan\u003C\/i\u003E\nla oran jiray saynisku ma caddayn, caddaymaha muuqda waxay dadka ugu abtiriyreen\nGeeska Afrika. Maragta ugu yar waa bakteeriyada caloosheenna dhex ceegaagta oo\ntiro xad dhaaftay; waxay ka timid meel iyo ab waxayna nagu tahay waageeni nagu\nlarban la’aanteedna ma noolaan karno, maragta ugu weyn na waa dhammaystirka ahaanshaheenna\nbayoolojiyeed. \u003Cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;georgia\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot; , serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;georgia\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot; , serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003EMarka la oddoroso sida nolosha Dhulku ay ku\nbilaabatay, ayada oo la arko mar uu Dhulku nolol la’aa iyo mar uu nolol\nyeeshay, waa lagamamaarmaan in noolaha badda wax laga barto maadaama noloshu\nhalkaas ka curatay. Habka curashada nolosha badda oo ku bilowday bakteeriya\nheshay ogsijiin iyo qorrax baa sababay nolosha berriga oo aan tallaabooyinkaas la’aantood\nsuuroobin. Dhaqdhaqaaqii ay xammaaratadu berriga ugu soo guurtay waxa uu soo\njiray malaayiin gu’ oo leh isbeddello aan sugnayn; nooluhu waa uu isa\nsaameeyay, dabadeed saamoobay, dabadeed waaray oo hanaqaaday. Sidaas awgeed\nhaddii uu yahay lohod aan laf iyo ricir lahayn ama shimbir biiba ama yaxaas\nugaarsade ah bayooloji ahaan xiriir baa ka dhexeeya muuqda ama aan muuqan oo\ndhaqanwareegayay. Dhaqanwareeggii weynaa ayaa dhacay markii badda looga maarmay\nukun debedda dhigan oo suurogelisay galtibbaxa nooluhu uga maarmay biyaha badda\nmarkii uu berriga nolol ka unkay; (i) waa uu soo xammaartay oo biyaha debedda\nuga baxay, (ii) waxa uu dhigay ukumo walxaha qoyan dhasha ugu kaydiyay, (iii)\nhalkaas sidaas uga ab kobocday nolosha Dhulka oo tiradeedu hadda gaarayso ku\ndhowaad 9 milyan oo jaad.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;georgia\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot; , serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;georgia\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot; , serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003EWaxaa tixraaca soojireenku tilmaamay in 26-27-dii milyan\noo gu’ oo kasta dhaco dabargo’ weyne xaalufiya nolosha meeraha Dhulka haddana\nay dib u bilaabato tii oo tu hore ka duwan. Isbeddelkaas ayaa saameeya cir iyo\ndhul; gaasaska gibilweynaha ayaa beddela cimilada dabadeed halliga nolosha\ndhulka, ama waxaa dhulka ku habsada dibdheerrada ka yimid meereyaasha ay\nxiddigaha isku dhacaan ee qarxa oo iskujooggeenna qorraxeed ku soo firdha. Saynisyahannada\nqaar baa ku dooday dabargo’ weyne waa muhiim si nolol cusub u bilaabato taas oo\nlooga tusaale qaadanayo Firdhadkii Qaraxweyne oo uunku ku dhisme bilaabay iyo\nhababka meereyaashu ay mar u dhashaan oo u jiraan bilaayiin gu’ mar kale na u dhintaan\noo kuwo cusub abuurmo. Iskujoog qorraxeedkeennu waa un hal ka mid ah 200 oo\nbilyan oo ku yaal diillin-caanoodka iskujooggeenna xiddigaha tirada la og yahay\nkeli ah, xiddiguhu na ayaga oo dhaqdhaqaaq joogtaysan leh baa jirka ay mar jiraan\nmar kale na ay dhacaan yahay goor kooban, markaas xiddig meel qotomay bilyan\ngu’aad baa gebi ahaan meerwareega. Haddana iskujoog xiddigeedkeenna sidaas u\nweyn baa ah un hal ka mid ah boqolaal bilyan dhisaalan uun weynaha.\u003Cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;georgia\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot; , serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;georgia\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot; , serif;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-a9kYRqWZOyI\/WWk2OtQYD7I\/AAAAAAAAAyI\/ENSJGbYnUqM2jRLIgGT0AOM6MCklQcnSwCEwYBhgL\/s1600\/Solar-System-Star-Sun-1024x659%2Bmodified.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"659\" data-original-width=\"1024\" height=\"409\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-a9kYRqWZOyI\/WWk2OtQYD7I\/AAAAAAAAAyI\/ENSJGbYnUqM2jRLIgGT0AOM6MCklQcnSwCEwYBhgL\/s640\/Solar-System-Star-Sun-1024x659%2Bmodified.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003ESaynisku waxa uu lahaa soojireen saadaal hore iyo\nxaqiijin dambe leh oo la isku afgarto in ay dheellitiran tahay, sidaas ayaa\njeer ogaal cusub la daah-faydo waxaa duugooba oo ciidda loo miisaa garasho\ngablool ah oo qarni hore la rumaysnaa. Qarnigaan ogaal waxaa ugu baaxad weyn\ndaah-furka hirarka cufisjiidadka (gravitational waves) oo ifiyay mugdi hore oo\nku saabsanaa xiriirka fagaag-gooraysada uunka. Aragtida ku saabsan hirarka\ncufisjiidka oo ahayd saadaal uu lahaa saynisyahankii weynaa Albert Einstein\nboqol sano ka hor waa hubaal in ay beddeli doonto waxyaalo badan oo\nsooyaal\/siiyaal ah sida qalabka dhulbaareyaasha ama cirbixiyeenku adeegsado.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;georgia\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot; , serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;georgia\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot; , serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003EIskujooggeenna qorraxeed jira 4.6 bilyan baa leh jir\n(mass) 99% qorraxda yahay. Cufjiidka qorraxda baa ka masuul ah meerwareegga\njibinta, xiddigaha, meereyaasha, busta, iyo gaasaska fagaagga dhex wareega. Dhulka\noo qorraxda u jira 93 mayl waxaa ilayska qorraxdu ku soo gaaraa 8 daqiiqo asaga\noo soo maray in dhan 186,282 mayl halkii ilbiriqsi oo ku cabbiran dhexrooraha\nfagaagga. Sida meere qorraxda ugu dhow yahay ama uga fog yahay ayay u xawliwareeg\ndheer yihiin oo tusaale ahaan meesha Dhulku hal gu’ wareego, meeraha Dusaa\nwaxay ku qaadataa 88 beri keli ah, halka meeraha Docay wareego 165 gu’. Isla sidaasna\nayay ka la heerkul duwan yihiin sida ay qorraxda u ka la xigaan; kulka Dusaa\nwaa +427c, meesha Docay qabow yahay -200c.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;georgia\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot; , serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;georgia\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot; , serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003EMeereyaashu waxay ka samaysmaan gaasas dhagaxyo ku\nmilmay oo cufjiid uu heerkulka tamarta qorraxeed ku sugay, tabtaas oo kale oo\nkeennu ku curtay baa walxaha Dhulku ka samaysan yahay sida xadiidka laga helaa\nmeereyaal kale balse ma maarayn karaan nolol inta la og yahay. Naytorojiinka dhiiggeenna\nama ogsijiinka hawadeenna ama kalsiyuumka ilkaha waa walxo si walba uunka uga\nmuuqda oo bus fagaag ugu ka la goosha xiddigaha samada sare markaas seeska\nnoloshu waa bus fagaag helloontay heerkul sugan oo ku abtirsada bilaayiin\nxiddigood dhammaantood leh bilow iyo basanbaas. Taxanaha sidaas u xiriirsan wax\nweyn ayaa uu naga barayaa uunka bayooloji ahaan iyo kimistari ahaan oo ku\nsaabsan haybta ay wadaagaan nolosha iyo xeerarka sayniska oo si murtiyaysan isugu\nlaran. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4870143194907248649\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2017\/09\/hidderaaca-dadka.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/4870143194907248649"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/4870143194907248649"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2017\/09\/hidderaaca-dadka.html","title":"Hidderaaca iyo Fagaagga"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Ciyaalka Xaafadda"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/07506601413957311974"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TRjnOqfgfrI\/AAAAAAAAARw\/63rfWsuK09o\/S220-s88\/1.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-iVNAyV2jHkM\/WXec0nq3RSI\/AAAAAAAAAy0\/OjJ0LiAxstgByYGtGfCSEkFPsR_4mI_2gCLcBGAs\/s72-c\/20229322_1832272360416915_7770869066210801573_n.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048498988170485489.post-4605452958984141851"},"published":{"$t":"2017-06-14T13:19:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2017-06-17T07:20:41.412-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Flaws in the Quran"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Quraanka iyo Carruurta"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Saudi Muslim Cleric: \"Earth is flat\""},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-VUuVSpWmHAg\/V0n19gGE0bI\/AAAAAAAAAoU\/3vLsfan1EloZdGSZW3cgA8HmLy6GTJjswCLcB\/s1600\/13268397_1199129493439947_5381855549858606150_o.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-VUuVSpWmHAg\/V0n19gGE0bI\/AAAAAAAAAoU\/3vLsfan1EloZdGSZW3cgA8HmLy6GTJjswCLcB\/s640\/13268397_1199129493439947_5381855549858606150_o.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\nBRILLIANT Saudi cleric tells his students that the Earth does NOT rotate because if it did, planes would never land at \ntheir destinations. He deserves Nobel Prize for Stupidity. His courage \nto publish such high-level nonsense needs appreciation. He is reading an ancient book for which he cannot be fully blamed but yet there is certain danger to this sort of study.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe tragedy for the Arabs, especially, has been who got the oil wealth. \nIt wasn’t the sophisticates of Beirut or even the religious scholars of \nCairo, but Bedouins with a bitter view of faith. The Saudis and their \nfellow fanatics in the oil-rich Gulf states have used those riches to \ndrag Muslims backward into the past and to spread violent jihad. The Saudis build Muslims mosques and madrassas but not hospitals and universities.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe danger of this sort of study spreading to uneducated people is \nthat they obtain certain sense of morality from these ancient texts. \nMorality is doing right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing \nwhat you are told, no matter what is right. Today's religions were \ncreated by yesterday's ignoramuses. They do not \nbelong in enlightened modernity, they belong in ignorant antiquity. But \nnever attempt to correct today's religious ignoramus since people \nbelieve what they want to believe and do not wish to deviate from their \ncomfort zones. An ancient saying bequeaths: Do not correct a fool, or he\n will hate you; correct a wise man, and he will appreciate you.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DKSKUIjBiM0\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"text_exposed_show\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe Quraan emphatically states that it is a clear scripture [Q15:1], \nperfect [Q11:1] explained in detail [Q6:114 and 41:3].  Allah \nemphatically declared that he made Quraan very simple so that Muslims can\n understand very easily.  If an illiterate Messenger (Q7.157-158, \nQ62:2-3) could understand Allah's word, surel\u003Cspan class=\"text_exposed_show\"\u003Ey even a failed school child could understand it too.\u003C\/span\u003E\n Nowhere does Allah say that his words must be read with the help of its interpretations and commentaries. Therefore the apologists '\nfavorite statements about subject being taken 'out of context' morphs \ninto a blatant lie here.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nQuraanic interpretations and tafsirs have been invented by some wishful \neducated Mullahs only to hide its absurdities and contradictions. In\n fact, Quraan verses are mostly simple to understand and any junior \nschool student can understand quite easily provided the reading material\n is given in a language they can understand. Therefore, claiming that \nQuraan is difficult to understand or is being quoted out of context is \nludicrous and a lame excuse only to hide Allah’s myriad of inanities and\n flaws.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAllah's Ignorance of the North and South Poles: In polar regions, the\n longevity of day and night vary during summer \nand winter. The day gets shorter and shorter in winter until there are \ndays or weeks of uninterrupted night. At the poles themselves, day and \nnight alternately last for six months and all phases of the moon occur \nseveral times between sunrise and sunset. The author of the Quraan did \nnot know about this and he only repeated earlier geocentric ideas.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\"\u003EIt's\n not about intelligence or IQ it's simply about basic common sense, \nanyone not raised in the Biblical propaganda soup would\n not entertain these stories as anything other than what they are, a non\n technological people's attempt to make sense of a complicated world, in \nterms that made sense to them at the time. Yet they spread immensely through mechanisms we can all see and with predictable outcomes.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-hj1fvzmoAsc\/VxMPFmEZhII\/AAAAAAAAAoA\/_r5EQPtnyHYYGLMTlXzRNtpeWWzp8ffNACLcB\/s1600\/12938075_10156782709865010_549364985845161389_n.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-hj1fvzmoAsc\/VxMPFmEZhII\/AAAAAAAAAoA\/_r5EQPtnyHYYGLMTlXzRNtpeWWzp8ffNACLcB\/s640\/12938075_10156782709865010_549364985845161389_n.jpg\" width=\"563\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\nWe’ve seen Saudi money at work in country after country, from Somalia \nto Kenya to Pakistan to Indonesia and beyond. Everywhere, their \nhirelings preach a stern and joyless world, along with the duty to carry\n out jihad (contrary to apologists’ nonsense, jihad’s primary \nmeaning is not “an inner struggle,” but expanding the reach of Islam by \nfire and sword). The Wahabis initially form secretive organizations to lure unsuspecting individuals into their fold, of particular interest are the uneducated, the vulnerable, the poor, women and children. The secretive organizations only become apparent once Wahabism takes a foothold and the entire society\/nation consists of bat crap crazy bearded men full of hate wanting to subjugate the vulnerable. On Kenya’s old Swahili \nCoast, once the domain of Muslim slavers preying on black Africans, we see a wretched Muslim slum where children, rather than learning \nuseful skills in a state school, sat amid filth memorizing the Quraan in a\n language they could not understand. According to locals, their parents \nhad been bribed to take their children out of the state schools and put \nthem in madrassas. Naturally, educated Christians from the interior get the good jobs \ndown on the coast. The Muslims rage at the injustice. The Christians \nreply, “You can’t all be Mullahs — learn something!” And behold: The \nSaudi mission’s accomplished, the society divided. What the Saudis care about is Islam in the abstract. Countless \nMuslims can suffer to keep the faith pure. Another phenomenon we witness is that the Saudis rush to plant \nmosques where there are few or no Muslims, or where the Wahhabi cult \nstill hasn’t found roots. In many moderate parts of the Muslim wold, with its long tradition of humane \nIslam, religious scholars dismiss the Saudis as upstarts. Yet, money \nultimately buys souls and the Saudis were opening mosques. And jihad violence is now an appealing brand.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe success of religion is directly proportionate to the failure of \neducation everywhere in the world with particular peculiarity in the \nbrown and black peoples of the world attached to the failed science of \nreligion in modern times. Children in these communities need not be \nindoctrinated but inspired. Anyone who takes religion seriously should \nnot be taken seriously. \nReligion reigns supreme by turning faith (the antithesis of reason) into a virtue and skepticism into a sin.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMuslims...The \"good\", the \"bad\" and the \"ugly\"..... \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe \"good\" Muslim\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe first category is that of good Muslims.  By good we mean true \nbelievers—those who follow the teachings of their prophet, the Quraan and\n the Sunnah to the letter, who try to emulate him in every way and are \nstrict and pious Muslims.  Since the teachings and the examples of \nMuhammad are full of violence and terror, the more one follows and \nemulates him the more radical one becomes. Muhammad raided and butchered\n people merely because they were not his followers. The good Muslims do \nthe same.  All the bombings and terrorism perpetrated by Muslims are \nreplicas of Muhammad’s raids, or \"ghazwa\", as he called them.  Taking \nWomen as sex slaves, which the Islamic State and Boko Haram practice was\n also practiced by Muhammad and he sanctioned it in the Quraan (33:50; \n23: 1-6; 70:30; 4:24; 66:1-2).  He ordered the assassination of his \ncritics, stoning the adulterers, chopping the hands of thieves and \nkilling the apostates.  So, the terrorists are actually good Muslims.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe \"bad\" Muslim\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe second category is of bad Muslims.  These are those who don’t \npractice their religion and are often ignorant of it.  They may pray or \nchant the Quraan, but have no clue of its content.  They read it for \nsawab (reward) without understanding it.  These Muslims are ordinary \npeople we all know.  Like everybody else, some are good and some are not\n so good. Some of them are friendly, but they see themselves as \nsuperior, by virtue of their faith, and of “higher morals.”\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMorality in Islam has nothing to do with what others understand by this \nword.  Morality for women is to cover their hair lest it arouse sexual \nfeelings in men.  For men, it is not to shake hands with Muslim women \nlest it arouse them sexually, etc. Morality in \nIslam is primarily about genitals and their use.  For example, while \nhaving sex out of marriage is considered immoral, stoning people caught \nin such act is not immoral. While looking at bare arms and legs of \nMuslim women is considered immoral, raping non-Muslim women is not \nimmoral. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThese \nMuslims migrate to the West to better their lives, but they segregate \nthemselves, form isolated communities and warn their children to not \nlearn the ways of unbelievers or take them as friends unless they intend\n to convert them to Islam.  They give huge amounts of money to charity. \n But Islamic charity has nothing to do with charity.  All that money \ngoes to build mosques, print Islamic materials and promote Islam.  If \nany of that is spent for the needy, it is to enlist them for jihad or \nsupport the families of the suicide bombers.  The bad Muslims are the \nlifeline of Islam and the breeding ground for good Muslims.  All Muslim \nterrorists, unless they are converts, are born in and emerge from this \ngroup.  Without the moral and financial support of the bad Muslims Islam\n will cease to exist.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe \"ugly\" Muslim\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThen we have the \nugly Muslims.  As we learned the good Muslims are not good at all, and \nthe bad ones are not really bad people, the ugly Muslims actually look \nbeautiful.  Islam is a world down the rabbit hole.  Nothing is what it \nis because everything is what it is not.  The ugly Muslims are \nclean-shaven, handsome or attractive, eloquent, articulate, and highly \nintelligent, just the kind of people you want to hang around with.  They\n are journalists, professors, regular guests and contributors to \nmainstream media.  They know what to say to gain your approval and your \napplause.  They are charming.  Their words are reassuring and their \nfaces are familiar.  You like them and trust them.  So why call \nthem ugly?  Because they lie! Their job is to deceive you and to make \nyou believe that the “real Islam” poses no threat to you.  These wolves \nin sheep clothing are the most dangerous group.  Deception is deadlier \nthan terror.  Do you fear more a ferocious animal that you can see or a \ndeadly virus that you can’t?  The enemy within is a lot more dangerous.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nUnlike the bad Muslims, the ugly ones are not ignorant of their \nreligion.  They know of Muhammad’s raids, rapes, assassinations, \ngenocides, tortures, beheadings, but they deny them, twist the facts and\n defend him.  They accuse the good Muslims of having hijacked their \nreligion of peace when they know they lie. They claim to be reformers \nwhen they know that Islam cannot be reformed.  Islam is what it is.  To \nreform Islam one has to change the Quran.  Over 70% of it must be \nscrapped, and the other 30% is just sheer nonsense.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThese \nself-styled reformers don’t want to change the Quraan.  They just want \nMuslims to practice it less.  In theory it works.  Even the deadliest \npoison in small doses is not lethal. But how can they convince all \nMuslims to not take their holy book seriously?  This project is doomed \nfrom the start.  This is either naiveté and wishful thinking, or a ruse \nto deceive the non-Muslims, to give them false hope so they can buy more\n time for Islam to take over the world, which is the goal of every \nMuslim, the good, the bad and the ugly. Maajid Nawaz and Reza Aslan are \"ugly\" Muslims.\u003C\/div\u003E\n"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4605452958984141851\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2017\/06\/saudi-muslim-cleric-earth-is-flat.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/4605452958984141851"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/4605452958984141851"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2017\/06\/saudi-muslim-cleric-earth-is-flat.html","title":"Saudi Muslim Cleric: \"Earth is flat\""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Ciyaalka Xaafadda"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/07506601413957311974"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TRjnOqfgfrI\/AAAAAAAAARw\/63rfWsuK09o\/S220-s88\/1.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-VUuVSpWmHAg\/V0n19gGE0bI\/AAAAAAAAAoU\/3vLsfan1EloZdGSZW3cgA8HmLy6GTJjswCLcB\/s72-c\/13268397_1199129493439947_5381855549858606150_o.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048498988170485489.post-1866697769204731469"},"published":{"$t":"2017-04-30T07:58:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2017-04-30T07:58:18.685-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Af Soomaali"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Baraarug"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Yididdiilada Dadkeenna"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-I6pVeee9dC8\/WQUkxyLbNtI\/AAAAAAAAAws\/Xk1MZdJ-aVEPLcDNAcrE0nNGh7vMvrmOgCLcB\/s1600\/sayidka.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"94\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-I6pVeee9dC8\/WQUkxyLbNtI\/AAAAAAAAAws\/Xk1MZdJ-aVEPLcDNAcrE0nNGh7vMvrmOgCLcB\/s320\/sayidka.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\nOlolihii doorashada madaxtinnimada Soomaaliya iyo loollameyaashii \ntartamay iyo xildhibaannada baarlamaanka ee codeeyay iyo madaxweynihii \nhore ee aqbalay tirsigii looga badiyay ayaa dhammaantood ah isbeddel \nsiiyaalku tixgelin doono oo waayo badan la xusuusnaan doono. Qaabkii ay \ndoorashadii 8-da bisha labaad, 2017-ka, ay u dhacday baa ahaa mid si \nwalba u qurxoonaa oo qaarad walba, dal walba, magaalo walba iyo tuulo \nwalba oo Soomaalidu ku nooshahay dunida ay si aan la koobi karin ugu \nriyaaqeen. Waxaa hal mar cirka isku shareeray yididdiillada dadkeennu u \nqabay hoggaan wanaagsan iyo dimuquraaddiyad wacan intaba.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDhallinta oo ugu doorroonayd bulshada u hanqaltaageysay doorashada \ndareenkooduna aad u sarreeyay oo weliba si aan horay loo arag ugu \nkuurgalayay tartanka, isla markaas naawilayeen hoggaanka guulaystay \ngunaanadkii ayay doorashadu ugu muuqatay mid siyaalo badan uga duwanayd \nheerarkii\/loollameyaashii\/ololeyaashii hore, ayada oo ay markii hore \nliidatay filashadu sababo la xiriiray musuqmaasuqla baahiyay awgiis.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nLamafilaankii dhacay maalintaas waa ku yar yahay dunida saddexaad \ngaar ahaan Afrika. Waxa uu Soomaaliya geliyay safka hore marka loo eego \nhannaanka dimuquraaddiyadda dunida soo koraysa. Tobanleyaal gu’aad oo \niin iyo aafo miiran leh baa hal mar isu rogay dharaaar bilicsan oo, ugu \nyaraan, la iloobay dhibkii iyo dhimashadii.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIsbeddelka sidaas ah culays weyn ayuu saarayaa madaxweynaha cusub oo \nbadinayaa cadowgiisa, sababta oo ah damiirlaaweyaashii danaha gurracan \nlahaa oo isugu jiray sokeeye iyo shisheeye aan u turayn dalka iyo dadka \noo ay riyada rumowday aydin ku tahay, waa col mar walba oogan oo fiiro \niyo feejignaan gaar ahmudan. Haddii kale hog ayay gelaysaa yididdiilada\n dadkeenna.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nArrimaha Soomaaliya ku gedaaman,oo hawl badan sugayso, waa laga miro \ndhalin karaa yoolka ah in dalku caadi ku soo noqdo oo dadku nolol helo. \nFarogelinta dalalka deriska ah waxa ay tebaysaa in lagu xalliyo habraaca\n diblomaasiyadda iyo firfircooni joogtaysan oo u muujiyaya in Soomaaliya \noo cagaheeda ku istaagta aysan waxyeello u gaysan doonin nabad \nsugiddooda.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGoor walba siyaasadda dalku waa in ay tixraacayso sixidda qaladaadkii\n hore soo na afjarayso wixii isafgaranwaa ah oo jira si loo tirtiro \ntuhun wixii jira—xataa haddii ay u baahato guddi heer qaran ah oo si \njoogto ah ugu hawlan samaynta\/soocelinta xiriir togan. Garashada \nhagaagsan waxa ay tilmaamaysaa in inta uu jiro tuhun u dhexeeya \nSoomaaliya iyo dalalka la deriska ah ay adag tahay in dalku saldhigto. \nDabcan Soomaaliya ma ay dooran karto deriska ay leedahay balse qaabka ay\n deriskaas u la dhaqanto ayay dooran kartaaxumaan iyo samaan.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nJeer aan hawshaas sida cad u muuqata lagu dhaqaaqin, in goor dambe \nlaga cawdo farogelin shisheeyeed waxba ma tarayso—waa gedda Soomaalida \nin arrin la dhayalsado marka ay waxqabad mudan tahay hadhoow se goor \ndambe la calaacalo. In meel walba la la taagnaado dal hebel baa na \nburburiyay ama nabad noo diiday ayadu na waxba ma tarayso. Isla mar \nahaantaas waa ay suurowdaa marka shaqadaas loo xilsaaro dad \nwaayo’aragnimo leh in heshiis wacan la la yeesho dalalkaas oo ay \ndhammaato isximintu.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nKooxaha xagjirka ah oo sababay galtiga\/soogelootiga waageeniga, waxa \nay goor kasta diiradda saaraan oo abbaaraan dadka inta ugu aqoonyar oo \nugu saboolsan, markaas cududda ugu weyn oo lagu la dagaallami karo waa \nwaxbarashada dalka oo la tayeeyo oo runtii ah halis ka ag dhow nabad \nsugidda dalka. Dhaqaale darridii bilowday dagaallada sokeeyeed waxaa la \ntalantaalli ahaa oo sii raajiyey jahliga faafay oo dhaqan galay oo \nSoomaalida nolosha la wadaagay gude iyo debedba.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nShacbiyadda madaxweyne Maxamed Cabdullaahi Farmaajo iyo yididdiilada \ndadweynaha oo dhinac ah iyo waxyaalihii laga bartay laylis ahaan \ndhibaatooyinkii dadku soomaray oo xalkooda lagu dhiirrado ayaa ah seeska\n laga bilaabi karo badbaadada isirka Soomaaliyeed. Sinnaanta, \ndhaqaalaha, arrimaha debedda, waxbarashada, iyo gebi ahaantood baahiyada\n jira haddii arrintu maanta joogto gorfaynta sidii waxa looga qaban \nlahaa waa guul!"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1866697769204731469\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2017\/04\/yididdiilada-dadkeenna.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/1866697769204731469"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/1866697769204731469"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2017\/04\/yididdiilada-dadkeenna.html","title":"Yididdiilada Dadkeenna"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Ciyaalka Xaafadda"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/07506601413957311974"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TRjnOqfgfrI\/AAAAAAAAARw\/63rfWsuK09o\/S220-s88\/1.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-I6pVeee9dC8\/WQUkxyLbNtI\/AAAAAAAAAws\/Xk1MZdJ-aVEPLcDNAcrE0nNGh7vMvrmOgCLcB\/s72-c\/sayidka.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048498988170485489.post-4448916839771166069"},"published":{"$t":"2017-02-21T13:08:00.001-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2017-02-21T13:08:59.946-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Baraarug"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Carabta"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hagardaamooyinka Maan Addoonsiga"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Unreason"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-uCC7R2RoWWY\/WKtSdQrU1sI\/AAAAAAAAAsQ\/J0L-KPPvTFMughaMrnpmfGvUXdJzNS5zQCLcB\/s1600\/tumblr_inline_okmfn83P8s1qclds8_540.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-uCC7R2RoWWY\/WKtSdQrU1sI\/AAAAAAAAAsQ\/J0L-KPPvTFMughaMrnpmfGvUXdJzNS5zQCLcB\/s400\/tumblr_inline_okmfn83P8s1qclds8_540.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\nGod has learned so much since then, things you’d think he would have \nknown back in the day: like about germs, atoms, the shape of the Earth, \nthe size of the Universe, etc, things \"holy\" books he has alleged written are wrong about. In more succinct terms it means gods don't write books, people do. But what happens when \u003Ci\u003Eenlightened believers\u003C\/i\u003E are confronted with these errors? They fume and point to their closest religious scholar who is arguably the least educated about the aforementioned subject(s). Free thinkers are not mocking religion, they are describing it, per \nthe omnipresent and all knowing entity requiring the most irrational and\n delusional people to defend him. Here, as they examine, denounce, or satirize the gods, \nthey are not dealing with a person, but with ideas. God was created by men in caves to explain thunder while trying to \nmanage primitive society with little knowledge beyond their villages' \nborders. Now that we're not cave men and living in the era of science \nand knowledge we see the concept shrinking to the dust pin of historical\n mysticism, w\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\"\u003Ee\n need an additional level. Yet the people who still promote these stone age magical \nfairies \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody _1n4g\"\u003Ehave nothing to objectively feel proud\/accomplished about,  so they latch on to symbolic things to feel good about themselves. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\"\u003EIslam and Christianity did not become major religions by the quality of \ntheir truths but by the quantity of their violence. Most religions were \ninfluenced by what they consider non-religions ... paganism. (\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".3r.1:5.1:$comment408528282683405_408900455979521\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".3r.1:5.1:$comment408528282683405_408900455979521\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".3r.1:5.1:$comment408528282683405_408900455979521\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".3r.1:5.1:$comment408528282683405_408900455979521\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$text0\/=1$text0\/=010\"\u003ESuppose\n the religious equivalent of a financial 'meltdown' is the \u003Ci\u003Eflood\u003C\/i\u003E ... \ngod's meltdown ... a myth that the Abrahamic religions nicked from \nthe pagan Mesopotamia.) \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003ENo amount of prayer\n is going to turn a delusional fantasy into reality. Just as the gods of\n yesterday are the myths of today, the gods of today will be the myths \nof tomorrow. Religion has had several thousand years to prove it's right\n yet still can't do better than \"wait until you're dead\". There is no \ndebating. The views are fixated. The gaps in the logic are to be \nignored. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003EBelieving in a scheme of divine retribution for those who don’t believe what you believe is obviously atavistic. There is no benefit to the continuation of unreason, specifically for black\/brown peoples of the world.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nTo call one god false then believe in another is inscrutable. Humans are\n supposed to experience doubt, once you experience 100% you are \nbrainwashed beyond redemption.\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody _1n4g\" data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.0.$end\/=1$text4\/=010\"\u003E Human beings react to the environment and events around them in accordance with their world view\/ideology, \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody _1n4g\" data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.0.$end\/=1$text4\/=010\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody _1n4g\" data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text4\/=010\"\u003Ebelieving\n everything is the will of an all-powerful god is not going to\n inspire taking action to alleviate bad circumstances. B\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody _1n4g\" data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.0.$end\/=1$text4\/=010\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody _1n4g\" data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text4\/=010\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".1o.1:5:1:$comment959982454062328_960213514039222:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".1o.1:5:1:$comment959982454062328_960213514039222:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\" UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".1o.1:5:1:$comment959982454062328_960213514039222:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".1o.1:5:1:$comment959982454062328_960213514039222:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$text0:0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407711609431739\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407711609431739\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407711609431739\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407711609431739\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end\/=1$text0\/=010\"\u003Eelievers have little clue of what things like vision, hard work, sacrifice, \nresolve, foresight, humanity, determination, forgiveness, humility and \ncourage mean.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody _1n4g\" data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.0.$end\/=1$text4\/=010\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody _1n4g\" data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text4\/=010\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody _1n4g\" data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text8\/=010\"\u003EIf\n you think your ideology is 'perfect' then you must search for blame \nexternally because allegorical loquaciousness quickly discombobulates \nthe believer more than the questioner.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody _1n4g\" data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.0.$end\/=1$text4\/=010\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody _1n4g\" 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data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text8\/=010\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".1o.1:5:1:$comment959982454062328_960213514039222:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".1o.1:5:1:$comment959982454062328_960213514039222:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\" UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".1o.1:5:1:$comment959982454062328_960213514039222:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".1o.1:5:1:$comment959982454062328_960213514039222:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$text0:0\"\u003EReligious 'logic' says\n everything must have a creator. Therefore, god must have a creator and \nthat creator must have a creator and ... This is \ninfinite stupidity. There is more depth to the phrase \"man created god \nin his image\" in that brain scans have found that talking about god \nactivates the same regions of the brain as when talking about yourself \nby the \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".8e.1:4:1:$replies404623316407235_405089046360662\/=10.1:2:$comment404623316407235_405284556341111\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".8e.1:4:1:$replies404623316407235_405089046360662\/=10.1:2:$comment404623316407235_405284556341111\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody _1n4g\" data-reactid=\".8e.1:4:1:$replies404623316407235_405089046360662\/=10.1:2:$comment404623316407235_405284556341111\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".8e.1:4:1:$replies404623316407235_405089046360662\/=10.1:2:$comment404623316407235_405284556341111\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"_Tgc\"\u003Eneuroscience of religion\u003C\/span\u003E (neurotheology). \u003Cspan data-reactid=\".8e.1:4:1:$replies404623316407235_405089046360662\/=10.1:2:$comment404623316407235_405284556341111\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.0.$end\/=1$text0\/=010\"\u003EPeople\n are gripped by slogans with emotional resonance much more than they’re \nmoved by arid data. How could anybody with half a brain believe such \nstories as: \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody _1n4g\" data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan 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data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody _1n4g\" data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text4\/=010\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody _1n4g\" data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".76.1:4.1:$comment407423476127219_407709699431930\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text8\/=010\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".8e.1:4:1:$replies404623316407235_405089046360662\/=10.1:2:$comment404623316407235_405284556341111\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".8e.1:4:1:$replies404623316407235_405089046360662\/=10.1:2:$comment404623316407235_405284556341111\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody _1n4g\" data-reactid=\".8e.1:4:1:$replies404623316407235_405089046360662\/=10.1:2:$comment404623316407235_405284556341111\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".8e.1:4:1:$replies404623316407235_405089046360662\/=10.1:2:$comment404623316407235_405284556341111\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".8e.1:4:1:$replies404623316407235_405089046360662\/=10.1:2:$comment404623316407235_405284556341111\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.0.$end\/=1$text0\/=010\"\u003EMuhammad s\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003Eplitting\n of the moon, a hell that matches the imagination of a 10 year old \namateur horror story writer, a heaven to give Arab men erections, Muhammad flying to heaven on a flying \nmutant donkey, chopped up birds flyi\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".8e.1:4:1:$replies404623316407235_405089046360662\/=10.1:2:$comment404623316407235_405284556341111\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".8e.1:4:1:$replies404623316407235_405089046360662\/=10.1:2:$comment404623316407235_405284556341111\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".8e.1:4:1:$replies404623316407235_405089046360662\/=10.1:2:$comment404623316407235_405284556341111\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text0\/=010\"\u003Eng\n to Abraham, recording angels on your shoulders, sayings written down \n200 years after Muhammad's death being claimed to be his actual words, \nlife being a test of following a set of rules, an entire civilization \nbeing destroyed because they killed a camel, etc, etc,..?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-qMMR7-V8gmg\/VXyCL36UWpI\/AAAAAAAAAfY\/j4oYWDO9Qrs\/s1600\/11390026_938233479531813_8820352110634017631_n.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-qMMR7-V8gmg\/VXyCL36UWpI\/AAAAAAAAAfY\/j4oYWDO9Qrs\/s640\/11390026_938233479531813_8820352110634017631_n.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EThe same phrases are repeated century after century. What's accepted \nand expected are repeated where each member nods enthusiastically. It's a\n validation mechanism to ensure nobody thinks outside the box, with \nMuslim-Imam-Level-Stupidity, a level of stupidity that's very rare \nanywhere in the world today, enforcing strict criteria for those under \ntheir grip. Muslim-Imam-Level-Stupidity begets believers remain under \nthe control of Imams. Group-think engenders continuation of \ntexts containing false articles and commands. And coercion or \nostracizing and punishment of those who question monotheistic mysticism \ngrandiosely professed by multitudes of ignorant followers. None of \nthe fairy tales could regenerate without child-like followers who do not\n question. \u003Cspan data-reactid=\".gf.1:4:1:$comment10153409909601585_10153410289701585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".gf.1:4:1:$comment10153409909601585_10153410289701585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody _1n4g\" data-reactid=\".gf.1:4:1:$comment10153409909601585_10153410289701585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".gf.1:4:1:$comment10153409909601585_10153410289701585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".gf.1:4:1:$comment10153409909601585_10153410289701585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$text0:0\"\u003EReligious\n tales were nearly always passed on verbally before the Bible and the \nQuraan were written.That is to imply the people who wrote the religious books only had \nknowledge of previous history from tales that had been passed on \nverbally hundreds or thousands of times\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".gf.1:4:1:$comment10153409909601585_10153410289701585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".gf.1:4:1:$comment10153409909601585_10153410289701585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".gf.1:4:1:$comment10153409909601585_10153410289701585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$text0:0\"\u003E. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".1o.1:5:1:$comment959982454062328_960213514039222:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".1o.1:5:1:$comment959982454062328_960213514039222:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\" UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".1o.1:5:1:$comment959982454062328_960213514039222:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".1o.1:5:1:$comment959982454062328_960213514039222:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$text0:0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".f1.1:5.0.1:$comment874494899264340_874526889261141\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".f1.1:5.0.1:$comment874494899264340_874526889261141\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".f1.1:5.0.1:$comment874494899264340_874526889261141\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".f1.1:5.0.1:$comment874494899264340_874526889261141\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end\/=1$text0\/=010\"\u003EWhat\n Muslims fail to appreciate is that a literalistic application would imply\n a static understanding of the Quraan. We would have to keep re-creating \nconditions prevalent in Mecca at the time of Prophet Muhammad. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".8e.1:4:1:$replies404623316407235_405089046360662\/=10.1:2:$comment404623316407235_405284556341111\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".8e.1:4:1:$replies404623316407235_405089046360662\/=10.1:2:$comment404623316407235_405284556341111\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody _1n4g\" data-reactid=\".8e.1:4:1:$replies404623316407235_405089046360662\/=10.1:2:$comment404623316407235_405284556341111\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".8e.1:4:1:$replies404623316407235_405089046360662\/=10.1:2:$comment404623316407235_405284556341111\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".8e.1:4:1:$replies404623316407235_405089046360662\/=10.1:2:$comment404623316407235_405284556341111\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".8e.1:4:1:$replies404623316407235_405089046360662\/=10.1:2:$comment404623316407235_405284556341111\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text0\/=010\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".f1.1:5.0.1:$comment874494899264340_874526889261141\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".f1.1:5.0.1:$comment874494899264340_874526889261141\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end\/=1$text0\/=010\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".f1.1:5.0.1:$comment874494899264340_874528285927668\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".f1.1:5.0.1:$comment874494899264340_874528285927668\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".f1.1:5.0.1:$comment874494899264340_874528285927668\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".f1.1:5.0.1:$comment874494899264340_874528285927668\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end\/=1$text0\/=010\"\u003EWhether\n \"Every time their skin is roasted through we shall replace it with new \nskin,\" is literal or is a metaphor for some other unimaginable and \nunbearable torment whether physical, mental or spiritual makes exactly \nzero difference. It is still excessively cruel and sadistic and \ncompletely contradicts the claim that god is: \"The Most Merciful of \nthose who show Mercy.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003EWhat one Muslim says doesn't matter because another will simply \ncompletely reject it and they'll both point to the allegedly infallible \nQuraan to support their views, and that is when they are not \nslaughtering each other on who has the right version of it. Unreason in the age of reason is in of itself a form of punishment.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".8e.1:4:1:$replies404623316407235_405089046360662\/=10.1:2:$comment404623316407235_405284556341111\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".8e.1:4:1:$replies404623316407235_405089046360662\/=10.1:2:$comment404623316407235_405284556341111\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody _1n4g\" data-reactid=\".8e.1:4:1:$replies404623316407235_405089046360662\/=10.1:2:$comment404623316407235_405284556341111\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".8e.1:4:1:$replies404623316407235_405089046360662\/=10.1:2:$comment404623316407235_405284556341111\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".8e.1:4:1:$replies404623316407235_405089046360662\/=10.1:2:$comment404623316407235_405284556341111\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".8e.1:4:1:$replies404623316407235_405089046360662\/=10.1:2:$comment404623316407235_405284556341111\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text0\/=010\"\u003ESimilarly, preachers re-create mystical illusions on Friday sermons every weekend asking god to destroy the non Muslims even when residing in the non Muslim countries. If the curses and blessings worked things would look like the opposite of what they are now. Fortunately curses and blessings don't build or destroy societies, under such pretense, and when things don't work out in Muslim societies the only option left is to flee to the infidels. In an environment ruled by choice if given the options of choosing where to live\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".8e.1:4:1:$replies404623316407235_405089046360662\/=10.1:2:$comment404623316407235_405284556341111\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".8e.1:4:1:$replies404623316407235_405089046360662\/=10.1:2:$comment404623316407235_405284556341111\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody _1n4g\" data-reactid=\".8e.1:4:1:$replies404623316407235_405089046360662\/=10.1:2:$comment404623316407235_405284556341111\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".8e.1:4:1:$replies404623316407235_405089046360662\/=10.1:2:$comment404623316407235_405284556341111\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".8e.1:4:1:$replies404623316407235_405089046360662\/=10.1:2:$comment404623316407235_405284556341111\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".8e.1:4:1:$replies404623316407235_405089046360662\/=10.1:2:$comment404623316407235_405284556341111\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text0\/=010\"\u003E—to live in Sharia law compliant country or secular democracy\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".8e.1:4:1:$replies404623316407235_405089046360662\/=10.1:2:$comment404623316407235_405284556341111\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".8e.1:4:1:$replies404623316407235_405089046360662\/=10.1:2:$comment404623316407235_405284556341111\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody _1n4g\" data-reactid=\".8e.1:4:1:$replies404623316407235_405089046360662\/=10.1:2:$comment404623316407235_405284556341111\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".8e.1:4:1:$replies404623316407235_405089046360662\/=10.1:2:$comment404623316407235_405284556341111\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".8e.1:4:1:$replies404623316407235_405089046360662\/=10.1:2:$comment404623316407235_405284556341111\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".8e.1:4:1:$replies404623316407235_405089046360662\/=10.1:2:$comment404623316407235_405284556341111\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text0\/=010\"\u003E—Muslims would overwhelmingly vote for the Sharia law and then flee to the secular democracy. Islam is a religion in its dark ages today, it has not yet experienced enlightenment similar to older religions, and nobody would be talking about it if it weren't for its violence and intolerance, and by then Muslims asking people to ignore it would be acceptable. Alas, the Quraan is printed, reprinted and passed to uneducated masses in the third world by the Saudis. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003EWhile most of the world's population would cringe at the thought of \ngoing back, say, century; Muslims fantasize about going back to 7th \ncentury Arabia, all Muslim life is about that simple wish. It's all about backwardness. \u003Cspan data-reactid=\".5q.1:3:1:$comment1102937906399286_1103578783001865:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".5q.1:3:1:$comment1102937906399286_1103578783001865:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".5q.1:3:1:$comment1102937906399286_1103578783001865:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".5q.1:3:1:$comment1102937906399286_1103578783001865:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003EScripture \nspecifically states they aren't supposed to enjoy peace and comfort in \n\"kufaar\" lands, befriending them, associating with them. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003ERoughly 80% of Muslims cannot read Arabic but consider the Quraan a \nmiracle. The phrase “moderate Muslim” is an oxymoron. There are have two\n kinds of Muslims: \nTerrorist Muslims and ignorant Muslims. The former are those who know \nIslam well and live by its dictum. The latter have no clue about their \nreligion and have an idealized image of Islam that has no bases in \nfacts, they \u003Cspan data-reactid=\".3.1:5:1:$comment1785719111655800_1785736914987353:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".3.1:5:1:$comment1785719111655800_1785736914987353:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".3.1:5:1:$comment1785719111655800_1785736914987353:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".3.1:5:1:$comment1785719111655800_1785736914987353:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$text0:0\"\u003E\n are under the illusion that Quraan exudes humanism like teachings of \nBuddha and Christ but with the particularity of being the only authorized\n version as it is sanctioned by Allah.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-jlg2_IbK0eY\/Vbluo8wOgLI\/AAAAAAAAAhA\/Ab_uymk_e8Q\/s1600\/11755666_1476864959274078_7259545363298840831_n.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-jlg2_IbK0eY\/Vbluo8wOgLI\/AAAAAAAAAhA\/Ab_uymk_e8Q\/s320\/11755666_1476864959274078_7259545363298840831_n.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EBelievers often cannot and do not choose which religion they'll worship since it's chosen for them. \u003Cspan data-reactid=\".5q.1:3:1:$comment1102937906399286_1103578783001865:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".5q.1:3:1:$comment1102937906399286_1103578783001865:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".5q.1:3:1:$comment1102937906399286_1103578783001865:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".5q.1:3:1:$comment1102937906399286_1103578783001865:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003EThey\n have to be told everything in a system of reward and punishment in \nwhich cultivation of personality or individual character building are \nomitted. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003ELack of individuality makes \nbelievers susceptible to committing atrocities against the (supposed) \nother, this makes religion the worst ideology humanity conceptualized. \nAnd while morality depends on the social environment it's individuality \nthat best promotes \u003Cspan data-reactid=\".5q.1:3:1:$comment1102937906399286_1103578783001865:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".5q.1:3:1:$comment1102937906399286_1103578783001865:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".5q.1:3:1:$comment1102937906399286_1103578783001865:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".5q.1:3:1:$comment1102937906399286_1103578783001865:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".5q.1:3:1:$comment1102937906399286_1102945866398490:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".5q.1:3:1:$comment1102937906399286_1102945866398490:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".5q.1:3:1:$comment1102937906399286_1102945866398490:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".5q.1:3:1:$comment1102937906399286_1102945866398490:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003Eempathetic consideration of the consequence of words and behavior.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n This\n makes many religious people's heads explode. They can't fathom a \nuniverse where people have to actually think, feel, and decide for \nthemselves how to best behave. They require prophets and fraudulent \nclerics to tell them not to kill. There are, of course, \"moderate\" \nMuslims, but there are no theological basis for their arguments, and \nArab imperialist Allah hates the \"hypocrites\" for they won't \nfight for him so that an Arab can rule supreme over them. Unreason won't permit a Somali person to understand that he\/she doesn't have to be a Christian or Muslim and simply be content with one's origin!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".5q.1:3:1:$comment1102937906399286_1103578783001865:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".5q.1:3:1:$comment1102937906399286_1103578783001865:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".5q.1:3:1:$comment1102937906399286_1103578783001865:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".5q.1:3:1:$comment1102937906399286_1103578783001865:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".5q.1:3:1:$comment1102937906399286_1103578783001865:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".5q.1:3:1:$comment1102937906399286_1103578783001865:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".5q.1:3:1:$comment1102937906399286_1103578783001865:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".5q.1:3:1:$comment1102937906399286_1103578783001865:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003EWhen\n you have to ignore mountains of evidence to hold on to ancient myths; \nwhen you use words of others to preserve belief; when you refuse to use \nlogic to protect fantasy, your willful ignorance does not make you a \nunique individual. It doesn't afford you special consideration. It means that you're just plain wrong. It means that you have \nnothing to add to intelligent conversation. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".5q.1:3:1:$comment1102937906399286_1103578783001865:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".5q.1:3:1:$comment1102937906399286_1103578783001865:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".5q.1:3:1:$comment1102937906399286_1103578783001865:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".5q.1:3:1:$comment1102937906399286_1103578783001865:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".2m.1:5.1:$comment983059778421262_983061215087785\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".2m.1:5.1:$comment983059778421262_983061215087785\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".2m.1:5.1:$comment983059778421262_983061215087785\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".2m.1:5.1:$comment983059778421262_983061215087785\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end\/=1$text0\/=010\"\u003E\"But I'm an expert on the bible and therefore intelligent,\" believed no rational thinker ever.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".5q.1:3:1:$comment1102937906399286_1103578783001865:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".5q.1:3:1:$comment1102937906399286_1103578783001865:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".5q.1:3:1:$comment1102937906399286_1103578783001865:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".5q.1:3:1:$comment1102937906399286_1103578783001865:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003EArchaeological\n evidence dispels religious figures as magicians. Jesus has no \nhistorical record from the supposed era of his existence, no writings \nindicate a godly being, as is in other fairy tales, only magic for \nunsophisticated audience is apparent. It's notable that the invention of\n many gods occurred shortly before they were used to justify territorial\n conquests. Faith \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".5q.1:3:1:$comment1102937906399286_1103578783001865:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".5q.1:3:1:$comment1102937906399286_1103578783001865:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".5q.1:3:1:$comment1102937906399286_1103578783001865:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".5q.1:3:1:$comment1102937906399286_1103578783001865:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003Eis a thought prison with restraints that are only seen after you are \nfree. In Islam you grow up without a positive personal identity and are \nemotionally dependent on the collective because of this. Religion has \nalways been about a collectivist view for social control. One reason \nthat \nChristianity in the West has become so weak is that the elite don't need\n it any more.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003EToday we do not thank gods for\n staving off tsunamis. Similarly, we don't sacrifice virgins to gods. \nYet Muslims, for example, sacrifice an animal to Allah and then eat it \n(the idea behind \"halal\" meat). Meat not sacrificed to Allah (\"meat not \nblessed by Allah\") cannot be consumed. This practice will undoubtedly \none day be considered a moral degradation just as burning witches is now considered immoral."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4448916839771166069\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2017\/02\/unreason.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/4448916839771166069"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/4448916839771166069"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2017\/02\/unreason.html","title":"Unreason"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Ciyaalka Xaafadda"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/07506601413957311974"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TRjnOqfgfrI\/AAAAAAAAARw\/63rfWsuK09o\/S220-s88\/1.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-uCC7R2RoWWY\/WKtSdQrU1sI\/AAAAAAAAAsQ\/J0L-KPPvTFMughaMrnpmfGvUXdJzNS5zQCLcB\/s72-c\/tumblr_inline_okmfn83P8s1qclds8_540.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048498988170485489.post-3726902911021998558"},"published":{"$t":"2015-10-01T13:41:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-10-02T11:49:07.183-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Baraarug"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Garasho iyo Xornimo"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Top 15 Logical Fallacies"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-fN3x0HqaLcA\/Vg2ZMsnakAI\/AAAAAAAAAnQ\/hfU4-ht7AzQ\/s1600\/11390340_10207550810675010_8425165219690939388_n.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"373\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-fN3x0HqaLcA\/Vg2ZMsnakAI\/AAAAAAAAAnQ\/hfU4-ht7AzQ\/s400\/11390340_10207550810675010_8425165219690939388_n.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\nChristianity is a logical fallacy because god is basically sending himself to sacrifice himself to himself to save humanity from himself. Hindu mob recently lynched Indian Muslim for rumored killing of a cow. Hajj pilgrims\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"\u003E—\u003C\/span\u003Eclassic example of pedant ritualistic irrelevancy\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"\u003E—\u003C\/span\u003Ethrew stones at a wall supposedly containing \"the devil\" who has been residing there for 1400 years unmoved by previous stoning rituals even long before Islam was invented.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n(A logical fallacy is a flawed pattern of reasoning.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n#1. Argumentum ad ignorantium - Fallacy that something must be true because it ha\u003Cspan class=\"text_exposed_show\"\u003Es not been, or can't be, proven false.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan class=\"text_exposed_show\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E (If you can't prove that god doesn't exist, that means he must exist.)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"text_exposed_show\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n#2. Argumentum ad misericordia - Appealing to pity.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n(Why are you so intent on destroying something that makes so many sick children happy!)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n#3. Argumentum ad nauseum - Fallacy that something is likely to be true the more often it is said.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n(God exists, how many times do I have to tell you?)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n#4. Argumentum ad novitatem - Fallacy that something is right because it's new.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n(Of course Mormonism is the true religion, Joseph Smith is the most recent prophet.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n#5. Argumentum ad populum - Fallacy that something is correct based on the amount of people who believe it.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n(Look how many people believe Jesus is the son of god, they can't all be wrong! )\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n#6. Bifurcation - Fallacy of presenting a situation as having only two answers.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n(Evolution is wrong, so that means creationism is right.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n#7. Circular Logic - The premise that what you are trying to prove is evidence of itself.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n(The bible is the word of god because it says it is, and it can't be wrong, because after all, it is the word of god.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n#8. Cum hoc ergo propter hoc - Fallacy of asserting that simulataneous events must be causally related.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n(With all these natural disasters happening how can you deny that god isn't punishing us?)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n#9. Plurium interrogationum - Fallacy of demanding a simplistic answer to a complex question.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n(If god didn't create the universe then explain what did?)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n#10. Slippery slope fallacy - Fallacy that one event will inevitably lead to harmful consequences.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n(If we let lesbians get married it will be the end of family values.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n#11 - Tu Quoque.   The fallacy that flaws in one thing can be justified by pointing to flaws in another.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n(Well the US army also killed innocents!) \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n#12 - Argumentum ad hominem.  The fallacy that personal attack and insult is a substitute for refuting what someone says.  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n(You are mad, stupid, lost your job, lied when you were 17… )\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n#13 - Red Herring Fallacy: An argument that is irrelevant and intended \nto replace the lack of real arguments or to replace implicitly the \nsubject of the discussion.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n(\"If God is cruel then how come he gives \npeople eternal paradise?\")\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n#14 - No true Scotsman Fallacy used to take advantage of the ambiguity of a word:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nScotsman A: You know, laddie, no Scotsman puts sugar in his porridge.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nScotsman B: Is that so? I seem to recall my cousin Angus puts sugar in his porridge.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nScotsman A: Aye... but no true Scotsman puts sugar in his porridge.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n-The fallacy lies in redefining the word \"Scotsman\" in order to exclude those who put sugar in their porridge.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n#15. Argument from (personal) incredulity.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0026nbsp;(\"I cannot imagine how this could be true, therefore it must be false!\")\u003C\/div\u003E\n"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3726902911021998558\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2015\/10\/top-15-logical-fallacies.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/3726902911021998558"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/3726902911021998558"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2015\/10\/top-15-logical-fallacies.html","title":"Top 15 Logical Fallacies"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Ciyaalka Xaafadda"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/07506601413957311974"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TRjnOqfgfrI\/AAAAAAAAARw\/63rfWsuK09o\/S220-s88\/1.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-fN3x0HqaLcA\/Vg2ZMsnakAI\/AAAAAAAAAnQ\/hfU4-ht7AzQ\/s72-c\/11390340_10207550810675010_8425165219690939388_n.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048498988170485489.post-3477768920590149133"},"published":{"$t":"2015-09-30T15:34:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-09-30T16:39:16.862-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Baraarug"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Garasho iyo Xornimo"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hagardaamooyinka Maan Addoonsiga"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Religious Fundamentalism: A Side Effect of Lazy Brains?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-bmeYbdOpqmc\/VgxyiS99wTI\/AAAAAAAAAmo\/cpX2_LJlw2g\/s1600\/12096140_552172934931440_8722904162031990243_n.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"396\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-bmeYbdOpqmc\/VgxyiS99wTI\/AAAAAAAAAmo\/cpX2_LJlw2g\/s400\/12096140_552172934931440_8722904162031990243_n.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\nInsights from neuroscience suggest that the brain tends to automatically\n accept rather than reject beliefs, oftentimes independent of how \nlogical they might be. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIf there is anything that global news has shown us in the past couple of years, it’s that fundamentalism is on the rise and more pervasive than ever. Fundamentalist beliefs have driven countless beheadings, bombings, and execution-style murders by terrorist groups like IS and Al Qaeda\n in the last year alone. At a time when religious extremism is running \nrampant in large areas of the world, and steadily growing in virtually \nall others, finding effective ways to fight it at its core is in the \ninterests of all free nations.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAlthough many complex causes of fanatical fundamentalism have been \nidentified by a wide range of disciplines, a growing body of evidence \nfrom the field of neuroscience\n suggests one major contributing factor: Brains generally accept beliefs\n because they have to work much harder to reject them as false.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EBeliefs and the Brain\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nScientific research investigating the neural underpinnings of belief \ngot its start as recently as 2008, when popular author and \nneuroscientist Sam Harris began a series of brain imaging studies at the\n University of California, Los Angeles. The concept was simple: How is \nthe brain activated differently during a state of belief compared to a \nstate of disbelief?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWhile in an fMRI scanner, participants were \nasked whether or not they believed in a number of statements. Sentences \nranged from the very simple and fact-based (California is larger than \nRhode Island), to the abstract and highly subjective (God probably does \nnot exist). The data revealed activation of distinct but sometimes \noverlapping brain areas during belief versus disbelief conditions.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAdditionally,\n the scans clearly showed something that was more straightforward. Brain\n activation, overall, was much greater and persisted longer during \nstates of disbelief. This is important because neuroscience has long \nshown that greater brain activity requires more mental resources, of \nwhich there is a limited supply. A cognitive process that demands little\n mental resources, such as believing, is less work for the brain and \ntherefore favored. This concept was summed up nicely in a 2015 \u003Ci\u003ENewScientist \u003C\/i\u003Ecover\n story on the science of beliefs, which stated, “Harris’ results were \nwidely interpreted as further confirmation that the default state of the\n human brain is to accept. Belief comes easily; doubt takes effort.”\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThis\n finding has great implications for understanding the factors involved \nin human behavior and decision-making. We all know that our beliefs \nstrongly guide our actions and shape our moral and political attitudes. \nSince the brain tends to accept ideas rather than reject them, those \nraised in cultures that promote religious indoctrination of children at a\n very early age—long before they are taught science, if taught science \nat all—are more susceptible to holding fundamentalist beliefs later in \nlife.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFurther evidence supporting the notion that the brain favors\n believing comes from classic psychology experiments with children. Many\n studies have shown the perhaps common sense idea that young children \nare prone to believe what they are told rather than reject it. The \nlatter involves an evaluation phase that the former does not, which \nagain places more demands on the brain’s limited resources. \nSuggestibility and gullibility, in a sense, come naturally.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFor \nmost Americans, childhood years were spent believing in magical \nfigures like Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, and the Easter Bunny. All \nover the world, children have undoubted faith in whatever supernatural \nbeings have been introduced to them by their family and reinforced by \ntheir schools and social networks. However, it is important to emphasize\n that the tendency to believe in ideas effortlessly and automatically is\n shared by children and adults alike. Although more pronounced in \nchildren, a bias toward the less-demanding process of believing remains \nthroughout life.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EScience-Based Solutions\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSuch data-informed insights may \noffer solutions to the problem of widespread fundamentalism that is \nfueling many Islamic terror groups in the Middle East and Western \nnations alike.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAt present, in most homes around the world, regardless of the \nreligion, mystical explanations for natural events are taught to \nchildren by parents from the time they are old enough to communicate. \nEven in progressive nations like the U.S. and England, courses on \nsubjects like evolution and physics—that give well-established physical \nexplanations for questions about our origins and how the world works—are\n not mandatory for all students in high school or even college. Given \nthat ideas are easily accepted as true in early stages of life, great \nprogress could be made if public schools provided children and young \nadults with a basic science education from the beginning of their \nacademic career. Combatting the brain’s habit of taking the path of \nleast resistance calls for change in legislation that places science \nsubjects at the forefront of schools’ core curriculums.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSecond, extremist ideals can be more effectively fought in the brain \nnot only by introducing science topics earlier, but also by making those\n topics more interesting and accessible at all academic levels. Early \nscience lessons should present complex ideas in ways that make them as \neasily digestible as religious teachings—a\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/null\" name=\"_GoBack\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003End just \nas easy on the brain. To many scientists, “dumbing down science” is seen\n as blasphemous, but given that the battle between scientific and \nreligious explanation is often a winner-takes-all scenario, a negligible\n loss of accuracy in certain Gen Ed science courses is well worth the \ngains. Public science advocates like Neil deGrasse Tyson and Bill Nye, \nalong with many science awareness social media sites, have been very \nsuccessful in this effort.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe hard truth of the matter is that for the human mind, believing is\n more of a reflex than a conscious, careful, and methodical action. \nRather than looming over this somewhat disconcerting fact, we should use\n this information to change the conditions that allow fundamentalist \nbeliefs and dangerous ideologies to flourish. We may not yet be able to \ngo into the brain and change it to fit what needs to be learned, but we \ncan certainly change what needs to be learned to fit the brain. 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Waxaan akhriyey ereyga \"hiigsi\" oo loo la\njeedo tiigaasha yool loo gol leeyahay. Higso iyo hiigsi waa ka la duwan yihiin\nsida aan ogahay oo ka hore waa wax si dhakhso ah la tiigsaday, ka dambe waa\njilcinta haragga ama hilibka. Miyiga waxaa la aslaa \"hiige\", ama wax\naf leh, oo lagu jilciyo hilbaha. Saamaha waxaa laga sameeyaa harag la hiigay. Dhagax-lool\nbaa lagu afeeyaa birta wax lagu hiigo (xoqo). Marka haddii ujeeddadu tahay dal\ncagahiisa ku istaaga dhakhso erey waxaa ugu dhow “higsi”.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"\u003EWaa guul haddii madaxdeennu hilib\nnoo jilcinayso oo maatada baahan baa ku miran, balse dhan walba waa lagu\nhungoobay madaxda Soomaaliyeed oo ay ugu horrayso cambaarta\u003Cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003Ewejigooda ku dheggan marka ay ku “hadaaqaan”\nhadal aan laga fiirsan, tiraab ka maran han hogotusaalaysan wanaagsanaantooda\nama teenna intaba sababta oo ah umad walba waxay haleeshaa hoggaanka ay u\nqalanto oo ku caddaysaa dadnimadeeda. Hormuudka ay u dhiibato talada dalka\nwaxaa lagama maarmaan ah in uu bulshada la hadli karo oo si wadar ah ugu\nfaahfaahin karo qorshe. Qofka leh “hiigsi” malaha asaga baa u baahan jilcin,\nmalaha asaga baa kakan oo u bislayn hoggaamin. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"\u003EWeylaalis baa guddiyaalku garta ku\ngorfayn jireen oo goleyaashu qaadaadhigi jireen gocashooyinka bulshada ku na\ntalo bixin jireen gogoldhigga isla markaas. Haddii maanta sidaas la yeelo ayada\noo daaro (yaryar) noo dhisan yihiin weliba ayaa waxay noqon lahayd boor-ka-jaf\ndhaqan-dhalasheed tusaaleeya wanwanaagsanaanteennii waayihii fiyoobaanta\nmaankeenna, ayaduba waa astaan loo baahday oo wax ku oollan. Nolosha garashaysan marka ay silloonto waxay\ndib-u-eegtaa hidderaaca ab’ogaaga samatabax ahaan oo ka dheegataa wanaag ay\nwaa’ ku liibaantay.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"\u003E Halkaan waxaa yoto’an gumaynta hiddewaale iyo garaadlaaweyaasha\nguulallowsanaanshahooda. \u003C\/span\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"\u003EMaxaa lib-seege u sheegan karaa\nduruufaha oogan maanta? Qofka, tusaale ahaan, leh;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"\u003EWaxaan drive-gareeyey\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"\u003EWaxaan plan-gareeyey\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"\u003EWaxaan call-gareeyey\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"\u003EWaxaan fund-gareeyey\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"\u003EIsku qaska ereyada Soomaaliga iyo\nkuwa shisheeyeed wax ka dharban ma leh oo qofka sidaas yeelay waxaa la roon in\nuu meesha u banneeyo qof ku firfircoon hawsha caynkaas ah. Gasariir (ama abaar\ndaran) baa ka muuqata ereyada siyaasigu adeegsado oo waxay dhimaashaa xaafiiska\nshaqo oo qofnimadiisa ayay liiddaa waxay na hoos u dhigtaa yididdiillada dadweynaha.\nTaliyenimo waa xul iyo keni-adkaansho, hodantinnimo qofeed leh waayo’aragnimo\niyo indheergarasho. Bulsho walba waxaa u kacay foolaad, sagsaaggu haddii uu\nfoolaad isu moodo waa gabaaraggaddoon. Hadalku na waa xiriirka koowaad oo talis\nla leeyahay bulsho. Aftahannimo inkasta oo aan loo wada dhalan waa hodantinnimo\nhoggaamiyeed kaalinta koowaad ku leh maamulka—oo la mid ah kartida, aqoonta,\ndad-dhexgalka iyo fulinta—oo masuulku hawaawi yeelo. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"\u003EEreyga “hiigsi” oo si khaldan loo\nadeegsaday waxaa amaahday weriye-ku-sheegga ka arradan talaxtegga weriyenimo oo\nwuxuu u hirgalay hab kale aqoonyaraanta iyo khayrul-masuulnimada “foolaadkeenna”\nawgood. Waxaa in badan la isweydiiyay “sidee burburka looga baxaa” ayada oo la\nlaalay ogaanta in madax-madax loo socdo oo aan qumaati loo istaagi karin teer\nla engeg bixiyo gaallanaanta afka tashiga lagu wadaago. Talis ku liita afka\nwaxa uu adeegsan karaa afyaqaan ku talaxtegay isgaarsiinta; haatan waxaa\ntifaftirka muhiimad ku leh afafka qalaad. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"\u003ETixgelinta afafka shisheeyeed waa\ngarasho leh afku waa seeska dawladda waa na toolmoonaan soo-jiidasho leh. Madax\ndadka aan hadal la wadaagi karin wax ay soo kordhiyaan baa yar. Haatan\nmadaxweynaha lagu hungoobay—Xasan Sheekh—dadweynaha dareen la ma xiriiriyo oo\nwaa afgarooc. Afgobaadsi se waxaa lagu mutaa kal oo kolka talisku taban yahay waa\nsed u gaar ah qofka og oo isku taxalujiya adeegsigiisa marka uu doono. Isla\nhaddana ayada oo talisku wanaag leeyahay baa marka uu dhankaan gaabiyo waxaa\ndhasha is-afgaranwaa baahiya tuhun aan dhab ahayn. Mar walba muhiimadda hadalku\ntalis u leeyahay waa mid weyn oo guubaabisa bulshada ama niyad jebisa. Hawl ahaan\nwaa lagu sabsabaa dadweynaha oo loogu filaa saadaal wacan oo lagu toosiyaa\ntubta toosan.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"\u003EEreyga kale oo “hiigsi” oo kale si gurracan\nloo adeegsado waa “mooshin [motion]”, waxaa laga wadaa “bareere” ayada oo loo\nturin afka. Af Soomaaligu waa maaddo barasho ahaan qof ku qaadan karta dhammaanshaha\nnoloshiisa, waa farshaxan sida Amiin Caamir loogu ka la horumaro oo aan guntiisa\nla gaari karin. Haddana qof walba afka uu u dhashay inta uu ka barto ayuu\ngaraadkiisu yahay oo tilmaamay halka uu bulshada uga jiro, heerka\nwaxbarashadiisu gaartay iyo inta uu dal\/dad ugu fadhiyo. Barashada Soomaaligu\nwaa masuuliyad saaran Soomaali walba.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"\u003EMaamul goboleedyada teedsan dalka\nwaa ku eedeysan yihiin dhaawaca af Soomaaliga. Warmurtiyeedka ay soosaaraan\nwaxaa marmar lagu qoraa afaf shisheeyeed ayada oo dadku Soomaali yahay. Afyaqaan\n(afceliye, afhaye, iyo afjaaq) wax badan buu tari karaa baaxaaddegnaanta arrimaha\ndalka waxaa na baaqan lahaa dhalashada is-afgaranwaaga iyo wareerka ku lammaan\noo noqday gedka nolosha Soomaalida. Booskiisu waa bannaan yahay.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;\"\u003EWacnaan lahayd helloonsho taliye\ndawga og, hidde dadnimo leh oo u dhuundaloola oo daacad u ah danaha oo isu\nrogin duuflaal marka uu habeen u hoydo Villa Soomaaliya, garaadle hadalkiisu\nhiraal muujiyo. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/feeds\/2707360406672964711\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2015\/08\/waa-maxay-hiigsi.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/2707360406672964711"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/2707360406672964711"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2015\/08\/waa-maxay-hiigsi.html","title":"Waa Maxay \"Hiigsi\"?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Ciyaalka Xaafadda"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/07506601413957311974"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TRjnOqfgfrI\/AAAAAAAAARw\/63rfWsuK09o\/S220-s88\/1.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-s3OrLi6WaQU\/VeKPIpvrGcI\/AAAAAAAAAjY\/fwIp0puiIvc\/s72-c\/sayidka.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048498988170485489.post-9104433192877595597"},"published":{"$t":"2015-03-12T10:29:00.002-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-05-31T12:33:20.082-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Garasho iyo Xornimo"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Intellectual Slump in the Muslim World"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-_Mo2-zjgVzI\/VQHM1uR_AyI\/AAAAAAAAAcU\/phIIJQ8W0zg\/s1600\/sayidka.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"94\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-_Mo2-zjgVzI\/VQHM1uR_AyI\/AAAAAAAAAcU\/phIIJQ8W0zg\/s1600\/sayidka.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\nThe United Kingdom government has banned the teaching of creationism in free schools and academies, during the same period a viral video circulated social media in which a Saudi cleric postulated the Earth to be flat. \u003Cspan data-reactid=\".9l.1:3:1:$comment10153147219681585_10153147356411585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".9l.1:3:1:$comment10153147219681585_10153147356411585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".9l.1:3:1:$comment10153147219681585_10153147356411585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".9l.1:3:1:$comment10153147219681585_10153147356411585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003EAnother immediate example: \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003EThe\n European Space Agency managed to put Philae on a \none-km wide comet named 67P, with a speed of 135,00p km\/h, after a \n3,907-day-long journey to a location 500 million km away. It coincided with Islamic terrorists attacking four continents for \n\"guaranteed place in heaven\" by way of a leader's speech.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe advancement of modern humans has little to do with faith. For most Europeans \u003Cspan data-reactid=\".45.1:3:1:$comment10153141531286585_10153141941066585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".45.1:3:1:$comment10153141531286585_10153141941066585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".45.1:3:1:$comment10153141531286585_10153141941066585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".45.1:3:1:$comment10153141531286585_10153141941066585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003Ethe Bible is largely mythology. It contains some garbled history, some\n record of religious\/tribal law, and some fables, but at this distance \nit has become mere myth. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".45.1:3:1:$comment10153141531286585_10153141941066585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$2:0\"\u003EThere\n are also points at which one can actually observe the myth-making in \nprogress when comparing events recorded in the bible with the same \nevents in history (the Book of Jeremiah is a fine example).\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nTeaching reality in the UK schools rather than magical \nfairies best illustrates the extent to which the Muslim world has fallen\n behind in the age of enlightenment. \u003Cspan data-reactid=\".9l.1:3:1:$comment10153147219681585_10153147356411585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".9l.1:3:1:$comment10153147219681585_10153147356411585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".9l.1:3:1:$comment10153147219681585_10153147356411585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".9l.1:3:1:$comment10153147219681585_10153147356411585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003EEngland did not begin as a non-theist country. What they did was, \nessentially, expel radical religious people and encourage environment conducive to enlightenment. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".9l.1:3:1:$comment10153147219681585_10153147371731585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".9l.1:3:1:$comment10153147219681585_10153147371731585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".9l.1:3:1:$comment10153147219681585_10153147371731585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".9l.1:3:1:$comment10153147219681585_10153147371731585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003EConstant\n pressure, constant and relentless demonstration that evidence-based \napproaches work, and consistently rewarding such approaches is what \nseems to have worked in Europe.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".9l.1:3:1:$comment10153147219681585_10153147371731585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".9l.1:3:1:$comment10153147219681585_10153147371731585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".9l.1:3:1:$comment10153147219681585_10153147371731585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".9l.1:3:1:$comment10153147219681585_10153147371731585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".9l.1:3:1:$comment10153147219681585_10153147371731585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".9l.1:3:1:$comment10153147219681585_10153147371731585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".9l.1:3:1:$comment10153147219681585_10153147371731585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".9l.1:3:1:$comment10153147219681585_10153147371731585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003ETo an outsider this societal approach may appear unobtainable but it's fairly easy to contrivance. A society or a community should be strong enough to be able to \nintrospect and look within itself, accept any shortcoming and overcome \nthose shortcomings through reform and progress. Such actions can only \nlead to a better outcome for not only the person's community and society\n but the for everyone at large. It precedes removal of ignorant clerics and lays the foundation for society accepting the importance of truth at which point children could be taught to think critically. Crux of the matter is religion is an impediment to human flourishing, and with regards to the uneducated clerics: \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".9q.1:3:1:$comment10153147325446585_10153147391751585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".9q.1:3:1:$comment10153147325446585_10153147391751585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".9q.1:3:1:$comment10153147325446585_10153147391751585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".9q.1:3:1:$comment10153147325446585_10153147391751585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".9q.1:3:1:$comment10153147325446585_10153147391751585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".9q.1:3:1:$comment10153147325446585_10153147391751585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003EYou have two choices when you \nhave a roadblock erected by religion; you can drive through it or stop \nand proceed no further.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".9l.1:3:1:$comment10153147219681585_10153147371731585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".9l.1:3:1:$comment10153147219681585_10153147371731585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".9l.1:3:1:$comment10153147219681585_10153147371731585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".9l.1:3:1:$comment10153147219681585_10153147371731585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".9q.1:3:1:$comment10153147325446585_10153147391751585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".9q.1:3:1:$comment10153147325446585_10153147391751585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003EEmotional belief \nrelies on unconvincing traditional beliefs. \nFallacious presumptions take precedent over demonstrable facts. When \npresented with demonstrable facts the believers gumption straw-man and \nad hominen attacks. They are following the flock without \nindependent perspective which is how fanatics prefer and spread. \u003Cspan data-reactid=\".4f.1:3:1:$comment10153141900271585_10153143670191585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".4f.1:3:1:$comment10153141900271585_10153143670191585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".4f.1:3:1:$comment10153141900271585_10153143670191585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".4f.1:3:1:$comment10153141900271585_10153143670191585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003EA\n lack of diversity makes people think the majority view is the correct \nview, and therefore mandatory, view. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003EThe more you are exposed to a diversity \nof people the more the mind broadens and ceases thinking in \nabsolutes. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".9l.1:3:1:$comment10153147219681585_10153147371731585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".9l.1:3:1:$comment10153147219681585_10153147371731585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".9l.1:3:1:$comment10153147219681585_10153147371731585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".9l.1:3:1:$comment10153147219681585_10153147371731585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003EToday we know \"g\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".3p.1:3:1:$comment10153137530336585_10153140811301585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".3p.1:3:1:$comment10153137530336585_10153140811301585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".3p.1:3:1:$comment10153137530336585_10153140811301585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".3p.1:3:1:$comment10153137530336585_10153140811301585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003Eod\" is impossible as defined by any major religion. Logically impossible. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".45.1:3:1:$comment10153141531286585_10153142072921585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".45.1:3:1:$comment10153141531286585_10153142072921585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".45.1:3:1:$comment10153141531286585_10153142072921585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".45.1:3:1:$comment10153141531286585_10153142072921585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".45.1:3:1:$comment10153141531286585_10153142072921585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003EAny\n confirmation of the nature of \"the creator of the universe\" obtained \nfrom a book is ultimately derived from the imaginations of men. There is\n no \"received\" knowledge of any gods. They are anthropomorphic \nconstructs invented by humans and bearin\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".45.1:3:1:$comment10153141531286585_10153142072921585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".45.1:3:1:$comment10153141531286585_10153142072921585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".45.1:3:1:$comment10153141531286585_10153142072921585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003Eg all the constraints and defects of human. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".45.1:3:1:$comment10153141531286585_10153142072921585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$2:0\"\u003EThere\n is zero evidence for the existence of any form of deity \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".45.1:3:1:$comment10153141531286585_10153142072921585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".45.1:3:1:$comment10153141531286585_10153142072921585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".45.1:3:1:$comment10153141531286585_10153142072921585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".45.1:3:1:$comment10153141531286585_10153142072921585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".45.1:3:1:$comment10153141531286585_10153142072921585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".45.1:3:1:$comment10153141531286585_10153142072921585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$2:0\"\u003E — but ample \nevidence for the creation by human beings of the gods we do have.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".i.1:3:1:$comment10153149232041585_10153151119486585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".i.1:3:1:$comment10153149232041585_10153151119486585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".i.1:3:1:$comment10153149232041585_10153151119486585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".i.1:3:1:$comment10153149232041585_10153151119486585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".i.1:3:1:$comment10153149232041585_10153151119486585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".i.1:3:1:$comment10153149232041585_10153151099436585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".i.1:3:1:$comment10153149232041585_10153151099436585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".i.1:3:1:$comment10153149232041585_10153151099436585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".i.1:3:1:$comment10153149232041585_10153151099436585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003E Natural evolution is evident. Cosmic history is evident. God is evidently made up. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003EWe\n see evidence of a time before life, and then we see evidence of life. \nWe see examples of molecules that, with the right components and under \nthe right circumstances recombine into much more complex molecules. We \nsee evidence of those \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".i.1:3:1:$comment10153149232041585_10153151119486585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".i.1:3:1:$comment10153149232041585_10153151119486585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".i.1:3:1:$comment10153149232041585_10153151119486585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003Ecomponents and circumstances on Earth a short time before there was anything we could call \u003Ci\u003Elife\u003C\/i\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIf we\n teach children how primitive superstitions came to be around the world\u003Cspan class=\"text_exposed_show\"\u003E,\n they'll figure out that their religion is just one of them. If we teach\n them to think critically and rationally, they'll go to church\/mosque and \nrealize that the stories don't make any sense, that they can't be true, \nand that their holy book has to be cherry picked, and some amazing interpretational acrobatics have to take place so that they can extract \nany real morality from it. Teach them to be scientifically literate, and\n they'll come to understand evolution and natural history, and belief \njust won't be necessary any more. Teach them biology, physics, geology, \nanatomy. They don't need a lot of each one to get by, but the more \nthey understand reality, the less likely they are to accept supernatural\n explanations for anything.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe location of god changed throughout history; initially god was said \nto be living on the other side of the village, then the river, then the \nmountain, then above the clouds...now it's in the far corners of the \nuniverse or possibly in another universe. The exploration from tiny \nvillages to continents and possibly beyond Earth chased gods farther, \nwith cretinous arguments made for simplistic supposition of needing \nreligion because we need to be controlled. This control alluded to is \nvariable. Believers still find holes \nin science to support dogmatic assertions while denying the very \nfoundations of science. The burden of proof they demand from science they will not \ndemand from religion.  This cognitive dissonance has become all too \ncommon. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".i.1:3:1:$comment10153149232041585_10153151119486585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".i.1:3:1:$comment10153149232041585_10153151119486585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".i.1:3:1:$comment10153149232041585_10153151119486585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".i.1:3:1:$comment10153149232041585_10153151119486585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".i.1:3:1:$comment10153149232041585_10153151119486585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nScience and education are killing all religions. Right now \nit's the educated and strong who're leaving Islam in droves, and radical\n Islam heavily relies on the people being gullible as they are \ncontrolled by fear\/deceit\/threats (blasphemy laws). So Muslim clerics are rightfully concerned about the stagnation of Islam \nas becoming irrelevant by the day. Saudi clerics even now admit they're \n'losing influence over the youth'. Sadly, we are all in for a very bumpy\n ride ahead due the aggressive nature of radical fundamentalists but \ninversely these hostile attacks lead some to devalue false \nbeliefs.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe intellectual slump in the Muslim world incriminates the totalitarian regimes, the genocidal lunatic fringe, the Muslim apologists and the uneducated masses. The totalitarian regimes, for example the Saudi Royal family, use the fanatics as \"useful idiots\" through ideology to prolong their rule. The genocidal terrorists are told they are dying for virgin women. The apologists twist words, use half truths, deploy cultural relativism to stifle legitimate discussion about Islam. Making pointed efforts to conceal an emotional range and expressiveness to dis-incentivize any invigorating natural and instinctive habits of the intellectual \ncenters of the mind which have atrophied over time. Tenured far-left ideologues provide maximum seductive impact for Muslim apologists' rhetoric with shaming terms like \"Islamophobia\" — how is it phobia when there is genuine security concern? They are essentially defending the indefensible by any means necessary unconcerned about spurring intellectual growth.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe uneducated masses use conspiracy theories and blaming the West as ego-protecting shields. Any scintilla for true intellectualism is shunned and debased in such environment of competing interests. Apropos the impotent rage-pouting deranged extremists, subject mutates into what Ibn Taymiyah said in the 12th century and glorifying backward jurisprudence. The insularity of mindless belief is betrayed by its own hive-mind corroding incantations. \u003Cspan data-reactid=\".3k.1:3:1:$comment10153137133706585_10153137924901585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".3k.1:3:1:$comment10153137133706585_10153137924901585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".3k.1:3:1:$comment10153137133706585_10153137924901585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".3k.1:3:1:$comment10153137133706585_10153137924901585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.0\"\u003EThink that most people are pretty much in agreement that the Quraan was \ntaught by Mohammed to certain disciples\/followers who learned it by \nheart, and translated it into written form decades after his death. Since this \npart was done by Arabic scholars there is nothing very remarkable about\n it being well-written. \u003Cspan data-reactid=\".3k.1:3:1:$comment10153137133706585_10153137924901585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003ESo\n whoever wrote it was highly literate. The scientific \"facts\" it \ncontains are only so when interpreted as metaphor. This does not make a \nconvincing case for a god of any kind. \u003Cspan data-reactid=\".3k.1:3:1:$comment10153137133706585_10153140193481585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".3k.1:3:1:$comment10153137133706585_10153140193481585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".3k.1:3:1:$comment10153137133706585_10153140193481585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".3k.1:3:1:$comment10153137133706585_10153140193481585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003ENot knowing is the preferred mode as many scientific errors found in the Quraan are even blocked online in the Muslim world.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFaith-based hypothetical exercise leaves little room for intellect. Deleteriously, impressionable Muslim minds misconstrue these age-old insular exchanges as credentialed intellectual stimulation."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/feeds\/9104433192877595597\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2015\/03\/intellectual-slump-in-muslim-world.html#comment-form","title":"4 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/9104433192877595597"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/9104433192877595597"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2015\/03\/intellectual-slump-in-muslim-world.html","title":"Intellectual Slump in the Muslim World"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Ciyaalka Xaafadda"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/07506601413957311974"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TRjnOqfgfrI\/AAAAAAAAARw\/63rfWsuK09o\/S220-s88\/1.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-_Mo2-zjgVzI\/VQHM1uR_AyI\/AAAAAAAAAcU\/phIIJQ8W0zg\/s72-c\/sayidka.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"4"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048498988170485489.post-4801310295884341819"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-27T20:28:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-05-31T12:11:10.367-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Garasho iyo Xornimo"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Religion of Peace"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Think Critically and Demand Evidence "},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-F1LDpNCysMY\/VO6mpgCPsFI\/AAAAAAAAAbE\/v5uMwK7147E\/s1600\/10947248_642973875832166_3791129035782655641_n.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-F1LDpNCysMY\/VO6mpgCPsFI\/AAAAAAAAAbE\/v5uMwK7147E\/s1600\/10947248_642973875832166_3791129035782655641_n.jpg\" width=\"274\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003EGeographical location predicts which religion a person believes. Social construction and brainwashing ensure sustainability of belief systems. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".46.1:3:1:$comment10153120989416585_10153121183871585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".46.1:3:1:$comment10153120989416585_10153121183871585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".46.1:3:1:$comment10153120989416585_10153121183871585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".46.1:3:1:$comment10153120989416585_10153121183871585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".46.1:3:1:$comment10153120989416585_10153121050081585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".46.1:3:1:$comment10153120989416585_10153121050081585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".46.1:3:1:$comment10153120989416585_10153121050081585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".46.1:3:1:$comment10153120989416585_10153121050081585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003EReligion is an ideology like any other, it has a beginning and an end. An ideology of ignorance, t\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003Ehe\n whole basis of religion is understood to have been invented to control \nthe masses. Kind of a government before government was invented, laws \nbefore law enforcement. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".46.1:3:1:$comment10153120989416585_10153121050081585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".46.1:3:1:$comment10153120989416585_10153121050081585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".46.1:3:1:$comment10153120989416585_10153121050081585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".46.1:3:1:$comment10153120989416585_10153121050081585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003EAnd an opiate for the poor and ignorant still being trafficked today. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThere is no evidence, historical or otherwise, for religion today while the fabrication is easily discernible. Scientific discoveries from the last several centuries have eroded any reasonable explanation for gods and critical thinking which naturally demands evidence have demolished sheepherder fairies about the universe. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nHere is the main problem when critical thinking is applied: Which god? Christian? Muslim? Greek? Egyptian? One of the \nthousands if not millions of Native American or African Tribal gods? \nWhat about Cthulhu? Or a pink unicorn? Or gnomes that like making shoes? Every single one of those would be as valid \nas giving up and saying \"god did it.\" And that's not even getting to the\n issue of defining what \"god\" is. Is it just a \u003Cb\u003Ething\u003C\/b\u003E that had a \nhand in creating the universe we observe before us? Is it something that\n exerts force in this universe? Is it a number of somethings? Is it a \nfundamental force yet to be discovered or understood? Everyone seems to \nassume god is a human-like thing but why make that assumption? We can't\n even say with certainty that we're the only intelligent beings in the \ngalaxy, what makes us so special that an unknown force looks exactly \nlike us? \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003EThe demand for factual substantiation presents further explanations extracted from the simplistic talking points of the brainwashed flock. The availability of information in the age of enlightenment has forced the religious to produce more damning evidence of the fatuous primitive scriptures. Whatever gleaned from yet unexplained scientific concepts have become the rallying cry for the religious. Saying \"proof that science can't explain\" is a nonsensical \nsentence because science is the closest to an effective method to prove\n anything. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003EAll that's left then is amateurs interpreting natural phenomena according to their presumptions of the supernatural. The knowledge of ancient cultures, easily explainable today, indicates that i\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003Et's not religion that described these things. It's people. It is Arab numbers that are responsible for Islam even existing outside\n of Mecca. So numbers made Islam great, but not in the 'wonderfully \nenlightened' way, just in the 'large group of fools' way. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003EMuslims, when asked about the atrocities committed by terror groups will conveniently denounce (particularly when they're in a non Muslim country; in Muslim countries support is unapologetic) by concluding \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003Ea group is really wrong or are not true Muslims and Quraan doesn't allow killing innocent people. Yet \"true Muslims\" or said terror outfit disagree on what an \"innocent\" is. The allegedly infallible text is vulnerable to interpretation by anybody in any way desirable. This shows at the very least that what you want to call supernatural isn't perfect.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-flNnIuFgnJo\/VPCnQhMUHsI\/AAAAAAAAAbU\/nv-40wBIBIE\/s1600\/the-earth-is-flat-whoever-claims-it-is-round-is-an-atheist-deserving-punishment.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"240\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-flNnIuFgnJo\/VPCnQhMUHsI\/AAAAAAAAAbU\/nv-40wBIBIE\/s1600\/the-earth-is-flat-whoever-claims-it-is-round-is-an-atheist-deserving-punishment.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u0026nbsp;(\u003Ci\u003EFlat Earth theory is widely held amongst Muslim theologians.\u003C\/i\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"Aq DK Bt UR gA\" style=\"max-height: 85px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"Ct\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".n.1:3:1:$comment10153120370226585_10153120893326585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".n.1:3:1:$comment10153120370226585_10153120893326585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".n.1:3:1:$comment10153120370226585_10153120893326585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".n.1:3:1:$comment10153120370226585_10153120893326585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003EFlat Earthers teach creationist fairies lacking factual basis. Life evolved out of simpler non-living systems as soon as we \ndiscount the supernatural, which we would be very foolish not to. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003EBecause\n attributing everything we don't know to a god makes us stop trying to \nfind out. \u003Cspan data-reactid=\".1s.1:3:1:$comment10153117412211585_10153117543541585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".1s.1:3:1:$comment10153117412211585_10153117543541585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".1s.1:3:1:$comment10153117412211585_10153117543541585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".1s.1:3:1:$comment10153117412211585_10153117543541585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003EThe brain is constantly assigning meaning to otherwise random data that \nfire-hoses itself across neurons. We have to recognize when we have\n incorrectly assigned meaning to data. It's just natural. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003EThere has been so many things in this universe that were \npreviously attributed to gods, although they did not really know, as we \ntoday know for certain that these things depend on something else. They \nwere therefore lying. To admit you don't know something makes you able \nto discover it, something you can not do if you attribute this something\n to a fictitious solution.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118752816585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118752816585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118752816585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118752816585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003ECritical thinkers demand\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118752816585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118752816585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118752816585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118752816585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003E that extraordinary claims be supported by extraordinary evidence, and \nrefuse to accept extraordinary claims that are made by people who \nprovide no evidence at all. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003EFacts and evidence make something real, which has been provided by the \nscientific community for macro evolution for quite some time.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-2S6McSiFtwM\/VPEBxaX0v6I\/AAAAAAAAAbk\/swLLKyVHSPQ\/s1600\/asshole4.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"109\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-2S6McSiFtwM\/VPEBxaX0v6I\/AAAAAAAAAbk\/swLLKyVHSPQ\/s1600\/asshole4.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118840936585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118840936585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118840936585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118840936585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;(\u003Ci\u003EThe objective isn't to provide material congruent to reality but to promote enthusiastic abandonment of reason for mysticism. Surely he wasn't born believing this nonsense as it's the result of systemic brainwashing which he will regrettably pass on to new generations.\u003C\/i\u003E) \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118840936585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118840936585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118840936585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118840936585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nToday people who reject evolution either don't know anything about it, \nor have a vested interest in selling snake-oil, and know that they can't\n continue to sell Christianity to people (which is, of course, the \nbiggest religious business at present) if they admit that evolution is\n true. Invariably, new discoveries make the scam of \nreligions increasingly impossible to defend. Of course, it's not like we\n need new discoveries to disprove religions, usually their holy books \ndo that all by themselves. The case against Christianity which is the largest of the three Abrahamic religions is simple;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n1) Archaeology absolutely does not support Biblical claims.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n2) Apart \nfrom a few minor characters (i.e. Pontius Pilate) there is no outside \nevidence to suggest that any of the Biblical characters actually \nexisted.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n3) Even if some of these characters did exist, the assorted \nmiracles and other fanciful occurrences are enough to show that they are\n not reliable recordings of history, but the myths of an ancient and \nbarbaric people.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118840936585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118840936585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118840936585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118840936585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118840936585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118840936585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118840936585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118840936585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003EThinking critically is the best way to a healthy society where tolerance, progress and lesser violent behaviors would be cultivated. In this paradigm a generation of critical thinkers assimilates into society where decent and responsible parent would teach their children how to think rather than what to think. There is probably no better gift than to imbibe an individual with the ability to reason on their own. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118840936585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118840936585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118840936585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118840936585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003ETeaching\n religion at school is the best way to promote belief without evidence \nand generate new generations of brain dead or lobotomized individuals \nincapable of independent analytical thought. It's the best way to ensure\n backwardness, intolerance, and violence. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118752816585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118752816585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118752816585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118752816585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003ESchools provide credibility to anything taught there and teaching ancient myths is an exercise in futility. Since religious people study a single book consisting of four hundred pages for life there is little to expand upon and the rest of life is spent on trying to fit new information on what's written in that single book. When learning places imbue innocent minds with fairies about creationism through fear, the natural beauty of the contemporary world has little truth or enjoyment. Evidence-based thinking introduces first steps of evolution\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E (\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".1s.1:3:1:$comment10153117412211585_10153117579511585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".1s.1:3:1:$comment10153117412211585_10153117579511585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".1s.1:3:1:$comment10153117412211585_10153117579511585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".1s.1:3:1:$comment10153117412211585_10153117579511585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003Efirst came bacteria, algae, fish, amphibians [generalized]) while infinitely investigating the truth behind it all. Compare fresh young mind reading \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".1s.1:3:1:$comment10153117412211585_10153117543541585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".1s.1:3:1:$comment10153117412211585_10153117543541585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".1s.1:3:1:$comment10153117412211585_10153117543541585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".1s.1:3:1:$comment10153117412211585_10153117543541585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003E\"The\n Origin of Species\" and a more contemporary explanation, \"Why Evolution \nis True\" by Jerry A. Coyne, an excellent introduction to basic \nconcepts, to Biblical stories about demons\/devils and gods\/angels battling a cosmic battle in a mythical place. The difference is demonstrable as it is appreciable. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118840936585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118840936585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118840936585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118840936585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118840936585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118840936585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118840936585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118840936585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003EThe\n scientific theory first needs to predict something in the way gravity \nand evolution predict observable events. It lists that \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003Eevery\n living organism on this planet has a genome (chromosomes and DNA) as \nconclusive evidence of evolution.  DNA is universal in all living \nthings, even vegetables have it.  This links us all to every other life \nform on this planet.  This is the scientific fact that proves definitely\n and without a doubt that we all, living\n things, have a common ancestor. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Xlc2xUPMa2s\/VMG8H4iDd5I\/AAAAAAAAAao\/8V37Cay1_rg\/s1600\/10940485_10155173153540077_3034395120600477776_n.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Xlc2xUPMa2s\/VMG8H4iDd5I\/AAAAAAAAAao\/8V37Cay1_rg\/s1600\/10940485_10155173153540077_3034395120600477776_n.jpg\" width=\"217\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003ET\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118752816585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118752816585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118752816585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".d.1:3:1:$comment10153123236796585_10153123386886585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".d.1:3:1:$comment10153123236796585_10153123386886585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003Ehere\n are other kinds of mental viruses: Nazism, Communism, Fascism. Utopian \ndreams often become utopian nightmares. When we rid ourselves, \nfinally, of the stupefying burden of religion, t\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".13.1:3:1:$comment10153118472591585_10153118752816585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".n.1:3:1:$comment10153120370226585_10153121726686585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".n.1:3:1:$comment10153120370226585_10153121726686585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003Ehat\n is not the end of irrationality. Humans are basically \nirrational creatures, we arose from the muck, we developed tools of \nlogic, reason, etc. Only when we use these tools do we rise above \nprejudice, superstition, and ignorance. But it doesn't change our basic\n irrational reptilian brain. \u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".n.1:3:1:$comment10153120370226585_10153121726686585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".n.1:3:1:$comment10153120370226585_10153121726686585:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003ERational\n arguments against god make no difference to the faithful because faith \nitself is irrational. Faith is blindly following the unknown through inability or unwillingness to understand. People will believe what they want to believe regardless of the evidence. No amount of logical arguments will convince you \nof something that you arrived at without logic.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E This is the futility of rational arguments.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-ft=\"{\u0026quot;tn\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;K\u0026quot;}\" data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0\"\u003E\u003Cspan data-reactid=\".5y.1:3:1:$comment1061115953914815_1065345100158567:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4801310295884341819\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/think-critically-and-demand-evidence.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/4801310295884341819"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/4801310295884341819"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/think-critically-and-demand-evidence.html","title":"Think Critically and Demand Evidence "}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Ciyaalka Xaafadda"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/07506601413957311974"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TRjnOqfgfrI\/AAAAAAAAARw\/63rfWsuK09o\/S220-s88\/1.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-F1LDpNCysMY\/VO6mpgCPsFI\/AAAAAAAAAbE\/v5uMwK7147E\/s72-c\/10947248_642973875832166_3791129035782655641_n.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048498988170485489.post-3066727611372957555"},"published":{"$t":"2014-09-12T17:20:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-09-12T17:20:10.754-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Pre-Islamic Arabia and Pagan Foundations of Islam "},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-FM64lja-FEI\/UnKESx2F5cI\/AAAAAAAAC_A\/mPmyGpoynYU\/s1600\/allah.JPG\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-FM64lja-FEI\/UnKESx2F5cI\/AAAAAAAAC_A\/mPmyGpoynYU\/s640\/allah.JPG\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\nWhile\n many today would consider Islam to be a fiercely monotheist and purist \nreligion absent of all pagan roots an examination of the historical \nrecord reveals a much more immediate past with several originally pagan \npractices still being practiced today under the guise of monotheism. \nIslam, like many other world religions, was created to unify a \ndisintegrated tribal region for purposes of power and was less a \nrevelation of one god then it was a form of henotheism masquerading as \nmonotheism. We will find that many fundamental Islamic practices such as\n reverence and prayer toward the Kaaba, the very nature of Allah, and \nthe the Hajj to Mecca all find their way to pagan beginnings.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWhile other monotheist religions may have been influenced by pagan cults\n in their beginning the difference in Islam is that these pagan \npractices continue up until today, arbitrarily without explanation or \nextensive scriptural support, and these ceremonies have not been purged.\n This may come as a startling revelation to some, considering the \nvirulent strain of fundamentalist Islam that has risen to prominence in \nthe late twentieth and twenty first century preaching a strict \nmonotheism and intolerance or violence toward those who do not accept \nthe one true god “Allah.”\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EPre Islamic History\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-hfNMenpTUlA\/UnKP6aJSqmI\/AAAAAAAAC_Q\/6EgNsRBZIN8\/s1600\/Panel_Almaqah_Louvre_DAO18.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-hfNMenpTUlA\/UnKP6aJSqmI\/AAAAAAAAC_Q\/6EgNsRBZIN8\/s320\/Panel_Almaqah_Louvre_DAO18.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\nDoctors Richard Hooker and Richard Hines of Washington State University paint a compelling image of the landscape of \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/richard-hooker.com\/sites\/worldcultures\/ISLAM\/ISLAM.HTM\"\u003Epre-Islamic history\u003C\/a\u003E.\n Before the Arabs became unified Arabia proper was comprised of warring \ntribes bound together by no permanent central government. As no major \nrivers ran through this region no large permanent cities became viable \nprospects, with large settlements such as Riyadh only becoming recently \npossible with modern technology. As a consequence the Arab peoples \nbecame nomadic herders of cattle who oversaw the domain of large \npastures.  For the purposes of this research we will focus on the \npastoralist \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bedouin\"\u003EBedouin tribes\u003C\/a\u003E\n which comprise inner Arabia of the Pre-Islamic classical era and when \n“Arabs” are referenced we are specifically not including Arab kingdoms \nnear the Levant and southern coast such as the Nabataean and Sabean \nempires.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWhile at times the Arabs would momentarily unify to raid Persia or the \nimmensely wealthy Yemenite coast they mostly warred amongst each other, \nespecially in the form of caravan raids, for the Arabs were prolific \ntraders, and this was their primary source of wealth.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe commerce these tribes were concerned with was the Indian to \nMediterranean trade which passed through Southern Arabia on its way to \nByzantium. The Arab tribes served as intermediaries to facilitate such a\n trade and profited as being couriers of such goods or by simply taking \nup the warpath and raiding the goods from other tribes which tended to \ncooperate.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EClassical Era\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDuring the time of Mohammed, what has come to be known as the classical \nera, al-Arabiyya or classical Arabic became widespread and became the \nlanguage of poetry and culture, allowing for the soon to be transmitted \nKoran. Muru’a or the Arabic equivalent to the Greek arête and Roman \nvirtus, the virtue of manliness and excellence, was soon hailed as vital\n to heroic leadership. The cultivation of this virtue in tribal society \ntransformed the Arab people who already had a disposition to war into a \nformidable expansionary force with a powerful leadership, a framework \nwhich would make it easier to equate kinship ties with military \nhierarchy and allowed for the formation of a sprawling Arab empire in \nyears to come.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E“Ilah”\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-PTc0eEob6UA\/UnKSKuSbaXI\/AAAAAAAAC_k\/AQ5xB4_fc5w\/s1600\/iranjihad1.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-PTc0eEob6UA\/UnKSKuSbaXI\/AAAAAAAAC_k\/AQ5xB4_fc5w\/s320\/iranjihad1.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\nPre-Islamic\n religious practice was comprised of two principle sources: local \nanimist tradition in the form of grove, rock and meteorite worship as \nwell as veneration of a vast pantheon of gods mainly derived from \nwestern Semitic sources, to which the tribes celebrated a form of \nhenotheism locally. When the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Conquest_of_Mecca\"\u003EQuraysh captured Mecca\u003C\/a\u003E\n circa 500 C.E. following in the wake of the recent Arab militarization \nthey proclaimed Hubal, the tribal head god who was known to have \nsubordinate to him his goddess daughters al-Lat (cognate to Allatu, the \nCarthaginian underworld goddess originating from Ereshkigal), al-Uzza, \nand al-Manat (the same goddesses who famously appear in the \u003Ci\u003E“satanic verses” of Sura 53)\u003C\/i\u003E, as lord of the temple city \u003Ci\u003E(Occhigrosso 394-397)\u003C\/i\u003E.\n To the Quraysh this Hubal was often referred to as “Allah” for “Allah” \nis not a proper name but actually a contraction of “al-” and “-ilah” \nmeaning “the god \u003Ci\u003E(Jeffery 85, Brill 302, Peters 3-41)\u003C\/i\u003E.” Even the \nword “Ilah” has a deeper meaning as “Il” or “Ilah” refers to an even \nearlier primeval lunar god worshipped by the Arabs which by the time of \nthe Quraysh had become a general name for “god.” According to Carelton \nCoon “…under Mohammed’s tutelage, the relatively anonymous Ilah became \nAl-Ilah, The God, or Allâh, the Supreme Being.”\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThis is not simply a matter of semantics: “Allah” does not mean “God” \nbut “the god,” the first implies that there is a singular god and second\n meaning implies that this god is a god of prominence amongst others. \nAllah was not a revelatory name as discovered by Mohammed but instead a \ncommon term used by his tribe, and possibly the other tribes of Inner \nArabia, to refer to the chief god amongst others.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFollowing in Semitic tradition many Arabs named their children as \n“servant” or “slave” of their chief god, the famous Carthaginian \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hannibal\"\u003E“Hannibal”\u003C\/a\u003E\n translates to “grace of the Lord (Baal)” (Baal = El) for example. One \nsuch named individual was Abd Allah, Mohammed’s own father who died \nbefore Mohammed was even born (Andrae 13-30). Numerous others were named\n after “Allah” before the revelation of Islam occured including such \nsignificant figures of Pre-Islamic history such as Quraysh kinsmen \nAbd-Allah ben Djahsh, Ubayd-Allah, Abd-Allah ben Djudan and the sons of \nUmar: Abd-Allah and ‘Ubayd-Allah. The presence of such names in the \nhistorical record alludes to the notion that “Allah” was worshipped \nbefore Mohammed’s time and was in reverence of the god Hubal (Peters \n3-41, Brockelmann 8-10).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIt can be conjectured that Mohammed chose “Allah” as the “God” of Islam \nbecause the name rang true amongst his clansmen (Andrae 13-30) and the \nother Arab tribes who had come to respect Hubal as the chief god of \nMecca, with the passing of time eventually centralizing the cult into \nthe belief that “Allah” had always been the one God. Surely when \nMohammed began referring to his new god as “Allah” it must have caused \nno immediate alarm amongst his Arab brethren as the term was not then \nused a proper noun but simply a substitute for a name of reverence \n(similar to the western Semitic Baal which simply means Lord and is not \nthe proper name of the God being identified), in the case of the \nQuraysh: Hubal. This ingenious use of language was only made possible by\n a previous event in Pre-Islamic history which made the worship of Hubal\n familiar to the Arabs visiting Mecca: the conquest of the city by \nMohammed’s tribe.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EWorship of Stones and Idols\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-o-4iNeCQ4ow\/UnKVaeI4OlI\/AAAAAAAAC_w\/6ucGdsyZ3rM\/s1600\/picture-2-black-stone.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-o-4iNeCQ4ow\/UnKVaeI4OlI\/AAAAAAAAC_w\/6ucGdsyZ3rM\/s320\/picture-2-black-stone.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\nConnected with the worship of Gods was also the worship of stones and idols. When the Quraysh\n captured Mecca they installed atop the Kaaba an idol of Hubal, marking \nhim most prominent amongst the reportedly three hundred and sixty god \nidols of the Cube (Armstrong 11). For the next one hundred and twenty \nyears the cult of Hubal (up until Mohammed’s conquest of Mecca in 620 \nC.E.) was centralized and Arabs visiting Mecca during the Hajj would \nhave become familiar with the god’s prominent position atop the other \nlesser deities represented at the holy city. A less likely report made \nin Sarwar’s Muhammed the Holy Prophet claims that “Amr bin Lahyo bin \nHarath bin Amr ul-Qais bin Thalaba bin Azd bin Khalan bin Babalyun bin \nSaba” of Hijaz had placed the Hubal idol even earlier, four hundred \nyears before the birth of Mohammed (\u003Ci\u003ESarwar 18-19\u003C\/i\u003E). Regardless of \nwho installed the Hubal idol in its prime location at Mecca what is \nsurely known is that the Quraysh named the god chief amongst others. The\n Quraysh would have expected visiting Arabs to pay special homage to the\n “Lord” of the city upon their pilgrimage and to respect Hubal as the \nchief god while within the city. While these provisions did not destroy \nthe polytheism of Arabia it may have reinforced henotheistic notions \nwhich would allow for a shift to monotheism to be not as startling as it\n would have been in past times and would have made Arabs familiar with \nthe name of “Allah,” a phrase which by that time had become synonymous \nwith Hubal.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nHistory shows that as societies become increasingly wealthy, literate \nand militarily powerful they become increasingly monotheistic, a trend \nwhich may have been increasingly apparent in the years approaching \nMohammed’s birth as made possible by the economic virtues of the \nclassical Arabic era. Mohammed’s declaration of Shahadah can be \ninterpreted as a final declaration of Hubal’s primacy and his \ndestruction of the idol cults within Mecca during 620 C.E. more of a \npolitical showing of power rather than a religious statement. Mohammed’s\n centralization of the cult can be paralleled with the King Hezekiah’s \nreligious reforms of the seventh century B.C.E., reforms with religious \novertures more so designed to increase the monarch’s power from tribal \noverlord to king proper by means of national ideology (as proposed by \nProfessor Robert Beckford in his Channel 4 documentary \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SCXlFWBcxBo\"\u003EWho Wrote The Bible?\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EPagan Roots\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/--unwsCFnDAg\/UnKZMTVYHMI\/AAAAAAAAC_8\/NrKT9oXSqY0\/s1600\/muslim.gif\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/--unwsCFnDAg\/UnKZMTVYHMI\/AAAAAAAAC_8\/NrKT9oXSqY0\/s320\/muslim.gif\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\nWhile the Islamic god has roots in the worship of the lunar god Hubal so does the veneration\n of the Kaaba have ancient pagan roots. The original black stone which \nthe Kaaba was built around to protect was most likely a meteorite \nconnected with the worship of baetyli or sacred stones, a common \npractice of the pre-Islamic Arabs. As the ancient Arabs primarily \nworshipped gods representing astrological entities such as the moon, sun\n and Venus, the principal deity before \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hubal\"\u003EHubal\u003C\/a\u003E\n being the worship of the lunar goddess al-Lat, these meteorites were \nconsidered to be actual pieces of the gods themselves and the places \nwhere they landed were considered the most sacred places of ancient \nArabia. These places were considered to be areas to which the spirit and\n material world met, linking the heavens and earth, metaphorically \nreferred to as the Gates of Heaven (Armstrong-2 221). Other Kaaba \nstructures existed during the classical period such as the “red stone”, \nthe deity of the south Arabian city of Ghaiman, and the “white stone” in\n the Ka’ba of al-Abalat (near the city of Tabala, south of Mecca) \n(Grunebaum 24). The worship of these stones was not only connected to \nthe worship of primeval lunar gods but also even earlier animist \ntraditions in accordance with the belief in stone fetishes, magical \nmountains, ponds, groves, special rock formations and “trees of strange \ngrowth” to which the Arabs believed were possessed by spirits which \nafforded them special protection or blessings in war and in economic \nventures, according to Grunebaum among others (\u003Ci\u003EBrockelmann 8-10, Van Ess 29, Martin 96, Rodinson 16-17).\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIt is likely that the Kaaba we know today, the one which houses the \nblack stone, was one of the few if not the only shrines to be \nconstructed out of stone and to which a major cult of worship developed.\n Mecca would soon come to be known as a holy ground to which warring \ntribes could meet peacefully and settle their differences (\u003Ci\u003EGrunebaum 18\u003C\/i\u003E),\n a practice which would lead to regular pilgrimages to the site, visits \nwhich eventually become known as the Hajj. The Kaaba is mentioned by \nseveral ancient historians including the second century C.E. historian \nPtolemy who refers to it as Macoraba, a “south Arabian foundation \ncreated around a sanctuary” (\u003Ci\u003EWensinck 318\u003C\/i\u003E). The first century \nB.C.E. historian Diodorus Siculus also mentions the Kaaba in his \nBibliotheca Historica saying “and a temple has been set-up there, which \nis very holy and exceedingly revered by all Arabians (\u003Ci\u003EGibbon 223-224\u003C\/i\u003E).”\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWhile Mecca was considered a sacred site during this ancient period it \nhad more implications as sanctified ground useful for peaceful \nconvergence than it had as a religious temple, the latter implication \nwas brought about with the Quraysh invasion and the primacy of Hubal in \nan attempt at centralizing the tribe’s regional power (\u003Ci\u003EGrunebaum 19\u003C\/i\u003E).\n The Quraysh solidified the notion of the Kaaba as a religious temple \nand also a major spice, leather, jewelry, blacksmithing, textile and \nperfume (Heck) trading center (\u003Ci\u003EArmstrong-2 221-222\u003C\/i\u003E) which greatly\n increased the power and prestige of the tribe and organized yearly \npilgrimages to the site, formalizing the Hajj into a ritualized custom.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThese arbitrary reverences based in pagan superstitions, goddess \nworship, tribal infighting, idol worship and animism would come to form \nsome of the fundamental rituals of Islam, foundations which were \nsupposedly revealed to Mohammed by the angel Gabriel. In actuality it \ncan conjectured that Mohammed reinvented pagan institutions which had \nalready existed for hundreds or even thousands of years in hopes of \ncreating a seductive, tribally accepted imperial ideology designed to \nform a strong unifying backbone for the Arab empire to come, to which \nMohammed was supremely successful.\n"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3066727611372957555\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2014\/09\/pre-islamic-arabia-and-pagan.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/3066727611372957555"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/3066727611372957555"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2014\/09\/pre-islamic-arabia-and-pagan.html","title":"Pre-Islamic Arabia and Pagan Foundations of Islam "}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Ciyaalka Xaafadda"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/07506601413957311974"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TRjnOqfgfrI\/AAAAAAAAARw\/63rfWsuK09o\/S220-s88\/1.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-FM64lja-FEI\/UnKESx2F5cI\/AAAAAAAAC_A\/mPmyGpoynYU\/s72-c\/allah.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048498988170485489.post-6319868254471535473"},"published":{"$t":"2014-08-31T23:05:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-09-29T22:07:50.527-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Af Soomaali"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Segegernimo Madaxweyne iyo Salgan Dawladeed"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-L1QD7CahZNc\/VLYU3fy9MlI\/AAAAAAAAAaU\/LvDBuZxOQ1I\/s1600\/sayidka.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-L1QD7CahZNc\/VLYU3fy9MlI\/AAAAAAAAAaU\/LvDBuZxOQ1I\/s1600\/sayidka.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\nNaanays madaxweynaha ku dhegtey markii uu cusbaa baa ahayd \n“guurguurte” oo ku caan baxday daahid iyo cago jiid. Waxaa labeeyey mid \nkale, “qoslaaye” — madaxweyne mar walba qosla haddii qosolku meeqaam ku \nhabboon yahay ama haddii kaleba.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFilanwaa ayey noqotay in hoggaamiyaha dalku u bareeray falal lid ku \nah hannaanka dawladeed, geeddi socodka nabadda iyo jiritaanka dalka. \nHambaabir ayuu ku dhaliyey bulshada iyo deeq-bixiyeyaasha daneeya \narrimaha Soomaaliya iyo hay’adaha caalamka ee quudiya saboolka gaajo \ngitaati dhacay.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSegeger baa dalka madaxweyne u noqday: Xasan Sheekh u ma qalmo jagada\n loo dhiibay. Waa shaqsi ka agnaan ah indheergarashada, kartida, \ndaacadnimada iyo hawlaha dawladeed. Waxa uu u dhaqmay sidii “hoggaamiye \nkooxeed” si uu koox yar oo talada dalka uga horraysa caano lis ah dhiil \nuga buuxiyo iyo si uu xoogaaga yar ee adduunweynuhu inta gaajeysan u \nsadqeeyey ugu taajiro asagu. Qaab uu intaas u maro ayaa lulay dawladda taagta \ndaran ee Xasan Sheekh.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDawladda seellataysay oo salgan waa taliyaha docda ay ka quruntay. \nMadaxweynaha ayey u taallay in uu xalliyo wixii gal-dalool dawladdiisu \nleedahay. Asaga baa loo ga fadhiyey in uu waxyaalaha haatan oogan \ndhammaan xalliyo oo adeegsado xeeladaha hoggaamiye waxgarad higsado. \nIntaasu ma dhicin oo madaxweynaha ayaa ruxay dawladdiisii ku taagnayd \ndulqaad keli ah maadaama ay hore u beerdarraysay hantidii ugu weynayd ee\n dawlad hanato — kasbada dadka.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nArrinta ugu qaab daran waa madaxweyne ka maahsan iinta. Isu-ma-jeede \nloo wada jeedo baa fadhiya Villa Soomaaliya. Waa qof ka arradan \nxishoodka, Soomaalinnada iyo dareenwadaagga hoggaamiye la wadaago \nbulshada uu hago. Waxaa muuqda madaxweyne daawade ka ah arrimaha dalka, \nwixii aan ka ahayn nin toocsi ee ku lug leh eex iyo musuqmaasuq ee \nxatooyo oo uu caddaystay in uu Villa Soomaaliya u yimid. Wax yar buu wax\n weyn siistay.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGuurguurashadii waa rumowday; waxay ahayd taag-darro ee ma ahayn \ndiricnimo u duugan. Qosolkii baa ahaa dhoylaawennimo ee ma ahayn beerlaxawsasho \nsiyaasadeed goobteed ku wacan. Barashadii labadii gu’ ee uu taliska ahaa\n ayaa intaas iyo inteer la oddorosay. Waxaa ka sii ayaandaran marka \nmadaxweynuhu tiraabo. Runtii loo ma dul qaadan karo hadalkiisa. Afyaal \nuu oraah madaxweyne ahaan bulshada maansooro meesheed’e waxaad leedahay \nqofku waa kirishboy. Mareegaha Soomaalida baa lagu baahshay maqaal \nIngiriis ah oo ciwaankiisu ahaa “Speak Up, Mr. President” — balse markii\n uu hadlay ayey arrimisay “Mudane Madaxweyne, bal yara aamus.” Qof \ndhacsaal ah aaraa’ ma dhiibto, habowsane wax ma hago.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWakaaladda wararka Reuters baa su’aashay hankiisa loollan kale oo \nmadaxtinnimo waxaa na uu ku jawaabay, “haa, loollame baa [aan] ahay, \nxisbi ayaan leennahay, waxa aan sugaynaa diiwaangelinta xeerka \nxisbiyada,” sidaas ka yiri madasha shirka Koobbanheegan oo uu la tegay \ndawlad dhantaalan oo kala daadsan. Wuxuu ku xijiyey is-jiijiidka \ndhaawacay waa hor-u-mar oo dagaal baa awel dhalan jiray. Haa, sidaanu \nmadaxweyneheenna waa u hor-u-mar. Su’aasha jeesjees baa loo weydiiyey. \nSharaftii buu aguugay ogaan la’aan haddana cir weyn yahay.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWaxa socda wax la daawan karo ma aha waddanku na madaxweyne buu u hanqaltaagay.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBaarlamaanka han-laaweyaasha oo madaxweynuhu kiraysto marka uu \nlacag siiyo ayaa haatan u rogtay laan u baahan in la ka la diro sababta \noo ah waxay ahayd in ay ka hortagto dhacdooyinka ay ka qayb yihiin – waa\n haddii waddaniyiin ku dhan yihiin. Balse ma-xishoodeyaal baa isku \nqariya duraabtay biyo samafal oo masaakiin laga dullaalay. Qaar kale ku \naroos galay booli qaran madaxweynuhu u qariyey oo agliil ka dhedhanshey.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBaarlamaanka Soomaaliyeed waxaa ku jira rag — iyo dumar — u qalma \nmetelaadda dadka asii ay, sida cad, tiro yar yihiin. Waxaa ay mudan \nyihiin ammaan iyo bogaadin ballaaran oo ku aaddan halbeegga wanaagsan ee\n daacadnimo iyo waddannimo ee ay ugu bishaareeyeen ummadda Soomaaliyeed \nee daawanaysa iyo beesha caalamka. Waa adag tahay qof damiir leh, \ndadnimo leh, oo waddannimo leh in uu meesha (baarlamaanka Soomaaliya ee \nhaatan) isu quuro waa na ay ka sii adag tahay in uu danta guud u \nhiiliyo. (Golaha wasiirrada waa ku jiraan waddaniyiin ka koray \nanaaniyada.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n“Shalay waa maanta.”\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMadaxtinnimo waa baalka aad taariikhda ka gasho. Badraanno hore baa \nku soo hungoobay oo xaajadda Xasan Sheekh ahaatay shalay waa maanta. \nTiro ma leh ceebaha la ga sheegan karo muddada yar oo uu madaxweyne \nahaa. Dawladdu waxay ku koobantay “wasiir Faarax Cabdulqaadir muxuu \narrinta ka yiri?”. Waddani baa ka anfariiray oo waxgarad ka dhiidhiyey. Dalku cadow u ma baahna inta Xasan Sheekh madaxweyne yahay.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nRa’iisal wasaareyaasha madaxweynaha ayaa dadka u dooray. Haddii labo labo gu’ gudahood xilka gudan waayey, dee meeshu ma aha maqaayad ma \nna aha in ay muuqaal saas ah yeelato oo dhaqankaas loo ma baahna. \nTaloxumo taliska sare ayey ka soo naaxaysa had iyo goor. Waxaa soo \nbooday BAREERE (motion) ayada oo ay dhicin dood agaasiman xallinta \nis-afgaranwaaga curtay oo la yiri madaxweynaha baa laaluushay \nxildhibaanno dabadeed abraarsiiyey bareere.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nKolka arrintu xumaato hoggaanka suubban ayaa kaashada kalkaaliyeyaal \nka taliya xalka ugu wanaagsan. Madaxweyne Xasan Sheekh jeer walba waa \nmooggane. Sumcad isma geeyaan.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nYaqyaqsi badanaa."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/feeds\/6319868254471535473\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2014\/08\/naaneeys-madaxweynaha-ku-dhegtey-markii.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/6319868254471535473"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/6319868254471535473"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2014\/08\/naaneeys-madaxweynaha-ku-dhegtey-markii.html","title":"Segegernimo Madaxweyne iyo Salgan Dawladeed"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Ciyaalka Xaafadda"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/07506601413957311974"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TRjnOqfgfrI\/AAAAAAAAARw\/63rfWsuK09o\/S220-s88\/1.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-L1QD7CahZNc\/VLYU3fy9MlI\/AAAAAAAAAaU\/LvDBuZxOQ1I\/s72-c\/sayidka.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048498988170485489.post-8584472663137769495"},"published":{"$t":"2014-08-30T19:12:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-07T13:06:23.356-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Af Soomaali"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Baraarug"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Garasho iyo Xornimo"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hagardaamooyinka Maan Addoonsiga"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Suul-arag \u0026 Soof-arag"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-wQEusecHxDk\/Uh1bvrKTYiI\/AAAAAAAAAXg\/5_BByGe3XbE\/s1600\/images.jpeg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-wQEusecHxDk\/Uh1bvrKTYiI\/AAAAAAAAAXg\/5_BByGe3XbE\/s400\/images.jpeg\" height=\"224\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ESoomaalidu waxay ka mid tahay isirrada dunida ugu fac weyn oo Geesta Afrika ku nool. Dhawr boqol oo kun oo gu'aad ka hor ayaa aadmigii ugu horreeyay ka faafay Geeska Afrika waxaa se ilbaxnimada aadmigu hanaqaadday tobankii kun ee gu'aad ee u dambeeyay. Soomaalidu tobankaas kun ee gu'aad ayey xiriir la soo yeelatay guud ahaantood isirrada dunida. Tusaale \nahaan xiriirkii ay la lahayd Masaaridii Hore shan kun oo gu'aad ka hor \nayaa waxaa uu sooyaallay in ka badan afar kun oo gu'aad. Waxay Soomaaliya ku magac \ndheerayd \"Dhulkii Gabayda.\" Wax lagu faano baa ka buuxa sooyaalka Soomaaliyeed, wax laga yalaalugoodo se waa ay ku jiraan, siijireenka na lahaan doonaa.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EIlbaxnimadii waayihii hore, ka hor farsamada\n iyo aqoonta cusub, aqoonwadaaggii aadmiga waxaa kaalin weyn ku lahaa badmaaxeyaal qaaradaha u kala goosha. Qaabkaas ayaa dadka dega xeebaha u qaabbili jiray shisheeye waageeni ah oo ay dadka gudaha sii jira haleelin. Halkaan waxaa ka dhalan jiray \nsaamayn kala duwan oo dhaqameed, diimeed, afeed, iwm. Sidaas ayaa qolo \nba qolo u saan duwi jirtay. Saamaysanuhu dookh ma lahayn badanaa, inta\n loo yimaado ayaa loo loogi jiray isbeddel buuxa haddii isbeddelku dheehan yahay xumaan iyo \nwaxyeello ama uu ballaysimay wanaag iyo samaan inta ba. Arrintaan ayaa daaha ka rogaysa waxyaalo badan oo \nSoomaalida ku saabsan oo laga gorfayn karaa waxa ka qaldan iyo waxa u suubban ee ku aaddan baxdadii hore, joogtada maantoole\n iyo timaaddada berritoole.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EIskaashigii Soomaaliya la \nyeelatay Turkigii, Shiinihii, Boortoqiiskii, Hindidii, Baarshiyaankii, \nCarabtii, Yurubiyaankii iyo Afrikada kale ba, ayaa waxaa ugu waayo \ndheera ama ugu saamayn ballaarnaa kii Carbeed. Kaas oo hanaqaaday wixii ka \ndambeeyey faafkii diinta Islaamka. Waxaa loogu yeeri karaa \nisbeddel Soomaali soo mara kii ugu weynaa maadaama uu gebi ahaan saan-duway oo teer iyo maanta aawan yahay. Tusaale ahaan waxbarashada ugu horraysa ee Soomaaligu la kowsado dugsi quraanka ayey ka bilaabataa, waxa uu kala kulmaa maskax xal dheellitiran oo \nqaabeeyay aragtidiisa nolosha adduunka. Isbeddelkaanu waxa uu saaqay wadnaha iyo \ndhiigwadeennada qofeed iyo bulsheed ee dadka Soomaaliyeed. Meel kasta oo\n uu qof Soomaaliyeed ku nool yahay waxaa hubaal ah in uu astaan Carbeed xambaarsan yahay oo mid Soomaaliyeed waa' hore ka suulay. Waa culays tan weyn. Saamayntii Carbeed waxay ku sawiran tahay tobanka qodob ee kala ah;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E1) Waa in Soomaaligu barto ereyo Carbeed si uu ula xiriiro eebbaha Carbeed ee Allah.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E2)\n In uu u lebbisto sida Carabta, qaato magac Carbeed oo si kasta isugu \nekaysiiyo oo isugu dhoweeyo dadka Carbeed ee uu u afduuban yahay, u \nmaskax doorsan yahay oo uu hoosyimaado asaga oo ku jira addoonsiga \ndunida maanta ugu daran ee maskaxeed. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E3) U sujuudo \ndhagax madoow oo Sucuudiga ku yaal inta nolosha ka dhimman, ma ayidi karo aragti kale, nolol kale, aqoon kale iyo adduun kale mid na. Soomaaligu ma rumayn karo qaab nololeed kale ama u noolaanshe Soomaalinnimo \nahaaneed oo u janjeera dhalad-isirnimo iyo kaalinta-nasfadeed ee ku lammaan sugnaanta [maan, garasho, isqiimayn iyo geesinnimada] ay leedahay. Cabsida carruurnimo ee dugsi Quraanka ayaa mooroduugtay.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E4) Nacayb wixii Carabtu neceb \ntahay, gaar ahaan dalka iyo dadka Israa'iil oo ay Carabta xidid wadaag \nyihiin, asii cadaawad soojireen dhextaallay muddo dheer.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E5)\n Ku dhaqanka xeerarka Carabtii Saxaraha ee qarnigii lixaad ee la diimeeyay ee ay diinta Carbeed ku \nsalaysan tahay, kaas oo la jaanqaadi waayey \nwaayaha iyo waxa ay sidaan ee nolosha la halmaala, iyo qaaddacaadda \nilbaxnimada dunidu taabsatay (maadaama ay Carabiya ka imaan). \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E6)\n Dhallaanka oo maskaxda laga dilo si ay ugu hanuunsanaadaan \nmaskax-xalkii dugsi Quraanka ee lagu beeray Carab-jacaylka ama dhalanteed \niyo isdiiddooyin aan suurogali karin, dadka Soomaaliyeed na \nnolosha ku dhibay.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E7) Hab-dhaqan, hab-feker iyo hab-nololeed takooray Soomaalinnimada oo sarraysiiya Carabaysiga, kaas oo burburiyay garashadii iyo dareenkii waddannimo ee Soomaaliyeed.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E8)\n Diidmo hoosta ka xariiqaysa in la falanqeeyo diinta Carbeed oo\n runta laga sheego, ayada oo kasmadu tusmayso laamo isdiiddan oo diintaas ka dhex\n unkay is-gowrac, is-qarxin iyo ficillo kale oo aan Soomaaliyi ab \niyo isir u lahayn.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E9) Qaabka Soomaalidu ugu talaxtagtay \ndiinta Carbeed dunida ma jiraan qoon la mid ah oo sida ay ugu dheggan \nyihiin dhoy la'aan ka yaabisay Carabtii u keentay iyo \ndadka kale ee dunida ku nool, hayeeshee Soomaalidu qiil u raadisaa marka\n ay dareento in lagu dhaato.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E10) Soomaalinnimo waxay \ngebi ahaan, carruurnimo teer cirrool, ku saabsan tahay diinta \nCarbeed, nolosha oo dhan halkaan ayey ugu eg tahay oo dunida sidaas uga\n dhaadhaca, taas oo ku timid sida loogu nugul yahay wixii \nBariga Dhexe ka soo burqa iyo cabsi xad-dhaaftay.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EIdil ahaan qodobbada ayaa ku salaysan maskax-xal keli ah. Wax kale oo ay ku dhisaalan yihiin haba yaraatee ma jiraan. Ma jiro Soomaali ilmogaleenka kala soo baxay tobanka qodob mid ka mid ah. Waa se huboonto in uu iilka la beegsan doono gunaanadka nolosha. Geeska Afrika ayaa sidaan u dhalanrogantay ka dib markii ay dad Bariga Dhexe ka soo xawileen dhiganeyaal loogu talogalay si'aynta ummadda geyigaan ku nool. Soomaaligii si kale u fekera oo iskiis agaamisa qaab aragtiyeed wuxuu mudnaan doonaa dagaal ba'an, haa, waa caadooyinka dadka gumaysi u qoolan. Dunida maanta qolo aan si kasta [gobannimo] u \nfekeri karin oo sheegan karta madaxbannaani ma jirto sababta oo ah waa gunnimada \nugu liidata. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ESoomaalidu waa isir ahaanshiheedu ku saabsan yahay minguurinta diin\/dhaqan \nshisheeyeed. Markaas lagama filan karo iniino waddaniyeed iyo garasho \nhagaagsan in ay tiigsato. Lagama filan karo dheehashada isbeddelka waayaha adduunyada iyo hirgelinta dhaqan xeeran jaanqaadka socodata wakhtiyeed. Xaajadaan gurracan kuma koobna keli ah qufulane aan wax gala ama ka baxa lahayn ee waa ummad maanku dhagaxoobay dhammaanteed. Maangaabnimadu na ma aha aqoonyari keli ah ee waa feker-wadareed silloon oo ku lifaaqan iyo hab-dhaqan. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ESuul-arag waxa uu arkaa keli ah inta suulku isha u jiro, soof-arag se waa fogaan-arag. Suul-arag waa nagaan ku kalsoon barta uu saldhigtay, oo \ncabsi u ba'ay, oo aan u fekeri karin si kale, oo saluugay wixii goofka \nyar ee uu ku oodmay beri ka ah. Soof-arag waa geeddi u heellan wax wal \noo dantu ku jirto si uu nolosha ugu guulaysto. Dal kasta oo dunida ku yaal ayaa uunku saas u kala qaybmaan. Qayb baa caqliga tashi la wadaagta qayb kale na ku xooggan ogaan la'aan. Hubsiiso dhanka aad gacal la tahay.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ELabada qaybood baa suul-araggu waxa uu oggol yahay carruur Soomaaliyeed oo buugaag Bariga Dhexe laga keenay maskaxda looga xalay; marka ay warshadda maskax-xalka (dugsiga) galaan maankoodu waa saafi noqon kara dhowaan-arag ama fogaan-arag. Marka ay waaxda maandoorriga ka qalin-jebiyaan ayey, 1) haatan ku hadlaan ereyo qalaad (Carabi), 2) waxay cabbeen Carabaysi buuxa oo gardheere gebi ahaan mooggan qaabka dunidu u shaqeyso ku qufulay inta ay caqliyeysan ka hor, 3) Soomaalinnimo iyo aqoonta dunida oo ay sedkooda ku dhacsan lahaayeen ayey geesmareen. Buugaagta caynkaas wax u baseeyey guri kasta oo Soomaali ah waa yaalaan oo ankee Soomaaliga miyiga ee wax akhrin karin wuu sitaa buug afqalaad ku qoran oo uu rumayeeyey xaqiiq ahaan.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EGodobta ka dhalata dhallaanta cabsida lagu barbaarshay qoys iyo qaran waa ay dumisaa sababta oo ah waxay dishaa kalsoonida, taagta iyo curriska maanka. Waxay deyrisaa aqoonta oo dhaawacdaa maanka dhan walba. Cabsidu hufnaanta qofeed ayey la dirirtaa oo asaagga ka reebtaa, han iyo hodantinnimo ma leh, waa tilmaan suul-araggu gooni u leeyahay. Waxyeellada ay leedahay awgeed ayaa maanta dunida horumartay ka curiyey garasho leh carruur diin ha laga ilaaliyo oo qofku marka uu qaangaaro iskiis ha u baaro oo ha qaato middii la roon. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ESoof-araggu waxa uu ku dooday malaha sidaanu si ma aha. Malaha waxaan dhallaanta lagu \nmaandoorriyey in la xaqiijiyo run ama\n been ayaa mudan oo halka ay ka yimaadeen, sida ay ku yimaadeen iyo waxa ay dheef leeyihiin oo la taaban karo run laga sheego cabsi la'aan. Malaha sidii sheeko baraleey looga dhursugayey ayey adduunyadii dhaaftay Soomaali oo waxaa gudboon gobannimo maskaxeed iyo maanfur. Aragtida maanta, nolosha maanta, geesinnimada iyo \ngarashada maanta ayaa waxay qof iyo qoon dul hagoogaan su'aasha ah; \nma suul-arag baad tihiin mise soof-arag? Jawaabtu su'aasha qofkii \nyaqaan baa ay u taallaa.\u003C\/span\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/feeds\/8584472663137769495\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2014\/08\/suul-arag-soof-arag.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/8584472663137769495"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/8584472663137769495"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2014\/08\/suul-arag-soof-arag.html","title":"Suul-arag \u0026 Soof-arag"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Ciyaalka Xaafadda"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/07506601413957311974"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TRjnOqfgfrI\/AAAAAAAAARw\/63rfWsuK09o\/S220-s88\/1.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-wQEusecHxDk\/Uh1bvrKTYiI\/AAAAAAAAAXg\/5_BByGe3XbE\/s72-c\/images.jpeg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048498988170485489.post-2792238367218668278"},"published":{"$t":"2013-10-05T18:52:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-10-10T16:09:54.715-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Garasho iyo Xornimo"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Religious Morality"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vWyy8jSmCao\/UlC8nQ_N9kI\/AAAAAAAAAYs\/3oyav7JCPlw\/s1600\/sayidka.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"117\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vWyy8jSmCao\/UlC8nQ_N9kI\/AAAAAAAAAYs\/3oyav7JCPlw\/s400\/sayidka.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\nIt's psychologically comforting to believe in supernatural \nfather figure who chooses us, guides us and rewards us, \nprovided we perform stone age rituals and follow archaic rules primarily applicable to medieval peoples. The reasons people believe in \nsupernaturals are many and have varied historically. However, from an \nevolutionary perspective it's entirely probable that our \nancestors, through natural selection by the genes that shaped our \nbrains, may have made us psychologically predispositioned to gravitate toward obedience\n to authoritative figure(s). Children obey adults who believe in \nthings who then obey persuasive cultural leaders. That is not to suggest that\n believing in supernaturals arises from human instinct or that humans are behaving \naccordingly by believing in Gods, it only provides a hypothetical evolutionary perspective, a perspective religions completely deny. This makes the subject more interesting, particularly \nthe religious' confrontational stance against the inter-connected biological composition of living things which disproves creation.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nEvolution is validated act no fact refutes. Evolutionary data clarifies the human's natural moral proclivity. Science is not \nin the business of spelling out the meaning of life and even less in \ntelling us how to live our lives, it's about how things are and how\/why \nthey work the way they do. Science welcomes evaluation unlike religion which is infallible and not subject to detachment, objectivity, and quantifiability. It explained many falsehoods including religious fallacies. Yet religions seek potholes in scientific discoveries in \nan attempt to fill the void of incomprehensible \nmagical dictates, looking for \"God of the gaps\"; a \ntheological perspective in which gaps in scientific knowledge are taken \nto be evidence or proof of God's existence. This absurdity often belittles the concept of God to a mere \"we don't know\n what caused that so we assume it was God\" — equally untenable talking points further diminish God to a shrinking turf of scientific ignorance.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe \nreligious often invoke moral imperatives for believing mythical supernaturals (when all other plausibles fail miserably). This blatantly disingenuous argument ignores \nevolutionary data that demonstrates the innate underpinnings of morality by rendering it a learned trade. Religious morality basically comes from bronze age \nrules that spread by word of mouth by primitive men in a given geographical area, and although touted as virtuous they include human sacrifices, slavery,\n be-headings, war and oppression. A religious person even in modern \ntimes would gleefully boast that he\/she would murder their neighbor had\n it not been for their, say, believe in Jesus. This morality is promoted as \n\"holy\", and provokes polemic invective against any opposing rational thought. Even animals have shown morality that supersedes that of many \nGods! \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nOf the millions of Gods humans have worshiped throughout history, each shares striking similarities with the geographical population, despite being uber-galactic. Everything from emotional reasoning level to the names of Gods to local intellectual and cultural standards, from human fondness of reward and punishment — from the virgins to be met in heaven to the hell fire that awaits sinners — and the exploitation of our desire to be “praiseworthy.” Humans are so sensitive to public opinion that we only need to see a picture of two eyes glued to the wall to respond with good behavior, which explains the image in some religions of an all-seeing eye to symbolize an omniscient God. Non anthropomorphic Gods presumably possessing non human characteristics, whose physical structures go beyond our feeble minds' comprehension, hilariously have eyes that see us all, ears that hears us all and essentially all human senses! Which begs the question; did God create man or did man create God? An Arabic God like Allah would behave exactly like Arabs and \nreward or punish accordingly. An Asian God would display \nAsian characteristics. It's highly improbable the vise versa could occur. Who'd expect a God bearing African traits to appear in another continent? Clearly there is nothing perplexing about religion in comparison to science's unparalleled quest for truth.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMore often than not undesirable behavior is blamed on biological outcomes (\"we're behaving like animals!\"), while claiming our noble traits for ourselves, when both are product of evolution. Fortunately, there has been a resurgence of the Darwinian view that morality grew out of the social instincts. Psychologists stress the intuitive way we arrive at moral judgments while activating emotional brain areas, and economists and anthropologists have shown humanity to be far more cooperative, altruistic, and fair than predicted by self-interest models. Religions seduce unsuspecting and unassuming children with morality, moral enticements involving believe in a particular God; if you don't believe you are immoral and condemned to fictional hell. In this regard one is moral, not because it is hereditary or noble, but because it's a proposition of vengeance and reward and punishment. Additionally, the very definition of morality is blurred in favor of enduring mythological ideological commitments. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nCharles Darwin was interested in how morality fits the human-animal continuum, proposing in “The Descent of Man”: “Any animal whatever, endowed with well-marked social instincts…would inevitably acquire a moral sense or conscience, as soon as its intellectual powers had become as well developed … as in man.” While this opens up the potential for more strenuous scientific investigation, religion teaches its followers to be content with not knowing and deems \nlearning and discovering sinful practices. Religious \ninstitutions and their representatives — popes, bishops, mega-preachers,\n ayatollahs, and rabbis — are trained to deceive by selling ignorance as \"holy.\" Shouldn't the truth be noble and holy? People defend believe in supernaturals with \"confirmation bias\", they don't truly understand why they defend these silly fairy tales but they just know that they have to, often subconsciously, and, to convince themselves as well. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSince its conception a few thousand years ago religion continuously undermined scientific discoveries. And while still limited in scope scientific knowledge has unleashed astonishing discoveries about humans and living things in general, such as the human DNA sequencing, indicating that human genome and animal genome sequencing share extraordinary similarities; humans are 98% chimps, 92% mouse, 80% cows and 50% plants. The entire Earthly ecosystem is not only inter-connected but inter-dependent. However, some areas thought solved turn out to be the other way around because knowledge is gained. This is common to every subject in life. If you know a lot about something, you know how less you know. This flies in the face of the Bible or the Quraan which enforce unquestionable fairy tales through indoctrination. These outdated scriptures would not and could not have known that humans consist of cells originating from bacteria. Moreover, religions postulate the world is six thousand years old when there are structures that are more than ten thousand years old scattered around the world, and that humans are made from clay and mud when evidence obliterates such preposterous and asinine nonsense. This relegated religion to third world societies because\n it's not easy to promulgate to advanced societies stone age texts written by sheep herders to\n explain how the universe works. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nReligious morality argues for medieval good versus evil conceptualization, from the least credible sources and the least credible people through an unprecedented criteria for gullibility, as legitimate authority. It is antiquated and dwarfed by modern, secular progressive values. Its use of fear as key element to advance its atrocious warfare is tantamount to child abuse and mental illness and criminality. Morality cannot be provided by Harry Potter type stories of magic and invisible supernatural beings in the sky. Faith provides nothing factual and is interchangeable. The religion a person worships today is entirely coincidental which begins with labeling of children. If we were born in ancient Greece we'd be worshiping Zeus, if we were born in Denmark during the Vikings era we would be worshiping Thor, Waaq in pre-Islamic Somalia, so on and so forth. And it always just so happens to be the right religion that our family chose. It's laughable that a creator of the universe would only know about the \narea in which said religion emanates from while trying to \nrationalize a plethora of ridiculous superstitions. Religion's principally ungraspable and refuted tales, such as the sun moving across the sky rather than the Earth spinning, implicate its lack of depth beyond mere observation."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/feeds\/2792238367218668278\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2013\/10\/religious-morality.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/2792238367218668278"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/2792238367218668278"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2013\/10\/religious-morality.html","title":"Religious Morality"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Ciyaalka Xaafadda"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/07506601413957311974"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TRjnOqfgfrI\/AAAAAAAAARw\/63rfWsuK09o\/S220-s88\/1.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vWyy8jSmCao\/UlC8nQ_N9kI\/AAAAAAAAAYs\/3oyav7JCPlw\/s72-c\/sayidka.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048498988170485489.post-3242304566935124200"},"published":{"$t":"2013-04-06T15:00:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-05-24T08:34:08.832-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Garasho iyo Xornimo"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Religion In Africa"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-y9z2bUILzTA\/UVtkhaAofmI\/AAAAAAAAAV4\/3dppUB9n8Y4\/s1600\/africa-flag-map.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"302\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-y9z2bUILzTA\/UVtkhaAofmI\/AAAAAAAAAV4\/3dppUB9n8Y4\/s320\/africa-flag-map.png\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003EAfricans are the most religious people in the world, existing entirely in a religious paradigm. Religion maintains an unprecedented all-encompassing hold on society and the individual alike in the continent. Abrahamic religions constitute the largest denominations in modern day Africa with roughly 40% subscribing to Christianity and 45% adherents of Islam. The Abrahamic religions replaced native traditions and cultures along with myriad of uniquely African practices that sustained the population for millenniums. When developmental or governmental institutions not yet established in ancient Africa, religions dictated most events – and still do so today. And although the overwhelming majority identifies with either Christianity or Islam, indigenous religions, Buddhism, Hinduism and Judaism exist in Africa. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003EReligious indoctrination of impressionable youth commences early for African children. A staggering number of African children only receive religious teachings and rarely obtain non-religious formal education.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003E Parents prioritize and ensure memorization of verses the children may not fully comprehend.\u003C\/span\u003E The population disproportionately spends entire lifetime (from cradle to grave) on religion, starting with formative years where alternatives may not be available – usually by force or compulsion and not by choice or conscience. The youth are taught very early on not to think outside the box of religiosity. They are discouraged from questioning or examining religious content, and are instead taught glorified past religious conflicts that they are expected to emulate, with little chance of learning about contemporary life of the surrounding world. Faith of the family dwarfs facts and individual worth is measured by the degree of religiousness.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003EIn Africa, the society, the government, the family and the individual function as a religious unit. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003EEducational institutions serve as religious indoctrination centers where Western missionaries and Arab financiers compete for influence and recruit new converts. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003EThe\u003C\/span\u003E countryside is littered with religious structures for mass worshiping, lacking institutions of higher education or societal capacity-building infrustructure that would alleviate the lives of the downtrodden. In this context, Africa does not appear considerably different from when the Europeans or Arabs initially conquered it. It is more religious than a century ago subsequently vastly lagging in social and economic progress. Historically, where national or societal institutions falter, religion intrudes with brainwashing, backwardness, oppression, ignorance and violence.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003EIn Africa intuitive thinking substitutes critical thinking through religiosity, leading the population to invest substantial emotional capital in religion. Intuitive thinking relies on intuition rather than critical reflection and accentuates belief in gods. Cognitive thinking abilities decrease belief in gods (Shenhav, A., Rand, D.G., and Greene, September 2011). Prolonged religious studying in formative years attenuates cognitive reasoning capabilities throughout life. Thus, religion being an emotional affair rather than an intellectual embrace, Africans are more likely to reason emotionally because of this mode of thinking. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003EThis type of thinking promoted by religions in which faith trumps facts has proven disadvantageous for Africans.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003EDiscussing this taboo subject often invites confrontation, a subject that has contributed significantly to African conflicts (religion has caused more wars than anything else in history has) and gestates poverty and ignorance. Where poverty and ignorance remain prevalent, religion proliferates, and vice versa. If religions developed countries, Africa’s would have been superpower. Case in point, in the 1950s Egypt and South Korea had identical per capita incomes. Today Egypt's is less than 1\/5 of South Korea's. Their standard of living diametrically oppose. When many African states gained independence there was an era of hope and jubilation about future prospects, however, today it's about religious conflicts, hatred, backwardness and oppression. Current generations are far more militant than previous generations which lack the opportunity to fulfill their full individual potential. This hindrance created failed states people flee en mass for greener pastures.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-BOUTRohuzto\/UWCYxScAxlI\/AAAAAAAAAW4\/jQtmmHam-pg\/s1600\/2.jpeg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"307\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-BOUTRohuzto\/UWCYxScAxlI\/AAAAAAAAAW4\/jQtmmHam-pg\/s320\/2.jpeg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003EAll nations or continents were once as highly religious and superstitious as Africa yet most matured from religious domination. For example, the West went from Christian nations to secular democracies. As church and state separated it ushered an era of economic, social and political advancement leading to the current technological pinnacle. Increased educational attainment cultivated the decline of religiosity in Western civilization. Education has proven the enemy of religion.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003EReligion in the West has been studied extensively without fear. It has largely been rendered as an irrational blind faith, while scientific discoveries repudiated religious myths. To some degree, it is viewed as immoral for its historical promotion of slavery, conflict, human sacrifice, celestial dictatorship and mandatory love\/hate relationship in the concept of good vs. evil. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003EChildren in Western nations are not susceptible to the level of religious indoctrinations African children experience, the secular Western education system promulgates critical thought, it distinguishes\u0026nbsp;factuality from imagination. The secular education system encourages independent analytical thought that African children are inoculated from by religiosity. In the Middle East, where Islam spread from, many oil-rich nations now send hundreds of thousands of their youth abroad each year to obtain secular education. The top ten universities in the West now have campuses in the Gulf region. This, while exporting dangerous Wahabi ideology to African (and other) Muslim nations. It will ensure decades of religious conflicts, malfeasance and backwardness. Moreover, the continuation of the phenomenon of curtailment of critical thought.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZUMEJRwat_g\/UWCYvQxoOhI\/AAAAAAAAAWw\/JdCPW6oo9jE\/s1600\/dom.jpeg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZUMEJRwat_g\/UWCYvQxoOhI\/AAAAAAAAAWw\/JdCPW6oo9jE\/s320\/dom.jpeg\" width=\"219\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003EAfricans – engaged in a life long celestial battle of good vs. evil – typically point out the flaws of developed nations when faced with plausible explanations of the detrimental effects of religiosity. The African people are mummified by \u003Ci\u003Eholy\u003C\/i\u003E texts and anticipate a messiah to come down from the clouds and solve all problems for them. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003EUnlike other religious peoples of the world, the Africans behave as though they're high on religiosity due to its grip on the mind. They proudly proclaim that (whichever religion conquerors imposed) is a blessing when evidence suggests that it has greatly hindered development and probably a \u003Ci\u003Ecurse\u003C\/i\u003E. The African people defend religion with hawkish fervor, but would not study it in an honest and transparent fashion. They may not fully understand the given religion, but are sure it's the greatest thing ever, while simultaneously ignoring glaring facts of its associated repercussions. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003E(For Africans, religion is helping tremendously, but only in their minds.)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003EThe behavior of the African mind on religion presents impressive indications of its hold on the continent; people are euphorically self-righteous, absolutists and irredeemable. It increases delusions, hallucinations and pathological disorders leading to fanaticism and in some instances murder and genocide. The pattern is similar from Somalia to Nigeria, from South Africa to Algeria. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003EAfricans appear blinded by religion and accordingly detached from reality. \u003C\/span\u003EA South African observer noted;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\"\u003Ci\u003EI sometimes feel exasperated that so may of\n my countrymen fail to make what seems to me an obvious and self-evident\n observation about the damage religion is doing to our countries and \ncontinent. I always challenge my religious friends to take a simple \ndrive through Sandton (which is white South Africa)\n and Soweto (which is black) and tell me what they see. All of them \nwithout fail, just stare at me like I am a mad man as they expect to \nmake no profound discovery. The fact that on a drive through Sandton, \nthey will pass countless large and beautiful company\n buildings, office blocks, hotels, restaurants, schools – is lost to \nthem – while a drive through Soweto will suffocate them with churches \nand shebeens (liquor selling establishments) – with an occasional school\n here and there which on Sundays are also used\n as places of worship by the throngs of black worshipers. \u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003EThe contrast is so obvious and is duplicated in every township. \u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003EThe white man made sure that the shebeens and bottlestores (which were \nthe first targets to be burned and destroyed during the 1976 student\n uprising) took care of destroying our bodies, while the churches \nintoxicated our minds. This sorry state of affairs is no different in \nthe rest of Africa.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003EEven from an African historical perspective, religion makes no sense. \nHow do the people who chain you\n and take into the holocaust of slavery, displaying such intense hatred \nfor you – making your life on earth hell – still wish that you should go\n to heaven when you die. Of all the 4 most important things [Guns, \nMoney, Knowledge and Religion] white people brought\n with them to Africa – they allowed us, and we are proud that – we have \ntaken the most useless rubbish. If we want to change our continent – \nAfrica – we are wasting time concentrating on leaders, because as \nproducts and reflection of the societies where they\n come from we will forever continue to be ruled by these scoundrels \nuntil we can find a way of changing our people. This will be the surest \nway of ensuring that the people’s products which aspires to leadership \nis of better quality. It is this toxic mindset\n of ignorance and deficient cognitive thinking that afflicts Africans \nwhich religion cultivates and gestates. If we want progress, we must \nfight ignorance with education in order to bring forth the progress \nAfrica is starved off.\"\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003EReligiosity has not moved the human developmental indexes for Africans, where children are programmed to think as though advancement is something for others to strife for, it has omitted the healthy skepticism required for a progressive society. The continent is still evolving and has not yet reached the age of enlightenment with symptoms of zombified collective. Most are conformist, because religion is more like a ritual which people follow without thinking, hence they are unable to see the corrosive nature of a religious mindset. Their consciousnesses is in deep sleep if not in comma. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003EDays are spent on seeking miracle healing through telepathic communications, performing Stone Age rituals to stave off (invisible supernatural beings; devils, demons, etc) and ward off diseases. For instance, while the world seeks medicine for the AIDS epidemic ravaging the continent, African religious institutions stipulate that the disease is consequence of sinning and that god(s) are punishing the sinners (with AIDS). People pray for rain rather than learn to purify water, only to have the sun scorch crops, and when prayers or gods do not deliver it is insinuated that people are not praying enough. It is an intellectual dishonesty and a common but disingenuous religious talking point, one similar to the popular African theory that “if the conquerors did not come we'd still be worshiping fictitious gods”, and the thinking that all knowledge comes from \u003Ci\u003Eholy\u003C\/i\u003E books.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-bw3xZ42i3Y0\/UWCYqZLjVrI\/AAAAAAAAAWg\/h2JF9woZmas\/s1600\/images.jpeg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"210\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-bw3xZ42i3Y0\/UWCYqZLjVrI\/AAAAAAAAAWg\/h2JF9woZmas\/s320\/images.jpeg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003EIt is a familiar occurrence to witness two Africans who - one believing the Bible from the accident of birth, and the other believing the Quran by the same accident - each label the other a nonbeliever. The African diaspora are often flabbergasted when they encounter Europeans\/Arabs whose lives religion has little influence over. Africans are so religious they now send missionaries to Europe to revitalize religion in developed countries. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"st\"\u003E\"\u003Ci\u003EWe out\u003C\/i\u003E-Muhammad Muhammad and out-\u003Ci\u003EPope the Pope\u003C\/i\u003E\" - Dr. John Henrik Clarke.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003EIn Africa religion is a closed book, not an open book of discoveries of the wonders of life. Leaders utilize it to gain and maintain power, it is a proven weapon on the vulnerable, and people often fall prey to it. The continent consists of societies where people attempt to live like the Arabs of the 7\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E century, where people aim for high priesthood in Europe, and children conditioned to think that they were born with religious dogma when it is clearly a learned behavior. This is similar to suggesting that a child is born a communist, a capitalist, a socialist or a patriot. These are not innate human traits but dogmas a person accepts uncritically (usually as a child when they don't know any better and can't think for themselves).\u0026nbsp;For example, a person would die for a country in the same way they would for a religion, or any other dogma, for that matter. It is essentially the thinking that a particular dogma accommodates that becomes an asset or a liability. Ultimately, any dogma that inhibits healthy skepticism is harmful. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003EAn individual with only religious education suffers a mental gap about how the world works. Their views are skewed, their brain functioning only from a certain perspective, while completely ignorant about practically all else in life. And this is the tragedy of Africa. Religion has taken its toll on Africa; it has crippled its ability to reason, to think clearly, to understand itself. It has destroyed its confidence and diminished its ability to positively contribute to the world in proportion to its potential. Africa must initiate an honest debate regarding the subject matter. The mind killing fear that sustains religiosity must be lifted and the youth given the opportunity to think logically and forwardly. It must come out of the box of religiosity, not necessarily become irreligious, to experience and enjoy such secular\/progressive values as human rights and freedom of expression that religions oppress. It must encourage free thought and enlightenment. Africa doesn't need aid, it needs critical thinkers, and currently those with critical thought flee to countries where they won't be oppressed. Countries in which the concept produced advancement and prosperity, countries that send aid to Africa.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit;\"\u003EThere is no doubt that religion appeals to certain individuals but those enthusiastic about religion should not quell the cognitive development of unsuspecting African children. Basically, if religion is so great, and could stand on its own entreaties, it wouldn't prey on innocent children by frightening them with real or imaginary punishments. It would instead attract adults through rational enticement. As it is now, religions only exist on mass brainwashing of vulnerable children and the solicitation of those ripe for its domination. Religions contain both positive and negative elements, both warrant equal analysis without prejudice.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3242304566935124200\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2013\/04\/religion-in-africa.html#comment-form","title":"3 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/3242304566935124200"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/3242304566935124200"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2013\/04\/religion-in-africa.html","title":"Religion In Africa"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Ciyaalka Xaafadda"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/07506601413957311974"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TRjnOqfgfrI\/AAAAAAAAARw\/63rfWsuK09o\/S220-s88\/1.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-y9z2bUILzTA\/UVtkhaAofmI\/AAAAAAAAAV4\/3dppUB9n8Y4\/s72-c\/africa-flag-map.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"3"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048498988170485489.post-6328161905447965589"},"published":{"$t":"2013-03-23T18:39:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-04-12T17:59:03.339-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Af Soomaali"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hagardaamooyinka Maan Addoonsiga"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Soomaaliya: Siyaasadda Geeska Afrika ee Maanta"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-OCIr-xd3RlQ\/UVD_ufxgE5I\/AAAAAAAAAVo\/DE6qFEa8f14\/s1600\/sayidka.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-OCIr-xd3RlQ\/UVD_ufxgE5I\/AAAAAAAAAVo\/DE6qFEa8f14\/s320\/sayidka.jpg\" ssa=\"true\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\nGuud ahaan dalalka dunidu waxay leeyihiin dan ee ma leh saaxiib, asii ay danta daleed qeexayso in dalku uu yagleelo saaxiibbo badan oo joogto ah oo danaha lagu gabraarto. Siyaasaddu na waa wixii suurogal ah oo kula gudboon, ma aha wixii aad lexejeclo u qabto ee waa wixii dantu ku jirto, ayada ayaa waddo kuu jeexda ee adigu waddada uma jeexdid. Isla mar ahaantaas na waa hawlaha dawladeed ee la xiriira arrimaha siyaasadeed ee dalalku ay leeyihiin. Dal walba xiriirka uu dal kale la leeyahay waa u siyaasaddiisa gaar ahaaneed ee uu aayihiisa, jiritaankiisa iyo ujeeddooyinkiisa ku furdaamiyo.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nHaddaba siyaasadda Soomaaliyeed dhankaas waxaad mooddaa in ay muddo dheer dhantaalnayd oo ay ku dhisaalnayd dan-beel, horraantii burburkii dawladdii dhexe iyo ka dib ba. Ma muuqato dhiirrinaan, garasho iyo dhug loo leeyahay arrimaha adduunweynaha iyo siyaasadaha geyiga Geeska Afrika. Ma muuqato siyaasad xambaarsan danaha guud ee dalka. Waa la dheelliyay intii la liici karay, waa laga maahsanaa isbeddelada dhacayay oo la moogganaa qaab looga miro dhaliyo. Sidaas awgeed Soomaaliya ma yeelan saaxiib joogto ah oo dan siyaasadeed ay la wadaagto. Sidaas darteed siyaasadda Soomaaliyeed waxaa saameeyay jahowareer iyo habow.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWaxaa in muddo ah farogalin ku hayay dalal ay ugu darraayeen Itoobiya iyo Masar. Run ahaantii labadaas dal siyaasadda Soomaaliya dhumuc weyn ayay ku lahaayeen jiritaankeedii. Waxaa labadaas dal dhexaadiyay loollan gahayray oo ku salaysan biyaha webiga Niil. Sidaas awgeed ayay dawladihii is xigay ee Masar ay isku taxalujiyeen in ay Soomaaliya la yeeshaan gacansaar iyo saamayn ay ku fuliyaan danaha Masar. Waxay kaalin weyn Masaaridu ku lahayd dagaalkii ‘77dii ee Soomaaliya ku guuldarraysatay dhan siyaasadeed, militariyeed, dhaqaale iyo sibil ba ee waxyeelladiisii ay teer iyo maanta aloosan tahay.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFarogelintii Itoobiya ku haysay Soomaaliya labaatankii sano ee burburku jiray siyaasad ahaan iskaashigii Masar iyo Soomaaliya ayaa door weyn ku lahaa. Itoobiya waxay ka foojignayd dawlad Soomaaliyeed oo soo celisa xiriirkii militariyeed, dhaqaale iyo siyaasadeed ee ay la lahayd Masar. Kaas oo Itoobiyaanku u arkay khatar ku soo food leh maadaama Masar danayso in ay Itoobiya ku furto furimmo dagaal oo hor leh, gaar ahaan dawlad Soomaaliyeed oo aagga bari colaad kaga soo qaadda. Hankaas siyaasadeed ayuu Soomaaliya ka lahaa madaxweynihii hore ee Masaarida ee Anwar Saadaad markii uu u ololeeyay in Soomaaliya ku biirto ururka Jaammacadda Carabta.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMasaaridu dedaal dheer ayay had iyo goor ugu jiraan aafaynta Itoobiya. Tusaale ahaan waxaa jira ciidan kumaandoos ah oo ay Masar leedahay oo u tababbaran in ay ka dagaallamaan dhulal hawd iyo dhir miiran ah, taas oo Itoobiya ugu dhigan ciidan loogu talo galay dhulkeeda. Si ay cadaadis Itoobiyaanka u saaraan ayay Masaaridu xiriir dhinacyo badan leh la leedahay dalalka Suudaan iyo Soomaaliya oo labaduba soohdin dheer la wadaaga Itoobiya. Dhawaan waxaa magaalada Qaahira ee xarunta Masar warbaahinta ugu gooddiyay Itoobiya taliye sare oo ka tirsan ciidammada Sucuudi Carabiya, kaas oo si bareer ah oo aan looga baran Sucuudiyiinta ugu hanjabay Itoobiya ku na tilmaamay dal lid ku ah danaha iyo arrimaha dawladaha Carbeed.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeesta kale dawladda Itoobiya waxay ku hawlan tahay taageero ay ka kasbato reer Galbeedka oo ay u muujiso in ay tahay dal qaddiim ah oo Kiristaan ah oo sabool ah oo ay ku oodan yihiin dalal ay ka jiraan Islaamiisteyaal xagjir ah oo yididdiilo weyn u leh in ay tirtiraan jasiirad Kiristaan ah oo dhexdooda ku taal. Itoobiyaanku waa dadka ugu waddanisan Afrika waxaa na ka jira barnaamijyo taban oo dadweynaha iyo ciidammada lagu baraarujiyo oo ku saabsan dagaalka qabow ee biyaha webiga Niil. Biyaha webiga Niil boqolkiiba sagaashan waxay ka soo gororaan buuraha Itoobiya. Biyuhu Masar waa u nolol oo la’aantood waa baa’ba. Dagaalka qabow ee labada dal wuxuu soo jiray teer iyo 1929dii markii la saxeexay Heshiiskii Niil.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nHaddaba dagaalkaas qabow Soomaaliya dheef ugu ma jirto dhan walba, waxaa habboon in dalku gaar ka ahaado siyaasadaha isdiiddan iyo danaha qallafsan ee dalalku ay leeyihiin. Ogsoonaanta iyo u hoggaansanaanta xaqiiqdaasu waa in ay siyaasiyiinta Soomaaliyeed u lahaato taxaddar weyn oo aan yarayn. Isla mar ahaantaas waa in siyaasiyiinta Soomaaliyeed ay danaha dalka iyo dadka u baadigoobaan qaabka ay siyaasiyiinta dalalka kale ugu heeggan yihiin oo waxtarkooda lagu cabbiro heerarkaas.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDhawaan ayay ahayd markii Masar ay Muqdisho u soo dirtay wasiirka arrimaha dibedda oo ay ku dhawaaqday iskaashi dheellitiran. Heshiiskaasu waxa uu durba walbahaar ku abuuray madaxda dawladda Itoobiya, waxaa xigay in ciidammadii Itoobiya ee saacidayay ciidammada dawladda Soomaaliyeed ee ku sugan gobollada Bay iyo Bakool dib-u-gurasho ku dhaqaaqay, sidaas awgeed na ay Shabaab qabsatay Xudur.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDanta siyaasadeed ee uu dal leeyahay waxaa ugu horraysa sugidda soohdimaha iyo xiriirka deriska, taas oo ka horraysa xiriirrada dal ama dalal fog lala yeesho, gaar ahaan marka uu loollan iyo dagaal qabow ka dhexeeyo dal dhaw iyo mid fog. Xodxodashada Masaaridu waa mid dan daleed lagu gabraarto oo aan u roonayn Soomaaliya iyo guud ahaan Geesta Afrika. Mar waa colaad hor leh, mar waa Carabaysi iyo saamayn, mar na waa siyaasad gurracan.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMasuuliyiinta Muqdisho waa in ay u dhugyeeshaan tagtadii shalay, waa in ay ka foojignaadaan ujeeddooyinka gurracan iyo dalalka durba meelo fog uga gacan haatiyay oo aan dhib hor leh loo loogin bulshada daashay. Khaas ahaan kuwii shalay ku dhaayaday ba’ii iyo hooggii ummaddu dhexmaquurtay oo ay weli ka soo kabanin. Ma jiraan gacaltooyo iyo gacanqabad ay Masaaridu iyo ururka Jaammacadda Carabtu Soomaaliya tareen oo la taaban karo muddadii burburka, haatan oo ay Soomaaliya cagaheeda ku istaagaysana ma muuqdaan kuwo hor leh, waxaa un muuqata fursad ay dareemeen oo burinayaan, taas oo waxyeello mooyaane aan\u0026nbsp;faa’iidooyin u holladayn dalka iyo dadka."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/feeds\/6328161905447965589\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2013\/03\/soomaaliya-siyaasadda-geeska-afrika-ee.html#comment-form","title":"3 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/6328161905447965589"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/6328161905447965589"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2013\/03\/soomaaliya-siyaasadda-geeska-afrika-ee.html","title":"Soomaaliya: Siyaasadda Geeska Afrika ee Maanta"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Ciyaalka Xaafadda"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/07506601413957311974"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TRjnOqfgfrI\/AAAAAAAAARw\/63rfWsuK09o\/S220-s88\/1.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-OCIr-xd3RlQ\/UVD_ufxgE5I\/AAAAAAAAAVo\/DE6qFEa8f14\/s72-c\/sayidka.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"3"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048498988170485489.post-3679009356996732257"},"published":{"$t":"2012-09-07T11:20:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-11-27T18:14:48.873-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Baraarug"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Fact vs Faith"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TTPeVQzJEEI\/AAAAAAAAAT0\/O5PN-s_WRlQ\/s1600\/sayidka.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563034421600784450\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TTPeVQzJEEI\/AAAAAAAAAT0\/O5PN-s_WRlQ\/s400\/sayidka.jpg\" style=\"float: left; height: 110px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 374px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003EThe difference between faith and fact is the difference between reality and illusion. Facts are real and undeniable, faith is belief in that which cannot be proven factual. The two have no relationship and oppose each other, to accept one is to repudiate the other. Facts are evidence based on reason and reality removing any doubt, facts win over belief or imagination or wishful thinking. They guide us through rationalization in our daily lives which without we would be in trouble. A rational approach starts with data and then works \ntowards a conclusion, belief starts with the\n conclusion and then works backwards looking for data that fits. In this regard theological explanation of reality - or belief - is trounced by scientific explanation of reality - or facts. Ultimately facts are something that exist, the truth. A truth based on actual experience and observation.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFaith on the other hand is belief in the absence of reason, something that is not based on proof. At one time all things were attributed to gods but as science has been \nable to explain them man has backed up and stopped making some claims, \nbut goes on to continue saying that what's left unexplained is the works \nof gods. When the religious are confronted with facts profane ad hominem attacks follow because their views are shaped by faith and not facts and faith cannot explain facts. All religions share a prime universally common trait, (belief in \nlack of evidence i.e 'faith') most can be generalized in conversation \nand debate for utter lack of evidence. This is where in essence the scientific method is turned inside out. The\n virtuous thing is to just believe, to accept what you are told is \ntruth, and that questioning or even looking for proof or evidence is a \nbad thing to do.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFaith is not subject to critical thought. It is only subject to critical FEELING. As if emotions were the key to knowledge. Also, interestingly\/suspiciously in the faith tradition the lack of \ncritical thought (aka questioning) of faith is thought to be a virtue. It unequivocally stipulates without any shred of evidence that god is a concept to describe the life force that bonds everything together. For example: A young person starts researching his or her religion only to create\n doubt that their religion is correct. This person goes to the local \npreacher and asks what he\/she should do. The preacher responds \"you must\n have faith\".\nThis simple statement tells the young person to ignore the evidence and believe regardless. Here the mind is shaped and boxed to only accept a certain view regardless of the objectivity of reason\/reality and life of fear begins because without fear religion cannot exist on faith alone. Blind reliance on miracles, angels, demons and other supernatural \ninvisible beings take precedent, inoculating the individual from \nrationality.  This also exemplifies the established correlation between religiosity and low educational attainment.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe relationship between religiosity and lower intelligence and that between higher educational attainment and lower religiosity (religion vs intelligence) stems from the religious' intuitive thinking processes and the non-religious' reflective and analytical thinking respectively. And although both (intuitive thinkers and analytical thinkers) may possess similar understanding of fact versus faith the thinking styles differ significantly. Intuitive thinkers incorrigibly maintain childhood indoctrination whereas critical thinkers comprehensively analyze, question and reflect objectively. This type of thinkers tend to place greater emphasis on emotion compared to the other group, and prevalent in developing countries. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe critical component of fear in religion blurs reality and facts to sustain the belief system much of which is presented as self righteousness. Maintaining religious domination which clearly lacks facts and truth requires utilization of fear as a primal weapon. In early human evolution the survival instinct of fear has been exploited by religions for a variety of reasons. Constant fear is a mind killer. The acceptability of the idea of religious observance as a consequence of fear of death, hell, etc, remains accentuated to this day. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThere have been thousands upon thousands of gods\/faiths invented by men throughout the ages. Gods come and gods go, and yet not one has ever actually done anything \nor actually been seen or heard by anyone. Factually speaking none merit actuality since all are based on stories told ad nauseum without any regard for facts. (People have claimed to see \nor hear a god, but this can be discounted as hallucination or mental \nillness.) If religions were fact-based there would be no need for fear and brainwashing of susceptible young minds because facts would be presented instead. Faith is emotion based and shouldn't be confused with facts and reality. This rudimentary compartmentalization of religiosity, although vague, \nrequires more comprehensive understanding and elucidation because of \ncatastrophic consequences associated with it (death and destruction in \nappeasement of the unknown)."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3679009356996732257\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2012\/09\/fact-vs-faith.html#comment-form","title":"10 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/3679009356996732257"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/3679009356996732257"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2012\/09\/fact-vs-faith.html","title":"Fact vs Faith"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Ciyaalka Xaafadda"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/07506601413957311974"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TRjnOqfgfrI\/AAAAAAAAARw\/63rfWsuK09o\/S220-s88\/1.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TTPeVQzJEEI\/AAAAAAAAAT0\/O5PN-s_WRlQ\/s72-c\/sayidka.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"10"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048498988170485489.post-6969527066920575434"},"published":{"$t":"2012-09-06T15:02:00.010-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-11-25T06:12:56.834-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Baraarug"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Carabta"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Mawali"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TTPeVQzJEEI\/AAAAAAAAAT0\/O5PN-s_WRlQ\/s1600\/sayidka.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563034421600784450\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TTPeVQzJEEI\/AAAAAAAAAT0\/O5PN-s_WRlQ\/s400\/sayidka.jpg\" style=\"float: left; height: 110px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 374px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 100%;\"\u003EThroughout history each group of people in every corner of the world has had its own religion(s). Religion is a medieval philosophical construct in which the primitive man  maintained societal control over the masses. It was dominantly structured institution filling the void of  science or government to (philosophically) explain the inexplicable, lacking independent analytical investigation and substantiation. Religions thrive in belief and faith without facts by stifling independent thought. Faith is the ultimate blindfold for realizing the truth, it is the  justification for believing in something that is not based upon tangible  substance and empirical evidence. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 100%;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 100%;\"\u003EFor the religious faith constitutes fact. \u003C\/span\u003EThe superstitious drivel religions permeate cultivate sensationalism and absolutism while counteractively opposing reason, logic and fact. It's basically conquer and subdue with fear, and promise of punishment and exceptionalism.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 100%;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 100%;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 100%;\"\u003EReligions share enormous \nsimilarities; each copies its predecessor(s) yet denies - or claims its \npredecessors have been corrupted - and rejects all other religions, and the extent to \nwhich they're similar is that if one is true then they might as well all\n be true. If gods were factual, and not based on blind faith, there would be thousands upon thousands \nof gods out there. \u003C\/span\u003EPrior to the arrival of Islam the religion of Somalia was Waaq for thousands of years and was entirely locale in customs and identity. In the same way Islam remains entirely inherently characteristically Arabic, Waaqism was Somali in all aspects - although shared by Cushitic peoples of East Africa. When Arabs came to Somalia and Islam spread by the sword to that area it propagated complete fundamental transformation of society.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESimilar methods were deployed elsewhere Islam spread to; initially spreading by the sword followed by persistent systemic indoctrination of the locals for centuries. All human developmental milestones and achievements of the conquered  morphed into Arabism, and now referred to as \"the golden age of Islam\"  despite the fact that there was nothing golden about it for the locals. Because Islam is undoubtedly an Arab centric religion, in Islam Arabs are  considered the best people and non Arabs are \"Mawali\". Islamized nations became clients\/slaves - or Mawali - for the Arabs. Since Islam (like Christianity) seeks to wipe out memory of and   identification with pre-conversion history, cultural practices,   traditional affiliations and loyalties prevalent in original   geographical locales that may go against theological sanction, a gradual   Arabisation of consciousness occurs, along with assimilation to the   Arabic world view. In this sense a narrow racial identity is   superimposed, oriented towards Makkah, glorifying Arabian culture, mode   of dress, food habits, its general ethos, its conventions, the Rule of   the Sharia' and also Arabic as the language of the Holy Book (even   though they may not understand it personally). This is the fate of the Mawali.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Mawali made great strides to disregard and destroy everything they cherished to now spend their lives becoming all things Arabic. Their lives are now bound to Arabism through Islam and they are to spend the rest of their lives becoming a better Muslim even if that means living like the 7th century Arab tribal desert dwellers from which Islam spread from. The conquerors imposed propositions that included  learning Arabic to communicate with their new god, Allah. Evidently even most ardent Mawali Quranic scholars face  difficulties understanding it and constantly contradict  themselves. Yet despite the glaring inconsistencies they will form an unprecedented emotional attachment to it, they will claim all knowledge comes from the Quran, will claim it cures diseases and engage in cognitive dissonance.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor Arabs Islam is a national identity, they felt Allah has sent them  this religion for their people alone and initially rejected spreading Islam to non Arabs. Islam gave them everything they could possibly  want and more. A non practicing Arab Muslim feels closer to Islam than  the most pious non Arab Muslim since for Arabs Islam is his\/hers and  others are simply emulating them to be closer to their Allah. Under  Sharia law the Mawali cannot marry Arab women, although an Arab man  might marry a Mawali women. It's a hierarchical system in which the Quraysh tribes of the prophet remain the highest and most favored by Allah;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESahih Bukhari 4.56.704:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAllah's apostle said; \"\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAuthority of ruling will remain with Quraysh, and whoever bears hostility to them, Allah will destroy him\u003C\/b\u003E as long as they abide by the laws of the religion.\u003C\/i\u003E\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 100%;\"\u003ESahih Bukhari 4.56.705:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 100%;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003ENarrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet said, “\u003Cb\u003EAuthority of ruling will remain with Quraish, even if only two of them remained.\u003C\/b\u003E“\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 100%;\"\u003EA Mawali's life mission is to blindly follow what Arab rulers say – because only  they are the blessed ones to have received Allah’s last message in their  own language – and work for propagation of Islam so that an Arab can  tomorrow become a Caliph. This is the reason why the more extremist a Mawali, the more likely they are to emulate Arabs while deliberately destroying their own culture and identity. The spread of Wahabbism has brought about a level of Arab-centric domination of non Arab Muslims unseen in modern times (consequent of Arab petro dollars). Simply put, they got money and began to expand the sphere of influence, for the Mawalis this has caused terror, suicide bombings, etc. This pattern has been repeated in much of history, it's the reason religions have caused more death and destruction than any other  ideology in human history.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 100%;\"\u003EOddly enough, Arab Muslim countries managed to largely escape unscathed by the horror that has befallen on Mawali nations. For example, a Yemeni Al Qaeda leaders ordered his Mawali extremists to go back to their nations and carry the terror there rather than in Yemen, which has most members of the group yet suffered minor terror attacks in comparison to Pakistan, Somalia, Afghanistan, etc. It's understandable that things were different a thousand years ago, but in this day and age, people are best served by their own critical thinking skills and comprehensive analysis of an ideology. Particularly one that is causing oppression, death and destruction across continents by overzealous and emotionally unstable\/immature illiterate men with big beards who are against time itself and romanticize a return to glory days (in which their ancestors were slaves in bloody wars) that they have been told over and over.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 100%;\"\u003EToday Islam remains nothing more than a political agenda for the racial superiority of Arabs and even moderate Muslims are under attack for not being completely pro Arab by Wahabi extremists. The Mawali (the Islamized non Arabs) cannot think independently and freely, their lives are a closed book. Life has been prepackaged for them and they have to followed sets of rules completely alien to them, whereas the exploration of life and its beauty is an open book for non Mawalis worldwide. The enjoyment and fruitfulness of life has been misconstrued as something foreign and out of their bounds. It's an unfortunate and terrible burden to carry. Curtailment of independent analytical thought and mass brainwashing are dangerous combinations regardless of who performs or how it's conducted. \u0026nbsp; \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 100%;\"\u003EEntire civilizations have been completely\n destroyed replaced by oppressive theocratic Islamic governance \nsystems. It's hard to imagine people entirely willingly succumb to a \nforeign set of rules and rituals, for this reason Islam spread by\n the sword and maintains by fear and oppression (oppression of the \nindividual, the human soul, and the society) rather than free will. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/feeds\/6969527066920575434\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2012\/09\/the-mawali.html#comment-form","title":"20 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/6969527066920575434"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/6969527066920575434"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2012\/09\/the-mawali.html","title":"The Mawali"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Ciyaalka Xaafadda"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/07506601413957311974"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TRjnOqfgfrI\/AAAAAAAAARw\/63rfWsuK09o\/S220-s88\/1.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TTPeVQzJEEI\/AAAAAAAAAT0\/O5PN-s_WRlQ\/s72-c\/sayidka.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"20"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048498988170485489.post-5360075418383433923"},"published":{"$t":"2011-12-01T02:10:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-12-01T17:11:51.508-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Eebbeyaashii Soomaaliyeed"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Garasho iyo Xornimo"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"THE LAND OF THE GODS: A brief study of Somali Etymology and its historio-linguistic potential"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TTPfUgUJE5I\/AAAAAAAAAUM\/WUZKSVQBGpI\/s1600\/sayidka.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 374px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 110px; CURSOR: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563035508097487762\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TTPfUgUJE5I\/AAAAAAAAAUM\/WUZKSVQBGpI\/s400\/sayidka.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI. INTRODUCTION\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhen the author first began the present study of Somali etymology way back in 1982, it was more in the form of a hobby than anything serious. As a matter of fact, the author had neither the academic training nor the resources to embark on the study of a subject as complex as Somali etymology without even the benefit of a precedent. However, his success with the first set of words was an inspiration and convinced him that Somali was an indeed antiquated medium with a rich potential for historio-linguistic study.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn the course of the present limited study, the author not only had to enrich his somewhat rudimentary knowledge of Arabic and Oromo but also found it prudent to study Egyptology, Islam and Christianity – subjects he thought of potential value to the study.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor the purpose of the present study, the author carefully selected scores of important cultural words to work on. Occasionally, he had to ponder and sit on a single word for days, weeks or even months before he could split a word and understand its components. Naturally, the first word that topped the list was intriguing and often misinterpreted name of both the language and its speakers – Somali.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe present study is by no means conclusive. A lot more needs to be done to realize the full historio-linguistic potential of Somali. As an amateur linguist, the author hopes to stimulate interest among linguists, historians and archeologists and provide them with a fresh perspective of the country known as ‘The land of gods’. Its people and their language. If it succeeds in this endeavor, then it would have served its purpose.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EII. THE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESomalis are a homogenous race of mainly nomads and occupy a vast but sparsely populated territory between Djibouti on the red Sea and Tana River in the north-eastern Kenya. Believed a member of the Eastern Cushitic group, which also includes the Afar, Oromo, Rendille and others, Somali are Sunni Muslims of the Shafi sect. Though generally fanatic in defence of Islam, Somalis tend to be rather liberal in practice. Companions of the Prophet Muhammad reportedly migrated to the Horn of Africa only a few years after Islam’s appearance in its birth-place of Mecca. To this day, however, the faith is yet to make a significant impact on the lives of these hardy nomads and appears to blend well with some age-old pagan traditions.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHistorically, very little was known about the Somali people’s pre-Islamic past. Despite recent fossil and genetic evidence which strongly advocate the theory that mankind originated in Africa, and East Africa in particular, there was relatively little archeological study of the Somali peninsula. Most archeologists and paleontologists tended to concentrate their search on the more hospitable and tourist-friendly countries of Tanzania, Kenya and Ethiopia. The logically more potential and geologically older terrain of Somalia was somehow ignored. The inhabitants of the Somali coasts were known to have contact and trade relations with the two known oldest civilizations of the world, namely ancient Egypt and Sumaria. Unlike ancient Egypt where scholars were able to uncover and translate numerous writings and records, our knowledge of Sumaria remained relatively scant and inadequate. The author, however, thought it of interest that Sumarian huts which were made of woven reed were an exact replica of a Somali nomad’s collapsible hut. Also strangely enough, the most important Sumarian deity, MARDUK, literally meant in Somali ‘The one who was once buried’.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPerhaps the earliest and most detailed historical record of Somalia was that of the famous Egyptian Queen Hatshepsut’s voyage to the Land of Punt in 1500 BC. On arrival there, however, the king and queen of Punt enquired of her why she came after her ancestors forsook them for a long time. Apparently, contact between the two countries did not begin with the queen’s visit but existed much earlier.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHATSHEPSUT'S TEMPLE, LUXOR\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/S1ICjCfoHgI\/AAAAAAAAABU\/L93X2yaM0DI\/s1600-h\/Hatshepsut%27s+Temple+in+Luxor.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427403301923069442\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/S1ICjCfoHgI\/AAAAAAAAABU\/L93X2yaM0DI\/s320\/Hatshepsut%27s+Temple+in+Luxor.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAncient Egyptian records narrate how would-be Pharaohs were ritually required to go on a pilgrimage to ‘The Land of the Gods’ prior to their ascent to the throne. The name ‘The Land of the Gods’ and this ritual were apparently lost to historians who failed to appreciate the fact that the country was an important centre of religion and the cradle of idol worship.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDEPICTED ON THE WALLS OF HATSHEPSUT'S TEMPLE\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E- RELIEFS OF THE EXPEDITION TO THE LAND OF PUNT\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E- THE CHIEF OF PUNT AND HIS WIFE\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E- GOLD COLLECTED FROM LAND OF PUNT\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/S1IBmPDSikI\/AAAAAAAAABM\/nXEwErrO6fg\/s1600-h\/Gold+collected+from+Land+of+Punt.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427402257321855554\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/S1IBmPDSikI\/AAAAAAAAABM\/nXEwErrO6fg\/s320\/Gold+collected+from+Land+of+Punt.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESadly, Egyptologists often worked on the premise that the ancient Egyptian civilization began along the fertile Nile Valley where farming and other so-called pre-requisites for civilizations were possible. Without disputing the fact that this civilization made tremendous development and reached its zenith along the Nile Valley, its humble beginnings could have originated elsewhere where time and conditions obliterated any visible signs of its existence. With its huge obelisks, gigantic pyramids, ruined cities and other priceless archaeological treasures, Egypt no doubt provided everything scholars ever dreamed of and much more – and they never looked beyond since.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhile the mysterious ‘Punt’ was probably the ancestor of the Somali speaking people (? The Biblical Phut in Genesis), it was mainly ‘The Land of the Gods’ which captured the imagination of the author. It was an indisputable fact that, in ancient civilizations, religion dominated the lives of people and formed the pillars of their culture. Little wonder that most of ancient Egypt’s gods as well as the most important components of their culture came from the country they knew as ‘The Land of the Gods’.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPaintings of their gods show at least six held the common Somali nomad’s HANGOOL – a handy stuff hook-shaped at one end and a V-shaped at the other traditionally used for handling thorn bushes. Another three gods held the slender Somali spear. Ancient Egyptian traditional dresses, the Royal scarf worn around the waist as well as the (Ivory) headrest all reminds one of the present day Somalia. Curiously enough, the beautifully decorated scarf to this day remained part of a Somali nomad girl’s ceremonial attire and was called BOQOR. The word BOQOR was also the only Somali word for king. While the method of burying the dead with their belongings was also a pre-Islamic Somali tradition, there where the persistent reports of the existence of man-made hills in north-east Somalia- a probable predecessor to ancient Egypt’s geometrical pyramids.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EApart from the ancient Egyptian records, the only detailed mention of pre-Islamic Somalia was that by the Greek geographers and travelers Herodotus, Strabo, Pliny, Ptolemy and cosmos Indicopleustas who visited the Red Sea coast between the first and fifth century A.D. According to their records, Somalia was then called Barbaria and its people were Barbars. The name Berber was apparently a corruption of Barbar and, therefore, Barbaria must have been the original homeland of the North African Berbers.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn all probability, the Red Sea Port city of Berbera was Barbara, the most important town in Barbaria. Perhaps it would be of interest to note here that the ancient Egyptian Hieroglyph was also called BARBA. Incidentally, BARBA in Somali meant ‘teach to write’ and was still in use in the old quarter of Mogadishu. BAR in Somali means ‘teach’ and BA was the first letter of the Hieroglyph as well as the Somali orthography. While the word Barbarism and Barbaric found its way into some European dictionaries in their correct spelling, they obviously referred to the hostile and ‘savage’ conduct of the North Africans who then were the only Barbars in contact with Europe.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnother unexpected source which the author found valuable was the two Holy Books of the two main monotheistic religions, namely the Bible and Qur’an. In the opinion of the author, the age of the two books and their reference to historical events renders them a valuable source which could not simply be ignored or dismissed. As a matter of fact, the two books provided some useful hints which added to the mounting etymological evidence at hand. For instance, the Biblical YAHWE (later turned Yehova and Jehova) was evidently the same as the Somali YAHU – traditionally invoked to ward off evil or danger. While the Cananite god ‘Pal’ was still present in Somalia in the same sense in one or two words, the ancient Aramaic name for the almighty, EBBE, was to this day the most commonly used names for God besides the Islamic ‘Allah’. The Biblical TUBAN-CAIN, whose profession was to make instruments (Genesis 4:22) was obviously a Greek mispronunciation of TUMAL, the Somali iron-monger.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAccording to the earliest interpretations of the Quran, the place where Cain slew his brother, Abel, was ‘GERIYAT’ which reportedly meant ‘The place of Death’. Incidentally, the hottest most desolate piece of desert in North-Western Somalia was called and thus also meant in Somali. GERIYAT (GEERIYAAD) lies about 25km south of the historical Red Sea Port of Zeila (probably the Biblical Zillah, the mother of TUBAL-CAIN). Also according to the Holy Quran, WAD (the ancient Hamite god) was one of the five idol-gods worshipped during the time of Prophet Noah. There was now etymological evidence that WAD was a Somali deity as also was HOBAL and several of ancient Egypt’s gods.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIII. THE LAND OF THE GODS\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELinguistically, Somali was classified as a member of the Eastern Cushitic sub-group of the Cushitic branch of the Hamito-Semitic family. Languages that belong to the Hamito-Semitic family were usually sub-divided into branches that represented dialects of the original parent language. These were Semitic, Egyptian, Berber, Cushitic and Chadic.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhile some linguists rejected the existence of a genetic affinity between the Chadic and other branches of the Hamito-Semitic, others accepted it Similarly, on the basis of the low percentage of vocabulary items shared between the West Cushitic languages and other members of the Cushitic branch, some scholars classified West Cushitic as a separate branch of the Hamito-Semitic known as Omotic. Still others connect Omotic with the Chadic group.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn view of such considerable differences of opinion among linguists as to which language belonged to which group and the criteria to be applied in identifying a language, it would in the view of the author, be wise to expand the scope of the criteria to be applied. Just as new genetic evidence points to the fact that all human beings came from the same family of man and woman, available linguistic evidence also points to the same genetic origin of all languages. Obviously, the present criterion for classifying languages on the basis of the common origin of the most ancient vocabulary and word elements used to express grammatical relations were clearly inadequate and the cause of such difference of opinion. Consequently, a study of a language’s etymology would not only add to our knowledge of a people’s ancient history and culture but could also help in determining the age of a language as well as its relationship with other languages. However, the study of the word formation of a language was a rather complex subject and could only be attempted by a native with a fairly large reservoir of vocabulary, an inner feeling for the cultural circumstances in which a word formed as well as a working knowledge of other sister languages. Studying a language as a foreign medium was, in the opinion of the author, hardly enough to comprehend variations of the words of an ancient yet living language such as Somali.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUnfortunately, the present study raises more questions than it provides answers in a discipline already beset with conflicting theories and arguments. However, whatever linguistic characteristics Somali seems to share with other languages of the Cushitic group, the presence of a fairly large number of ancient objects of worship as well as names of God clearly separates it from the group and calls for a more comprehensive study of the language.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E(P.S. For the purpose of clarity, gods of Somali origin identified in the study as well as Somali words used are rendered in the new Somali orthography.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EContrary to the accepted traditional classification and the recent claim by Prof. M. Nuh (PhD UCLA 1981) that Somali separated from parent Cushitic some 3000 to 3500 years ago, it was evident from the study the language could well belong to the ancient stage of the Hamito-Semitic if not earlier. The fact that it survived almost intact over several millennia could probably be due to its speakers’ unchanged pastoralist way of life and their almost geographical isolation in the North-Eastern corner of the Horn of Africa.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EProbably the most important word in the Somali language is its name, i.e. SOMALI. Often misunderstood and occasionally misinterpreted by Somali and foreign scholars alike, the author thought it befitting that the study should begin with it. Contrary to all erroneous theories advanced and meanings attributed to it, the name was a simple Somali noun describing the profession of its speakers, namely SOMAAL. In old Somali, so’ meant meat – now replaced by the modern word HILIB. Among speakers of MAI dialect, however, SO’ was still very much in use and was the only word for meat. The suffix MAAL means to live on or to make gain from. Hence SO’MAAL literally means ‘one who lives on meat’ – in other words a pastoralist.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EApparently, in ancient times, Somalis were more efficiently divided along professional lines as opposed to the present cumbersome system of lineage. The TUMAAL was the iron-monger, BAAJIMAAL was the potter and BIYOMAAL (literally the one who lives on or makes gain from water) was either a cultivator or a fisher. Presently, a sub-clan of the main Dir clan-family is called BIYOMAAL and live along the lower parts of the Shabelle river – though they practice both farming and pastoralism. To this day, however, the SO’MAAL, TUMAAL and BAAJIMAAL live true to their old professions. In line with similar words in the language, the difficult-to-pronounce Hamzah (’) in SO’MAAL was later dropped and replaced by the long vowel SOOMAAL.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe only other Somali word with the suffix MAAL was DUMAAL which meant ‘one who gained from death’. DUMAAL was the word commonly used for wife-inheritance. In Somali tradition, a man is expected to inherit the wife of his deceased brother. Similarly, in the event of death of one’s wife, her younger sister is usually given to him in marriage to take the place of her deceased elder sister. Therefore, in Somali, a sister-in-law was a DUMAASHI (which should have basically been DUMAAL-SHI).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWAD’AAD (now WADAAD), evidently the pre-Islamic word for priest (man of religion) was still commonly used and contained the ancient ‘Hamitic’ god WAD. Hence WAD’AAD, or more recently WADAAD, meant the attendant of WAD. In modern Somali, WAD meant ‘death’. Similarly, DAR’AAD (currently GARAAD) meant ‘an expert in law’ – probably the clan advocate. In modern Somali, however, GARAAD today means prince or Sultan of a clan.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnother supposedly ‘ancient Hamitic god’, HOBAL, also was evidently of Somali origin. HOOBAL – alternatively HOOYAL – was probably the best known of all Somali gods and continues to dominate Somali poetry and traditional folklore songs. Pagan Arabia’s most important god, HUBAL, was none other than the Somali HUBAL, co-opted and given an Arabised sound. In modern Somali today, HOBAL, was understood to mean ‘Artiste’. The ancient god was probably the patron-god of Somali literature.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUndoubtedly the most important aspect of the present study was the Somali-Egyptian relationship. Present linguistic evidence showed at least five of ancient Egypt’s gods came from or had obvious links with the country they at times called ‘The Land of the Gods’. For instance, the supreme sun god, RA’ (also alternatively called RA and RE) occurs as a component of a number of culturally-important Somali words. The all-important ritual word for slaughter, GOWRAC, clearly indicates the sun god was as old as the language itself. GOWRAC literally meant ‘cut for RAC’. The Oromo word for the same ritual was GORA’ with a Hamzah substituted for the more difficult to pronounce C (’). RA was the only god Somali shared with other Eastern Cushitic branch with the exception of Waq which it also shares with the Oromo. Other Somali words which also contained the supreme sun god GARAC (an illegitimate child), ARRAWEELO (AR-RA-WEELO), the legendary pagan queen who castrated a whole generation of the Somali menfolk. ARRAWEELO literally meant ‘The one who obeyed RA’. The Somali word for ‘wrong’ was GURRAC (GUR-RAC). GUR meant ‘the left hand’, which in most languages stood for ‘wrong’.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe two words GARRE (GAR-RE) and BARRE (BAR-RE) incorporated the third alias of the sun god, RE. Consequently, GARRE meant the same as GARAC – both meaning an illegitimate child. Hence the saying “GARRE GARAC MALE” – meaning the GARRE (a clan in the south) have no illegitimate child. It was an accepted tradition to this day among the clan that a newly-wed bride was immediately taken away by young herdsmen and could not be returned to her husband until she was pregnant. BARRE (BAR-RE) meant god’s rain. BAR means rain drops as in BARWAAQO (BAR-WAQ).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHOROUS, the second most important of ancient Egypt’s gods, also appears to have originated in the ‘Land of the gods’. The dark falcon deity (Somali ABOODI) still remains a much feared bird. It was believed to be particularly dangerous to newly-born babies and nursing mothers. A piece of the bird’s bones or its claw was traditionally tied around the infant as a protection against its harmful spells. In North-Eastern Somalia in particular, the male name HORUSE was given to a child of dark complexion. To protect themselves against the falcon’s evil eye, nursing mothers often carry a knife or a short stick of the WAGAR tree. Incidentally, the Egyptian pharaohs reportedly carried the same WAGAR stuff to the battlefield to ensure victory against the enemy.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOSIRIS, another of ancient Egypt’s gods who reportedly ruled the underworld after being killed by SET (Ed. Somali SED), was evidently a Greek distortion of ISIR and WASIIR in Somali. Today, Somalis sometimes refer to AB and ISIR in their denial of an accusation that was culturally horrendous. One usually says \"I have neither AB nor ISIR for such an act\" – meaning I have neither the genetic probability nor the cultural or religious orientation to commit such a horrendous act.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe pair WALCAN and WASIIR, now on their way to oblivion, were also used in a similar but slightly varying context. In modern Somali, however, ISIR was commonly used as a female name.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENEPHDEYS and BES, two less prominent ancient Egyptian gods, also appear to have some affinity with the Somali language. While NAF in Somali meant ‘soul’, NEF meant ‘breath’. Hence NEPHDEYS literally would mean ‘The one who releases breath – a function more or less attributed to the ancient god. BES in Somali meant ‘One who was in his or her deathbed’ – also a function the latter god was associated with.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe ancient Cananite god, PAL, was still alive in Somali in the same sense but probably in only two words – UUR-KU-BAALE-LE and YABAAL. The rarely used UUR-KU-BAAL-LE meant ‘One who has BAL in him’. One would usually ask: “How do you expect me to know your intentions? Do you think I have BAAL in me?” In essence, this meant only one who had BAAL in him could foretell the hidden or the unknown. YABAAL, possibly an alternative name for BAAL, was usually associated with the voice, of an invisible being that told one what to do or not to do in time of crisis in the wilderness.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFinally, the ancient Mayan Sea god, MANYA, simply meant sea in the Somali dialect spoken in the old quarters of Mogadishu.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIV. CONCLUSION\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe above brief study of Somali etymology does not attempt to re-classify the language nor does it set its probable age. But the evident fact that Somali contains the two most ancient ‘Hamitic’ gods, WAD and HOBAL, at least five of ancient Egypt’s most prominent deities as well as two Semitic and one Cananite ancient names of god clearly calls for a thorough review of this medium hitherto classified as Eastern Cushitic.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETrue to its old name ‘The Land of the gods’, Somalia was probably a very important center of religion in ancient times and the probable cradle of idol-worship for both sides of the Red Sea and farther afield. The fact that the Horn of Africa was the oldest settlement that combined both Hamites and Semites also lends more credibility to the current popular theory that human species originated in the East African region.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWithout any attempt to draw any conclusions, the present brief study merely seeks to shed some light on our knowledge of the Somali language and its mainly pastoralist speakers who until now attracted comparatively little attention from scholars. It was evident further study was needed not only to re-classify the language and assess its probable age but also to realize its full historio-linguistic potential.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBy Abukar Ali"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5360075418383433923\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2010\/01\/land-of-gods-brief-study-of-somali.html#comment-form","title":"9 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/5360075418383433923"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/5360075418383433923"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2010\/01\/land-of-gods-brief-study-of-somali.html","title":"THE LAND OF THE GODS: A brief study of Somali Etymology and its historio-linguistic potential"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Ciyaalka Xaafadda"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/07506601413957311974"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TRjnOqfgfrI\/AAAAAAAAARw\/63rfWsuK09o\/S220-s88\/1.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TTPfUgUJE5I\/AAAAAAAAAUM\/WUZKSVQBGpI\/s72-c\/sayidka.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"9"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048498988170485489.post-2185923344493978530"},"published":{"$t":"2011-07-02T07:32:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-07-03T06:23:24.653-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Garasho iyo Xornimo"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Somalis’ Aversion to Reality Based Politics"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TTPfUgUJE5I\/AAAAAAAAAUM\/WUZKSVQBGpI\/s1600\/sayidka.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 374px; height: 110px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TTPfUgUJE5I\/AAAAAAAAAUM\/WUZKSVQBGpI\/s400\/sayidka.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563035508097487762\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EThe purpose of this paper is to discuss reality-based politics and how that essential feature is peculiarly missing from our political discourse. Meanwhile, I will not to turn this short piece into didactic and moralizing dissertation. It is common knowledge that beyond crisis, Somalia is in dire straits in all aspects of the country’s societal life. So there is no need to dwell on that. What I am interested in discussing is the apparent gaping hole that the Somali intellectuals habitually tiptoe around when thrashing out issues related to Somali politics. Specifically, the very notion of trying to reach for plethora of quotes of long dead men and ancient parables from cultural milieus far removed from Somalia in terms of social organization and history.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOften the treatises put forth make for good reading as they are well crafted, even elegant. Their problem lies in the absence of much substance in bringing about clarity to the pressing issues of the day. The best of them identifies a well- known villain as stocking horse and rides it to death. In fact, if some of these pieces were food that one had to consume to get energy, their nutritional value would in all likelihood not be any better than the empty calories found in popcorn. Why? Because in the author’s rush to wax eloquent about amorphous philosophical concerns and far flung strategies, key elements including the reality on the ground, the historical record and the dictates of pragmatism, to say nothing of the imperative for fair play in social engineering are ignored. And, beyond the need to manage the present-day crisis, this issue of social engineering or its lack thereof is at the crux of Somalia’s political failure.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Need for Crisis Management\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn crisis situations, disputants are often forced to make important decisions. When an aggrieved party to an on-going political fiasco realizes what was a long brewing conflict is getting out of hand, the last thing this party needs to do is to delay corrective action. Under normal circumstances, strategic thinking is employed towards an optimum resolution. But when an entire society is lurching from crisis mode of operation to precipitously dysfunction, snap decisions are not only inevitable but in some cases necessary. Waiting until the situation is totally unmanageable is akin to pursuing fool’s errand.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EImperative of Power Sharing\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPower sharing is too important a field to be left to debating societies given to chasing after idle exercises and trivial pursuits. Nor can the dimwitted policies of failed regimes such as the TFG in Mogadishu be expected to be magic potions or cure-alls; to many Somali communities they represent more like poison pills!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn the civil war wracked Arab country of Iraq, even the recent relatively successful election failed to diminish the struggle for power between the various communities. As in Somalia, the shaping of the draft constitution remains a major bone of contention. This is because its outcome will determine the formula by which resources will be shared between the regions and allocated within the purview of the central government. Equally important, it will delineate the degree to which communities will retain self-rule to be able to manage their own affairs. This is the reason why contending communities require having adequate voices in the corridors of power so that their issues of interest would be heard and acted upon satisfactorily.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn Iraq, the parties are all on record agreeing to a “federal system of governance that preserves the unity of the state, advances the aspirations of the ethnic and sectarian groups, and is administratively viable”. In other words, the federal states would control all affairs not explicitly assigned to the national government. No such luck in Somalia, which indicates that the situation is really as hopeless as it seems. Hence, self-interested obfuscation or over simplification will not lead to real solution; it can only delay the day of reckoning!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EStill, in many ways, Somalia’s situation is not dissimilar to that of Iraq. All one has to do is to substitute sunni and Shi’a Arabs for the extant Somali clans and you get the picture. What is called for, therefore, is for commentators to have the presence of mind to be able to examine the situation with the objective reality in mind. That’s all. No need to fulminate ad infinitum about unspecified offenders and tangential, free-wheeling issues of all stripes.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThere is a lot at stake. Not too many Somalis of good conscience would, under the current environment of excessive political corruption, be willingly to leave the fate of their communities to the tender mercies of the avaricious cabal in and around Villa Somalia. This is not so complicated a matter to appreciate. And no amount of over intellectualizing could conceal the simple truths that situation reveals about the low ebb into which the Somali society has fallen. Nor can we Somalis blame the whole sordid affair of repeated societal failures on Ethiopia’s reviled, ruling Tigre, minority regime—a community of mere three million members at best. (Somalis throughout the Horn of Africa and elsewhere are estimated to be over 20,0000,000 strong).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECongenital Problem Overlooked\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESomalia’s self-styled politicians have become renowned for deceptive practices interspersed with hastily contrived unilateral decisions that are typically presented to the public on take it or leave it propositions. This is dangerous in a land without institutional checks and rampant abuse of power. The habit of entrenched mendacity on the part of the present ruling clique, aka, TFG has gone on far too long. This is in part because on a number of occasions, aggrieved communities decided not to challenge their set up in the interest of national unity or in the hope of helping to bring about a genuine reconciliation. That gesture of moderation allowed the foregoing problem to continue unabated. As a result the corrupt practices began to develop longer tentacles, greased by bribes. If these practices are not cut root and branch, they would choke the life out of not only specific communities but the society as a whole (sooner rather than later).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EConclusion\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBy engaging in unrestrained indulgences of malfeasance and misfeasance, the two Shariifs, their minions, diaspora enablers and sympathizers are all but ignoring the predicates of true national reconciliation, namely equitable distribution of power. Is it any wonder then that the wretched state of affairs wrought by the two wicked Shariifs and their surreptitious diaspora supporters failed repeatedly to engender confidence in the Somali people. This is another compelling reason why no one in his right mind would find fault with the communities at the receiving end of the cabal’s abuse of power, such as it is, for rejecting out of hand their latest proposed administration—a team some of the key members of which were recruited directly from Sheikh Shariif’s personal staff—to prolong the current TFG misrule. In this context, the exemplar role played by people including Awad A. Ashare, MP, deserves praise for talking truth to power or, in this instance, to those wishing to usurp the power that belongs to the Somali people, collectively. Mr. Ashare along with other courageous colleagues reminded the would-be emperors masquerading as national leaders that they have no clothes.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFinally, it has been said that geography is destiny. If corruption and mischief is going to be the order of the day in Somali politics for the foreseeable future then the Somali nation state will wither in the vine and may not make it to when and if sanity returns to the Somali peninsula. So it may very well become de rigueur that, to unite the Somali clans one day organically into a cohesive national polity, they may be justified to go their own separate ways (at least for the time being).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAli A. Fatah"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/feeds\/2185923344493978530\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/somalis-aversion-to-reality-based.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/2185923344493978530"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/2185923344493978530"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/somalis-aversion-to-reality-based.html","title":"Somalis’ Aversion to Reality Based Politics"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Ciyaalka Xaafadda"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/07506601413957311974"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TRjnOqfgfrI\/AAAAAAAAARw\/63rfWsuK09o\/S220-s88\/1.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TTPfUgUJE5I\/AAAAAAAAAUM\/WUZKSVQBGpI\/s72-c\/sayidka.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048498988170485489.post-1269060815166094373"},"published":{"$t":"2010-12-26T11:42:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-09-30T14:46:26.957-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Baraarug"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Non Arab Muslims"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TTPdA0DZqWI\/AAAAAAAAATc\/L9FUO7br8yE\/s1600\/Saudi_Arabia_Flag_Map.png\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563032970775341410\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TTPdA0DZqWI\/AAAAAAAAATc\/L9FUO7br8yE\/s400\/Saudi_Arabia_Flag_Map.png\" style=\"cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 340px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 400px;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EWhat makes the non Arabs embrace a religion that is completely based on a language they do not speak or understand and heavily biased towards the Arabs?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThere are many interesting ironies associated with Islam; the one that used to catch my eye most was that women, who are disdained in Islam, tend to be more devout Muslims than men. However, the irony that I now find even more interesting is that the non Arabs in general tend to be more devout Muslims than the Arabs.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe Arabs commonly say: Aazzana Allahu bil Islam, which means that Allah has made us (the Arabs) valued because of Islam. The Arabs point of view is straight forward; they were insignificant Arab tribes in the desert of Arabia who later ruled a vast Islamic empire. I don’t think there are many Arabs who question the accuracy of the above statement; even some Arab atheists tend to agree with it even though they also believe that Mohammed was a liar and brutal gang leader. However, the subject that the Arabs are far better off without Islam is beyond the scope of this article. But the question that springs to my mind whenever I hear the above Arabic adage is: can any other Muslim nation claim that Allah made them valued because of Islam? Can the Indians or the Iranians, who had a formidable empire in the seventh century, make such a claim?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIslam, a language based religion\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIslam is the only religion in the world that is completely based on a language. Islam can only survive in an Arabic language environment, if the Arabic language disappears Islam also disappears. Learning the Arabic language is mandatory to all Muslims in order to read the Quran and perform the Islamic rituals.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nNowadays, almost all Muslims claim that their devotion to Islam is because they are convinced of its authenticity and dismiss the fact that they inherited it from their parents as a sheer coincidence. The Muslims’ claims suggest that they researched and studied their religion and found it to be flawless. Studying Islam entails reading the Quran carefully, in Arabic, and concluding that it is too good to be authored by humans, therefore, must be divine. Oddly enough, if you ask those ‘convinced’ Muslims for an explanation of any of the Quran’s contradictions or blunders they would refer you to Muslim scholars.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nI explained in previous articles that when the Arabs had a free choice they did not like the Quran. After fourteen centuries, we still do not have convincing explanations to any of the hundreds of errors that litter the Quran. In addition to the errors, the Quran also contains some serious weaknesses in style that would not be acceptable by any decent author. It does not matter how good some verses are because the unprejudiced reader would never be convinced of the Quran in the presence of any error.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIt is perfectly possible for an ordinary person who speaks little Arabic or no Arabic at all, to read the Quran and identify its contradictions or mistakes. That kind of critical assessment is within the reach of any impartial person who reads the Quran with judicious objectivity. However, it is not possible for the same person to read a few verses and claims they are so nicely composed and must be divine. Such an assertive conclusion depends on personal taste and requires thorough knowledge of the Arabic language and its literature, which most of the non Arabs do not have. I am afraid that the claims of the non Arab Muslims to be convinced of Islam are false claims that hide the uncomfortable reality that they believe in Islam because they take the Arabs’ word for it.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe language issue and the Quran.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe Quran was revealed, or rather released, in the Quraysh language, which was the Arabic language as spoken by the Arabs of Mecca including Mohammed. Throughout Mohammed’s stay in Mecca there were no language issues at all because Mohammed had only to deal with his own clan who spoke his own language and in his own dialect. The dialect issue only surfaced after Mohammed assumed power in Yathrib and started to deal with the Arab tribes in distant regions of Arabia. Even though Arabic was spoken throughout Arabia, but different regions had different dialects, as would be expected in a country as vast as Arabia. It didn’t fit the Arabs’ tribal pride to be asked to speak another tribe’s dialect when it comes to reading the Quran. Mohammed didn’t want this issue to stop the Arabs from joining him so he allowed each tribe to read the Quran as they please in their own dialects. As with everything else, it was Allah who whispered to Mohammed to demonstrate that flexibility and give his permission to the tribes. The divine gesture worked well and preserved the national identity of each Arab tribe.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nHowever, the above gesture and divine flexibility didn’t extend to other nations, it was a privilege only to the Arabs. All other nations must learn Arabic to read the Quran and practice Islam. At this point, it is remarkable to note that while the early Arabs felt offended by just being asked to speak a dialect other than own, today’s Muslims are happy to read the Quran, not in a different dialect, but in a completely foreign language, without feeling offended! The non Arab Muslims accept this obvious bias towards the Arabs as a natural part of life.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThis association between the Arabic language and Islam was a kind of divine windfall to the Arabs; they automatically became leaders in the world of Islam just because they can speak their own language! Even though other Muslim nations may produce some very good scholars, but unless those scholars learn the Arabic language perfectly well they won’t be highly credited in the Islamic world.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSigns of selfishness, tribalism and racism in Mohammed’s behaviour\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nJudged by the number of personal privileges that Mohammed granted himself, he was probably the most selfish leader in history. The following is only a small sample of those privileges:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n• Mohammed, through the Quran, granted himself the right to marry as many women as he wished but restricted the other Muslims to marry only four women. In addition Mohammed granted himself the right to have sex with women who offer themselves to him.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n• Mohammed granted himself the right to marry other Muslims’ widows but declared, through the Quran, that it is a sin for other Muslims to marry his own wives (after his death).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n• Mohammed declared that his shares from any war booty were 20%, the remaining 80% to be shared by the rest of the Muslims.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n• Mohammed considered himself to be the first among all human beings including the previous prophets. According to him, he was second only to Allah. As a matter of fact there was no difference between Islam and the other religions already practiced in Arabia except that in Islam Mohammed added his name next to Allah’s name.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n• Mohammed’s egocentricity extended to his immediate family, called aal Mohammed, for whom Muslims are required to pray in every Islamic prayer.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMohammed’s Tribalism\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nEven though Mohammed’s own tribe, Quraysh, despised him and fought wars against him and did nothing to promote Islam, the evidence is that Mohammed preferred them to the rest of the Arabs. In fact, Mohammed preferred the tribe of Quraysh to the tribes of Yathrib who supported him, converted to Islam and fought on his side. Mohammed used the Arabs of Yarhrib, known as the Aws and Khazraj tribes, for his purposes but neither he nor any of his companions respected them. The Muslims frequently claim that there were social or political motives behind some of Mohammed’s marriages, which he used as a tool to strengthen his ties with the various tribes. From this perspective, it is noteworthy that Mohammed did not bother to marry from the Aws or Khazraj tribes. Mohammed preferred Quraysh, so did his influential companions, who all came from Quraysh. It is striking that while the Aws and Khazraj completely disappeared from history, the Quraysh Arabs ruled the Islamic empire (khilafa) until 1258 AD and they continue to rule some states up to our time. Mohammed believed that the Aws and Khazraj were politically too naive and too weak to be trusted to govern. Mohammed’s attitude towards the Aws and Khazraj reminds me with an interview I watched about ten years ago on Aljazeera in which the Islamic cleric AbuHamza was asked: why do you live in the west if you disrespect it that much? His answer was: “we Muslims consider the west like a toilet, we visit it because we need to, but once we finish we leave.”\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDuring the campaign of the ‘trench’ the Quraysh tribe came close to defeating Muhammed in his own stronghold , Yathrib, which was put under siege. After the siege was over, Mohammed sensed some Jewish conspiracy between Bani Quraiza and the Quraysh to which he responded by killing all the men of bani Quraiza and taking all women and children as slaves. Compare this cruel genocide with how Mohammed treated Quraysh after they surrendered the city of Mecca to him. Even though the Quraysh did not only conspire, but fought actual wars against Mohammed, he let them go free. Mohammed asked the Arabs of Quraysh: “O Quraysh! What do you think I am going to do to you?” to which they answered: “nothing, after all you are one of us” then Mohammed said: “You all may go free”\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWhat does it mean to become a Muslim?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nNon Arabs who convert to Islam undergo a complete change of personality that affects all aspects of their lives. They acquire new Islamic names, which are Arabic names, and start learning Arabic and use Arabic words in their daily language. They do not only dress and look like the Arabs but they start to think like the Arabs. They like what the Arabs like and hate what the Arabs hate. They automatically hold the Arabs’ political views on issues like Palestine and Iraq, which become their main concerns while their own national interests fade away into triviality.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nA decision to convert to Islam is a big decision in any person’s life, but not all big decisions are good decisions. Every day, there are thousands of people who make big decisions to take their lives or other people’s lives. However, there is one thing sure behind every conversion to Islam and that is none of the converts truly understands the Quran or Islam.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe only true Muslims\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAfter thirteen years of preaching Islam in Mecca, only a handful of followers joined Mohammed, all of them where friends and relatives. Those Arabs are the only Muslims who accepted Islam freely without being forced to do so. It is beyond this article to discuss the reasons behind Mohammed’s success in recruiting this handful of followers, but any gang leader, in a similar sized city, would be able to recruit a similar or even larger number of followers. Most probably those people were motivated by Mohammed’s own personality and recruiting skills, the Quran factor was insignificant especially that only a few verses were released. All those who converted to Islam, since those early days, did so for personal or political gains or simply because of fear.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe next people to join Mohammed were delegates from the city of Yathrib who happened to meet Mohammed during their pre Islamic hajj to Mecca. The delegates represented the Aws and Khazraj tribes who suffered, for years, from bitter tribal rivalry and continuous political disputes. Mohammed convinced the delegates that he was oppressed in Mecca and that he had big plans for Islam. The Yathrib Arabs were probably tempted by the prospect of making their city a religious centre and agreed to allow Mohammed in their city with the hope this might give Yathrib a new lease of life. After Mohammed’s arrival to Yathrib, the entire Arab population of the city converted to Islam overnight! What happened in Yathrib was a politically motivated mass conversion because most of the ordinary people of the city didn’t even hear the Quran.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nTen years later, Mohammed conquered Mecca, the city that loathed him and opposed Islam for twenty three years. Again, the entire population of the conquered city converted to Islam within hours. It is naive to think that the Arabs of Mecca, who detested the Quran for over two decades, suddenly realised that it was such a good book and must be divine. That conversion was achieved only under military pressure; Mohammed famously said to the Meccan Arabs: aslim taslam, meaning ‘be a Muslim and you are safe.’\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe same scenario was repeated in every country that was conquered by the Muslims’ armies. The conquered nations were offered three options: to convert, to become dhimmi and pay its high tax (called jizia) or fight (often a losing battle). Converting to Islam was often the safest option but no one would call that a free choice, after all those nations did not speak Arabic and hardly knew anything about the Quran or Islam.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nI often receive emails from Muslims who do not like my articles about the Quran. All the emails I received so far were from non Arab Muslims who defend the Quran using the usual Islamic strategy. They claim the Quran is clear, logical and full with wisdom; the problem is never in the Quran but in my misunderstanding. What I found interesting is that a number of the senders openly expressed their hate towards the Arabs accusing them of being dishonest. I never allow myself to engage in racist confrontations, but I am still waiting for any of them to explain to me why they place their full trust in those dishonest Arabs when it comes to the Quran. Also it would be interesting to know what makes the non Arabs so comfortable in a religion that reserves all the front seats to the Arabs.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIslam is an Arabic religion brought by an Arab for the Arabs. It is based on an Arabic book that even the Arabs didn’t like. The non Arab Muslims devotion to Islam defies logic, not only because Islam is biased against them, but also because they believe in a religion that is completely based on a foreign language which they do not speak or understand.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1269060815166094373\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2010\/12\/non-arab-muslims.html#comment-form","title":"31 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/1269060815166094373"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/1269060815166094373"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2010\/12\/non-arab-muslims.html","title":"Non Arab Muslims"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Ciyaalka Xaafadda"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/07506601413957311974"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TRjnOqfgfrI\/AAAAAAAAARw\/63rfWsuK09o\/S220-s88\/1.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TTPdA0DZqWI\/AAAAAAAAATc\/L9FUO7br8yE\/s72-c\/Saudi_Arabia_Flag_Map.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"31"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048498988170485489.post-9104649345550094837"},"published":{"$t":"2010-11-26T02:08:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-12-13T18:56:58.287-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Carabta"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Satanic Policy of Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TO_kfM-kqxI\/AAAAAAAAARM\/184ZpcXzJXE\/s1600\/Saudi_Arabia_Flag_Map.png\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 340px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TO_kfM-kqxI\/AAAAAAAAARM\/184ZpcXzJXE\/s400\/Saudi_Arabia_Flag_Map.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543900891027122962\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E“Beware of the barefooted man when he can finally afford a shoe.” This Egyptian saying applies to anyone from the lower class without manners or money if things change for him and he became wealthy and influential. It speaks of how his personality will change when he becomes rich after being poor and hungry. The changes are easy to see. After coming into money, the poor personality changes from weakness to power, from mercy to cruelty, from mildness to sarcasm and pride, from being nice to people to crushing people. And that saying goes perfectly with another saying, “Beware of a man who is full after being hungry.”   \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThese changes show the true material of humans. That is why we also say, “Humans are materials.” And that saying doesn’t only apply to individuals, but also to kings, presidents and countries as well. Money also has an effect on countries. It can change a country’s policies after is transforms from poor to extremely rich and from a country that has no resources to a country with unlimited resources. This perfectly suits the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia before and after it discovered petroleum.    \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESaudi Arabia used to be a poor country that depended solely on the Haj season for its only income, as it has no other resources. The Haj was the only way it could get any sort of financial assistance from Egypt and El-Sham. Saudi Arabia used to borrow money from the family of Bin Laden until the Haj season came. And after the Haj it would repay the family.   \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBut now, after the discovery of petroleum and the jump in its price, which has doubled so many times, many things have changed, and we will show how.  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPolitically    \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESaudi Arabia became a major economic power, and like the barefooted man, it bought soles with money. It paid a lot of money to buy the votes and support of many countries, politicians, presidents and others to serve Saudi Arabia and turn a blind eye to its crimes against humanity and religions. Here are some examples of what Saudi Arabia did to buy the politicians of the world:    \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFinanced the Bill Clinton Presidential Library with $20 million.    \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIts relationship with the current American President, George Bush and his family and the petroleum company.     \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBuying the ex-minister of Lebanon to work as a spy in its intelligence agency by providing him with money.    \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBuying votes inside the U.N. It even got elected as a member of the Human Rights Committee. And wow – a country that violates human rights to a country that supports human rights.     \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBuying countries like America, Russia, China and other countries in Europe with the weapons deals in which it also achieves another goal – the Saudi Arabian ruling family makes its own profit from these deals.   \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBuying universities and institutes and oppressing anyone who opposes Saudi Arabia inside or outside, with Dr. Ahmed Sobhi Mansour being the best example of this.    \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDominating the Arabic media in the whole world [the newspapers of Al-Shark Al-Awsat and Al-Ahaya and Al-Arabia Net and Al-Arabia TV, etc.].   \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUsing Emad Adib, an intelligence officer in Egypt, to get access to the politicians of Egypt.    \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMorally     \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESaudi Arabia spread bribes among the Arab world and especially in Egypt, where it ruined the good morals of the Egyptian population. And so most of the Arab countries became the place for the fancies and desires of the Saudi people to be indulged. It’s enough to realize that Egypt has 2 million children without fathers and there are 50,000 paternity suits against Saudi men. Arabia as a cesspool of homosexuality. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERaping minor girls in the name of marriage in Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. You will find a 65-year old man marrying a minor girl of 13 or 14 who has a fake birth certificate that was paid for with bribes to weak-hearted people who are after petroleum money.   \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPaying millions of dollars for Islamic legal societies to kidnap and convert Christian girls to Islam.     \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBuying off high-ranking members in the Secret Services who will turn a blind eye to the kidnapping and raping of Coptic girls.   \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHiring and buying Egyptian and Lebanese actresses and singers for the fancies of Saudi millionaires under the eye of the Secret Service [and of course the example of Sheikh Fahd and the famous actress who used to travel to him.   \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EReligiously     \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EContributed to spread terrorism and extremism in the whole world. The evidence for this is that 15 of 19 terrorists on 9\/11 were Saudi Muslims holding Wahabi beliefs.     \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFinanced Al-Qaeda with money and weapons. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPressured Pakistan to recognize the Taliban in Afghanistan, a group that lives in the 21st century with the mentality of the 7th century.   \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFinances the terrorists in the Philippines, the Abu Sayaf people, and also in Thailand, Pakistan, Indonesia, Sudan, Somalia, Jordan, and all European countries, especially in Germany and Italy.   \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIts role in supporting and protecting the extreme Muslim Brothers in Egypt and its role in ruining the national unity of Egypt.    \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIts role in Somalia with the Islamic legal societies and supporting them with weapons and money to become the Taliban of Africa.    \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESpreading religious terrorism whose mission is to get Christians out of the Middle East. Since the 1955 Conference of the Islamic World agenda, and making the organization of the Islamic world and Saudi embassies to implement it, financed by the Islamic Bank of Feisl and the other Islamic banks.     \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEconomically      \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESaudi Arabia used its economic powers to ruin Arab countries, especially Egypt, by buying the weak-hearted people in power, starting with Mubarak to Safwat Al-Sharif [the one responsible for fancy services for the Gulf millionaires]. With its big money and gifts it bought the souls of people in power and made Egypt follow Saudi Arabia and kneel under the domination of Wahabism.     \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt bought Al-Azhar with gifts and money to become a tool in the hands of bloody Wahabism to spread hatred, extremism and violence and humiliate the other, especially the Copts of Egypt.    \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe rule of Saudi millionaire Saleh Kamal in buying Al-Azhar, hence Wahabism and transforming Egypt into Egyptstan.   \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe economic role of Saudi Arabia to make Egypt dependent on the Saudis.   \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFinally, talking about the Satanic plan for the Wahabi kingdom has not and will not stop. Its role in ruining the world by spreading hatred and spreading the Bedouin bloody Wahabi belief will not stop. Its effort to dominate the Islamic world and make all different Islamic sects fade away in front of the Wahabi sect will not stop. It falsely thinks that it is far away from its own ruin. But whatever it sows, it will reap in the end. And the Wahabis will be dominated in one of three scenarios:    \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBy Bin Laden and his followers, that snake that was brought up inside the royal family is now demanding the throne of the Wahabi kingdom and has begun enacting his plan already.    \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBy the Saudi people themselves. They know how much the Saudi family steals from the petroleum money and from the weapons deals and they are now beginning a revolution to destroy the Satanic royal family and put an end to it.   \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBy Iran, which seeks to spread the Shiite belief by playing the same dirty game the Saudis play by buying votes in Syria, Lebanon and other Gulf nations.    \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe end of the Satanic kingdom will not come from the West, because the West is kneeling in front of the altar of petroleum and was bought by the barefooted Al-Saudi who is described by the saying, “Beware the barefooted man when he can finally afford a shoe.”     \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESo now we feel the greatest fear about the future of world peace, the freedom of religion and freedom for all humanity because of this extremist Bedouin barefooted bloody cruel ignorant Wahabi that has ruined many countries of the world and spread hatred, murder and bloodshed using the petrol dollar. Now the saying, “Beware the barefooted man when he can finally afford a shoe,” perfectly suits them."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/feeds\/9104649345550094837\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2009\/12\/satanic-policy-of-saudi-arabia.html#comment-form","title":"4 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/9104649345550094837"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/9104649345550094837"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2009\/12\/satanic-policy-of-saudi-arabia.html","title":"The Satanic Policy of Saudi Arabia"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Ciyaalka Xaafadda"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/07506601413957311974"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TRjnOqfgfrI\/AAAAAAAAARw\/63rfWsuK09o\/S220-s88\/1.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TO_kfM-kqxI\/AAAAAAAAARM\/184ZpcXzJXE\/s72-c\/Saudi_Arabia_Flag_Map.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"4"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048498988170485489.post-7034036626079044406"},"published":{"$t":"2010-06-06T08:04:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-01-16T22:07:02.114-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Af Soomaali"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Eebbeyaashii Soomaaliyeed"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Diin ku Diim"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TTPcfE-U4HI\/AAAAAAAAATE\/G-rSk3aFa4c\/s1600\/sayidka.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 374px; height: 110px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TTPcfE-U4HI\/AAAAAAAAATE\/G-rSk3aFa4c\/s400\/sayidka.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563032391201906802\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003ESooyaalka jeer walba diin waa ay kasoo dhex iftaa oo diinaha dunida soo maray cidina dhab uma tirin waayo waa ay tiro goosteen. Waxayse wada leeyihiin tilmaamo tibaaxaya aasaas ahaan, dhaqan, luuqad, deegaan, siyaasad iyo xeerar. Hindu iyo Hindiya, Juwish iyo Israa'iil, Budhiiste iyo Aasiya, Islaam iyo Carab. Dhammaan eebbeyaasha malaayiinta gaaray ee dunida laga caabudayay kumannaankii sano ee la soo dhaafay waxay wada ahaayeen kuwo deegaanka diintu ka soo ifbaxday dadyowga deggan la dhaqan iyo dabeecad iyo camal wadaaga oo hadday qunyar socod iyo hadday dad qiiro yihiinba lamida. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESidaas oo kale ayaa geyiga Soomaaliyeed u lahaa diin ku raran dhaqanka, af Soomaaliga, xeerka iwm. Waaq oo kamid ahaa eebbeyaashii Soomaaliyeed ayaa summaddiisii weli dhaqan Soomaaliyeedka ku xardhan. Waaqii samada ee loo yaqaannay \"Waaqle\" waxaa lagu caabudi jiray geyiga ay degaan Kushitigga Geeska Afrika gaar ahaan Soomaalida iyo Orommada lagana aamminsanaa inuu abuuray samada oo arwaax loo aanayn jiray, sida; siwaaq roon, tagalwaaq, garwaaq, barwaaq iwm. Waaq tin-cawsle ayaa lagu heesi jiray kolka dooggu baxo dadkuna sida Maxamed loogu haybto badi qabiillada Soomaaliyeed ayaa Waaq loogu irir sheegan jiray, tusaale; Jidwaaq, Digilwaaq iwm. Diin walba waa sii kala faaftaa siday ay u sii kala weynaadaanna xeerka u sii kala bayraan. \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/gaalo.vox.com\/library\/post\/the-ancient-religions-of-eebe-waaq-dhaqankii-eebe-waaq.html\"\u003ESii akhri Waaq\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHaddaba eebbeyaashu waa wax dadku soo alliftay sababta oo ah eebbe walba dadka iyo deegaanka ayuu la dabeecad wadaagaa oo geyiga ay ku faafto diintu ay talis hoosyimaaddaan faafiyaha oo weliba loo xeeriyaa laguna sii ragaadiyaa habqabadkaas diineed. Allah waa eebbe Carbeed oo waxa uu la camal iyo dhaqan wadaagaa dadyowga geyiga laga soo faafshay diinta Alle. Ambaqaad tallaabadii ay jaammacadda Islaanka ee Al Azhar ee Qaahira ee dalka Masar dhawaan kaga dhawaaqday dooddii niqaabka oo ay tiri xirashada niqaabtu diinta shaqo kuma leh ee waa dhaqan waahore jiri jiray. Waxaysan jaammacaddu daboolka ka qaadin inta dhaqanno kale ee diinta ku lifaaqan  hase yeeshee aan ku lug lahayn diinta sida niqaabka. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENiqaableeydu ma oggolaanayaan go'aankaas iyo sooyaalkaas midna oo waxay rumeeyeen in ay jannada u socdaan maaddaama ay Wahaabbiyiin mayal adag yihiin haystaanna diintii dhabta ahayd ee Islaam ee qarnigii 6aad. Wahaabbiga geeridu guul ayay ugu dhigan tahay oo waa un jannada hadda gal waana midda dhalin badan jihaad-doon iyo isqarxin u duufatay. Rumayn ha kala darraato ee waa un rumayn mar walba. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWeligiin ma aragteen Soomaali Wahaabbiyoobay oo aan maanka ka jirranayn? Maahan keliya gar daysashada oo surweelka gaabiyaan ee waxaa dheer inay gebi dhaqan rogtaan oo hadalku yaraado (hadal badan dembi!) oo qofku Carab dhinac walba kaga muuqanayo oo uu weliba nacayb kulul u qaado reer Galbeedka iyo dunida oo dhan. Qaab ahaan, waa qof Soomaaliyeed oo hidde iyo dhaqan shisheeye doorriyeen oo kala qiimo iyo qaayo badan dadkiis, dalkiis, noloshiisa iyo caafimaadkiisba. Ayaduba waa rumayn.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWaxay Wahaabbigu kur ka goyn u taabbaggeliyaan dadkooda oo ay nolol oo dhan kala dagaallamaan. Waxay u heelladaan dagaal iyo dib u socod oo ay kana dhaqan aruursadaan dadkooda islamarkaas oo u dejiyaan tabaabushle ay ku gumaadi doonaan ayagoo u arka inaysan Muslimba ahayn dadkoodu. Guud ahaan dunida Muslimka qaybaheeda u tallaaba Islaam dhabeedka Wahaabbigu waxay kolka ay bulshada si dadban ugu faafaan kaddib si hoose ugu duullaan tagaan dagaal iyo burbur.\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EKooxaha Muqdisho ku dagaallamaya waxay doonayaan dowlad aan adduunka laga aqoonsanayn oo Islaamiya sidii Dhaalibaan oo gumaad iyo dagaal dunida lagu dhammaysto haddii kale macaanka dunida ayaa jannada saajinaya. Kooxuhu waa Wahaabbiyiin kala firdhay oo ay koobiyaan qayb sheegata Salaafi iyo qayb hoostimaadda Qutub oo aamminsan in ayaga keliya yihiin Muslim oo inta kale diinta ka baxday ee sidaas daraaddeed uu qeexayo xeerkii Sayyid Qutub in dilkoodu bannaan yahay kuna magacdheban Shabaab. Caddayn ma jirto ee rumayn ayaa heerkaas kastay oo maaddaama ay rumayntu caddayn lahaynna lagu heshiin karin dirirtuna maamul ka sokow ay runtii ra'yigaas ku qotonto. Ha ahaatee labada koox maaha kuwii ugu horreeyey oo Afrika siyaasad ama diin shisheeye dadkooda ku gumaada sidaas awgeed wakhtigooda ayay qaadan oo ay guuldarraysan sidii hirarkii ka horreeyey, haddaba burbur ku bilowyey ee xoog iska caabiya oo muuqda ayaan jirin.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHaddii niqaabku ahaa dhaqankii Carabtii qarinigii 6aad oo diintuna deegaan ka soo hanaqaadday iyo haddii Waaq la rumaysnaa kumannaan sannadood oo uu Islaamkuna yimid dalka ku dhowaad toddoba boqol oo sano, sidee Allihii shisheeye oo sida shisheeyaha u dhaqma Waaq kaga duwan yahay ma isweydiiseen? Sidee kii hore been ku noqday kan cusubna run ku noqday maaddaama labaduba rumayn iyo caabud keliya u dhigan yihiin ee aysan jirin wax dhibic dhan oo caddayn ah? Mid cabsi iyo colaad ayuu astaaman yahay midna bar-waaq iyo wanaag yaase hagardaamaynta muuqata maanta iyo waxay ka dhigan tahay sidaas dadkeenna xoolo dhaqatada u badan u kala faahfaahinaya? Cabsi iyo dagaal waxaan ahayn Islaam halhays ma doorsan doonaa? Weligeed cabburin, jahli, wareer, sabool, dagaal iyo dac ma laga gudbi? Mise waa lagu ragaadayaa oo kii fikrad kale keenana waa dil? Inta la indhosaabto lagu barooran \"qabriga oo aan gallaa dhaanta qaabka maanta aan nahay\"? \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWaxay Waaq iyo Allah ka midoobeen in laga rumaysnaa Soomaaliya mar un sida Hoobaal iyo kuwo kaleba amaba lahaayeen dhaqanno hore oo ku saabsanaa diin sida Mingiska iyo Is-tunka oo ahaa dhaqan diineedyo hore. Sida dadka qaar jiilaalka u tukadaan roob ayaa qaybkii hore isu tumi jiray roob-bari awgiis oo labadaasi waa dhaqanno midba mar ama isku mar la rumeeyey waayo labadaba haddaa la falgalaa. \"Waaqal daruureed\" ayaa lagu ducaysan jiray roobabbowga waxaana lagu dhaaran jiray \"waa igu Waaq\" qarnigii sagaal iyo tobnaad gudihiisa oo muujiyaysa in Waaq dhawaan laga caabudayay Soomaaliya. Waxaa xiga oo ay suugaanta Soomaaliyeed ayaduna muujiyaysaa in Waaq isla waayadaan dhow laga rumaysnaa Soomaaliya. Dhugo heestii Waaqle ee Cumar Dhuule Cali iyo gobayadii iyo sinjiwaaqii Soomaaliyeed. Niqaab warkiise, sida Cabdullaahi si lamida ayaa Cabdulwaaq u jiray magac ahaan oo labaduba u dhigan addoonkii Alleh iyo addoonkii Waaq. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAllaha Bariga Dhexe waxa uu leeyahay sagaashan iyo sagaal magac. Wuxuu awoodaa wax walba oo cidna uma uu baahna inay caabbuddo hase yeeshee ciddii aan caabudin waa cadowgiisa koowaad. Wax walba asagaa abuuray oo taasi maaha mid marna shaki galaysa hase heeshee shaydaanku waa ku jiraa abuurta, isla shaydaanka ay marmar u muuqato inuu Allah la itaalo. Sidiisaba inta uu abuuray iyo inta uu neceb yahay xisaabtoodu ma istaagto asagana cid abuurtay lama yaqaan lamana weyddiin karo qaybaha sare ee asaga dunida uga wakiilka ah oo sharcigiisa u garaaddo sheegta magac iyo maamuus. Ciddii uu doono ayuu toosiyaa ciddii uu doono wuu cadaabaa waana miisaan iyo camal darri yaab leh. Baryada Allah ee baroortii \"qumbulad kol aad la dhacdo\\Rabbiyoow wax kaqabo qoomka sidaan yeelay\" oo kale Waaqii daruureed waagiisii loogama ducaysan jirin.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUnug-goynta, isqarxinta iyo cabburinta lagu astaameeyo diinta nooga timid Bariga Dhexe kama suurtowdo badnaan diinaha laga caabudo ama laga caabudayay geesaha adduunka (sida Soomaaliya) sababta oo ah dhaqan iyo dabeecad lamida malaha, in Quraanku af Carabi ku yaalna lamid. Dhaqannada Bariga Dhexe waa qalafsanaayeen muddo oo la yaab maleh in diinta bartaas kasoo iftay dagaal la baal-duulayso, waase jiraan diino kale oo dhiig qubay aqoonna lagaga gudbay.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENinna kalgacayl gaara uma hayo diin ee waa cabsi ta ku negaadisa. Cabburin iyo cabsi waa caado. Qof cabburin iyo baqdin intaas le'eg lagu beeray waa mid la madax-maray oo ka indho saabtan iftiin iyo nolol una digorogtay ku noolaanshaha mugdigii la baday waahore iyo summaddii abkoow cabsida daraaddeed. Waaq iyo Allah - Soomaaliya ha laga rumaysnaadee mid iyo goor ama labadaba isku mar - la isma barbardhigi karo runtii waxayna ku wada yaalliin taxanaha. Caabudda Waaq ee arwaaxda iyo caabudda Allah ee dirir-gal waxa keliya ee ay ku kala duwan yihiin waa un caabud - ama kala rumayn mid iyo gooni loo caabuday. Weligeed ninna geeri kama soo laaban oo ma soo sheegin nolol kale iyo wax lamida ee sidee nin kula mida kaaga caqliyeystay oo kaaga dhaachiciyay in haddaad xeerar dad leeyihiin nolosha ku dhammaystiratid aad haleellaysid gabdho bikro ah iyo wax lamida oo lagu qoslo oo carruur nacnac kala sabanaysa u eg? Maxaa annaga iyo diin naga dhexeeya? Jawaabtu waa bajin. Geesi dhereb kuma jiro.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EU tusaale qaado; Israa'iil iyo Sucuudi Carabiya waa laba dal oo shisheeye oo aan labadaba u nahay shisheeye annagu hase yeeshee uu midkood dhan walba naga summadeeyey saamayn balaaranna ku xardhay hiddihii iyo dhaqankii oo weliba mid kamida aan cadow u haysanno saamayntaas aawadeed. Taasina maahan mid dhuuxid hoose u baahan. Suurogal in midkaas cadowga laguu rumaysiiyay kan kale kaaga hagaagnaan karo. Labada dal waa huboonto inay Soomaaliya ay dan iyo arrin ahaan midna liiska ugu jirin. Dalalku runtii iigama duwana Jabbaan iyo Bootiswaana ama Ruush iyo Ruwaanda ama kuwa kale iyo saammayntoodaba ee lamida; Hindu iyo Hindiya, Juwish iyo Israa'iil, Budhiiste iyo Aasiya, Islaam iyo Carab. Nin la summadeeyey la sumee. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESiingasiingaha timaha caabuda waxay la tahay diinta dunida ugu sarraysa, Hindaha lo'da caabuda tiisu la saxsan. Taadu labadaba waxay ula muuqadataa mid sheeko baralay (folklore) ka dhigan maaddaama Quraanku ka kooban yahay qaybo badan oo laga sooguuriyay diinihii ka horreeyey ee deriska. Sheekada diinaha Bariga Dhexe waa isku mid; nin baa keligiis god galay sidii \"nebiyadii\" ka horreeyey, godka waxaa ugu yimid \"eebbe\" kula hadlay una reeriyey \"aayadu\" isku dhexyaacsan oo uu Islaam ahaan Maxamed keliya maqlay in uu dunida oo dhan ku xukumo oo weliba eebbe beeniyey kuwii hore ee laga sooguuriyey hase yeeshee indho adayg kaga tixraacay, Maxamedna yahay waddada loo maro eebbe - taas inay xigto waad filayseen baan filayaa!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TAuxDQ9u8fI\/AAAAAAAAAOs\/Ivn3Hu99NLk\/s1600\/HebrewJanna.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 389px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TAuxDQ9u8fI\/AAAAAAAAAOs\/Ivn3Hu99NLk\/s400\/HebrewJanna.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479668041277960690\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E(astaan muujiyaysa meesha jannadu ku taal iyo sida dunidu u dhisan tahay ee diinaha Bariga Dhexe ee Juwish iyo Kiristaan iyo Islaam ka wada tixraacaan)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EYeelkeede, muxuu eebbe ugu lug go'ay labadiisii diin oo hore? Muxuu sida muuqata labadii hore dhaqan Carbeed maahee in kale, haba yaratee, ugu siyaadin waayay midda saddexaad? Ula doontay - dhawr boqol oo sano kaddib - nin kale iyo geyi kale? Midka cusub ma lagu lug hungoobi doonaa kolka uu jibaaxo dhabbadii diimihii hore maaddaama diinuhu isku waddo wada qaadaan Islaam waxaa uu hadda hayaa bartii kuwii ka horreeyey qaadeen markay da'daan soo cagacagaynayeen ee ma aragtaan? Maxayse dhigistii iyo dhaqankii hore kaga soo tallaabsatay haddayba garteed oggolaatay oo ay gari gashi tahay?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDiin dad ma horrumariso ee waa lagu maamulaa. Dad ma nolollayso ee waa u xeeridaa. Oday doqoshay oo cantarabaqashay oo Sucuudiga fadhiya ayaa waxa uu soo saaray xeer loogu magac daray \"Fatwa\" oo qaybta uu summaddii abkoow kaga summeeyey dhaqankiisa u yeeriya xeer ka \"xaaraameeyaa\" fikir cusub iyo nolol cusub si mugdiga loogu nagaado maamulkuna u sii jiro. Ugu horrayn waa in ereyga \"fatwa\" waxa uu ka dhigan yahay si loo ogaado buuggaagta lagu ordo kaddib xeerkii lagu dhaqmo. Odayga awooddiisu waa inuu yiraahdo \"diintu waxay waxaas iyo waxaas ka tiri..\" looguna sacabbotumo. Buuggaas uu dhawrka goor akhriyey cilmi aan ahayn maleh. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EXeerka dhulalka fogfog ee lagu dhaqo xumaan iyo samaan middii ka dhalata Allah ayaa qoray ama qorin, laakiinse uu shaki ku jirin in samaan oo dhan dhankiisa taal kuna dhigan xeerka. Odayga doqoshay ee dunida Kiristaanka ugu sarreeya iyo odayga cantarabaqashay oo Sucuudiga fadhiya waa xeer-ilaalliyeyaal qaybiya xeerar umado lagu maamulo, isku mid labada oday in badan. Labaduba masaakiin diin ku diim ah oo Afrikaan iyo saboolka kale ee dunida oo diinahaan dhaqannada ah weli wax kale la ah ayay ereyo u yeeriyaan.  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENolol hiraal (vision) leh saas waa ka garaad sarraysaa hase yeeshee adigu waa ad hiraal-beeshay oo waad mooggan tahay dantaa iyo arrimahaba rumayn aawadeed taas oo lagu yaqaan dalalka diintu aafayso. Eebbe Carbeed in uu nacabeeyo cadowga Carbeed oo dejiyo xeerar uu ku mucaaraday la yaab maleh ee waxaa la yaab leh in dunidaan maanta dadyowga qaar daxaya dushiisa u gol leeyihiin Afrikana diin iyo eebbeyaal dusha dayaxa deggan oo la rumaysiiyay waahore hadda weli lagu isticmaarsado. Fulayda fikirka ee diiddan in la baaro diinta dhabteedana dibedda la soo dhigo ayaa waxay u badan yihiin qayb cabburin iyo cadaadis lagu soo barbaariyay oo laga dhaadhiciyay in qofku diin la'aan noolaan karin ama wax diin dhaafsan lagu fikiri karin ama haddii inta yar ee uu bartay laga duufsado ambanayo oo lumayo taasuna annaga ha nagu badatee Afrika iyo dundida oo dhan waa ka jirtaa. Afrikase diinta ay doonto ha haysatee waa diin ku diim. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDiin dad bajisa diin maaha, mid cabburinna diin maaha, mid lagu dhiig daadiyaana diin maaha. Diinna caqli maaha ee annagoo caqliga ruxruxa ayaa dhaanta qaabka aannu nahay maanta - xusuuso heestii Qaylo Dhaan iyo markale. Islamar ahaantaas waa suurogal in marka aan xornoqonno dadkeennu yeesho qaybo xor ah ama siday doonaan wax u caabuda ee un ku midaysan danta guud. Dalkeen caqlixumo ayaa naga soo eriday dalalka aan u soo dhoofnay caqli iyo garashada danta guud ayaa hagta waana intaas faraqa dhexaadiya Soomaalideenna burbursan iyo dunida horrumartay. Afarta koox ee magaalada Muqdisho oo dhiigga daadiya maalin iyo habeen ayaa diin waxay tahay kuugu filan xataa hadday cabsi kugu addoonsato weli. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHadka diintu xoogaysato ayay gumaad iyo gudcur la abbaartaa meesha aqoontu hadkay xoogaysato diintu talo beesho oo dunidana sidaas ku horrumartay.\u003Cbr \/\u003EHase ahaatee \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2010\/05\/why-africans-are-religious.html\"\u003EAfrika waxay u go'doontay diin\u003C\/a\u003E\" sidii uu dhawaan qoray Liyo Igwe ee Kambaala, Ugaandha. Dadka Soomaaliyeed waxa uu weli rumeeyaa \"mucjiso, ammuuro, riyo,\" iwn ee dunidii hore iyo waayihii mugdiga laga garwaaqsaday sida tukashada oo aysan jirin wax yar oo caddayneed ee lagu dabiibay, inay waxtar dhab ah leedahay iyo inkale isweyddiinteedu waa dagaallan. Shantii boqol ee sano ee la soo dhaafay ee maalintii shan la tukanayey haddeer weli \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.dimaggio.org\/Eye-Openers\/prayer_does_not_work.htm\"\u003Ekama dhursugaysaan\u003C\/a\u003E ayay ila tahay. Shan goor oo la tukado shan goor oo danta guud loo jaan gaado armay dhaantaa? Mise \"mucjiso\" ayaa xal laga sugaa?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESoomaalidu diin-ku-diim ha ahaatee Soomaaliya waa jirtay diin ka hor oo diintu waa wax laynka soo galayay muddoba mar ee Soomaalinnimo diinnimo maaha. Garashadaasu waa muhiim haddii kale Soomaalidu tigaantig dambe maleh. Isla sidaas diin loogu diimay ayaa Soomaali caqli iyo aadaab iyo waaya'aragnimo wax u furdaamiya loogu diimaa waayahaan. Diin ku-yaacii dagaalkii sokeeye iyo ardaalnimada aan kaddib ku caanbaxnay xigaal."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7034036626079044406\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2010\/06\/sooyaalka-had-iyo-goor-diin-waa-ay.html#comment-form","title":"15 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/7034036626079044406"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/7034036626079044406"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2010\/06\/sooyaalka-had-iyo-goor-diin-waa-ay.html","title":"Diin ku Diim"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Ciyaalka Xaafadda"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/07506601413957311974"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TRjnOqfgfrI\/AAAAAAAAARw\/63rfWsuK09o\/S220-s88\/1.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TTPcfE-U4HI\/AAAAAAAAATE\/G-rSk3aFa4c\/s72-c\/sayidka.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"15"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048498988170485489.post-4064550252518120789"},"published":{"$t":"2010-05-03T08:46:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-05-03T08:50:57.352-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Garasho iyo Xornimo"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Quraanka iyo Carruurta"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Why Africans Are Religious"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ca onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/S97wJ4lbjAI\/AAAAAAAAAMs\/F4NRKwUeVRg\/s1600\/en-muslim-black-slavery.jpg\"\u003E\u003Cimg style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 347px; height: 250px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/S97wJ4lbjAI\/AAAAAAAAAMs\/F4NRKwUeVRg\/s400\/en-muslim-black-slavery.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467071050273229826\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EA new study conducted by the Washington based Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life says that Africans are among the most religious people on earth. The study titled Tension and Tolerance: Islam and Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa was based on more than 25,000 interviews conducted in more than 60 languages in 19 countries. According to the study at least half of all Christians in Sub-Saharan Africa believe Jesus will return in their lifetime. One in three Muslims in the region expect to see the re-establishment of the caliphate-Islamic golden age- before they die. At least three out of 10 people across much of Africa said they have experienced divine healing, seen the devil being driven out of a person or received a direct revelation from God. About a quarter believe that sacrifices to ancestors can protect them from bad things happening. Sizeable percentages believe in charms and amulets. Many consult traditional religious healers, and sizable minorities keep animal skins and skills in their homes.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe study found that in many countries across the continent roughly nine in 10 people say religion is very important in their lives.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDo these findings surprise anyone? Surely they shouldn’t. Unless the person is not familiar with the situation in Africa.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThese findings do not surprise me at all. I am an African. I was born in Africa. I live and work in Africa. I am non religious though I was born into a religious home. I attended religious schools. I had a typical (African) religious upbringing. I do not believe that Jesus will return again. I do not think that the Biblical Jesus existed and even if he did, I think he’s gone and gone forever. I can’t see the world coming under an Islamic caliphate except what we have been experiencing since September 11, 2001. I have never experienced divine healing and I don’t think those who claim to have experienced it are honest to themselves. I have not seen a devil being driven out of any person except some self induced hysteria by some Pentecostal con artists. I have not received any revelation from God except may be one day some godly people would claim that their god revealed this piece to me. I don’t believe that sacrifice to the ancestors will protect people from harm. Otherwise the ancestors would be alive today. I think charms and amulets are useless and consulting traditional healers and clerics is a waste of time.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe reasons why Africans are the most religious people in the world are not far fetched. Africans go through religious indoctrination from cradle to the grave. Africans are not allowed by family, society and the state to think, reason or live outside the religious box. In Africa religion is by force not by choice. Religion is by compulsion and not according to one’s conscience. Africans are brought up to believe that there is NO alternative to religion. When in fact there is. So in Africa, it is either you are religious or you are nobody-you are not a human being, you are nothing. There is too much social and political pressure on Africans to be religious and to remain religious. The social, political and sometimes economic price of leaving religion, renouncing religion or criticizing religion is so high.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESo Africans are religious wily nilly. Africans profess all sorts of religious crap even when they know it is all nonsense.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAt home, religious indoctrination is the first form of orientation an African child receives. At a very early and impressionable age, infants are taught to recite meaningless syllables called prayers. Children are brainwashed by parents with various religious and spiritual myths. Their minds are infused with all sorts of religious dogmas. Parents ensure that children are brought up in their faith- the faith of the family and the faith of their fathers. Children are taught to believe and follow, and not to question religious teachings even when there is every reason to do so. Some of the findings of the Pew Forum constitute the ‘sacred’ teachings which African kids receive and are told not to challenge, examine, criticize or renounce. African children are brought up to believe them and to swallow them hook , line and sinker. Not to question one’s family religion is seen as virtuous and as a mark of a good child. This religious tradition is upheld and handed down unchallenged from one generation to another in Africa.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe religious brainwashing continues in schools. Most African colleges are religious indoctrination centres. Western missionaries and Arab jihadists brought formal education(the model widely used today) to the continent. They established schools to win converts and recruit new members, not really to educate Africans. So schools in Africa are covert churches and mosques. Education is faith based. And this religious tradition is still upheld in most schools across the continent. Some of the findings of the study are what African pupils are taught everyday in schools. They constitute what African students recite and memorize as part of their compulsory morning devotions.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPupils at one Islamic primary school near my house in Ibadan sing this song everyday as part of their morning devotion.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E    \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight:bold;\"\u003EWe are soldiers. We are soldiers.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E    Fighting for Islam. Fighting for Islam\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E    In the name of Allah, we shall conquer, we shall conquer\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEvery morning these children are made to recite that they are Muslim children ; that they believe in Allah and Mohammed as his messenger. What do you expect from these children as adults after going through this religious drilling and being brainwashed with these superstitious messages? Do you think they will ever grow to say that religion-in this case Islam is not important in their lives? As in their homes, African students are taught to blindly accept the so called divine revelations without questions. They are induced to try and have some encounter with God or to have some spiritual experience as a manifestation of faith or piety. Children and youths are made to believe that professing articles of faith is a mark of a good student. And that education is not complete without religion or belief in God. So why should anybody be surprised that most Africans attach so much importance to religion.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis religionizing continues in politics and in the state houses across Africa. State power is used to endorse, promote and privilege religion. In Africa, prayer, piety and politics go together. Religion and politics mix. States are not separate from churches and mosques. So there is very high political pressure on individuals to be religious-and to remain religious and faithful even when they are not convinced of the religious teachings or would prefer to be faithless. Many African countries have adopted a religion or some religions as state or official religions. For instance in Morocco, the King is not only the president of the country, but also the commander of the faithful. So every Moroccan is under political pressure to be a faithful – an Islamic faithful, particularly a Sunni Islamic faithful. The president of Gambia, Yahya Jammeh is addressed as Dr, Alhaji, Sheikh ….. among others. Some years ago he added to the list of his presidential duties praying for the citizens and trying to heal the sick including those who have HIV\/AIDS using some verses in the Koran. In the self-styled Islamic republics, anyone who is not a Muslim cannot be president. Is there any special value being a Muslim adds to the post of the president? None. In Gambia, the government erected magnificent mosques in all public schools in the country. Meanwhile these are schools without good classroom blocks, no libraries or laboratories.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn Africa, politicians have made it look as if to be a good citizen one must be religious or expressly pious. African politicians have made it seem as if theocracy, not democracy is the best form of government. And that the Bible and the Koran are the best constitutions. In fact the Bible and the Koran are the best constitution no country ever had. African politicians strive to ensure that state legislations are based on these‘holy books’ and that any policy, program or proposal that is not in line with the sacred texts are thrown out. Another reason why there is high level of piety in Africa is because most Africans do not think for themselves. They allow clerics to think for them. Africans consult their priests, bishops, sheikhs, marabous, traditional medicine men and women whenever they have problems or when they want to embark on a major project. And they accept whatever they give them including charms like holy water, olive oil as solutions and remedies. They do whatever they recommend they do including carrying out ritual killing and sacrifice.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELastly Africans are deeply religious due to lack of human rights particularly religious freedom in Africa. This may sound like a contradiction. But it is not. Some may argue that the high religiosity in Africa should be due to ‘too much religious freedom’. No, it is not so. Rather it is due to no guarantee of religious freedom, no protection of freedom of conscience. Africans do not enjoy or exercise their freedom of religion or belief. Africans are denied with impunity this basic human right by state and non state actors. Africans are forced to be religious or to remain religious. That is why they are ‘too religious’. The mechanisms to protect and defend the full human rights of those who change their religion or renounce or criticize religious beliefs or those who do not profess any religion at all are weak and non existent. Religious believers and non believers are not equal before the law. Many Africans are religious because they don’t want to be in the minority. They don’t want to renounce what the majority upholds. They don’t want to denounce what the state or society reveres. Many Africans are religious because they just want to play along.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAfricans are among the most religious people on earth due to failure of family upbringing, failure of human rights and the rule of law, failure of educational system, social and political pressure and bad governance. Africans are religious because they cannot but be religious.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELeo Igwe\u003Cbr \/\u003EKampala, Uganda"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4064550252518120789\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2010\/05\/why-africans-are-religious.html#comment-form","title":"18 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/4064550252518120789"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7048498988170485489\/posts\/default\/4064550252518120789"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/somaliatheism.blogspot.com\/2010\/05\/why-africans-are-religious.html","title":"Why Africans Are Religious"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Ciyaalka Xaafadda"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/07506601413957311974"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/TRjnOqfgfrI\/AAAAAAAAARw\/63rfWsuK09o\/S220-s88\/1.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_5UoCh3Euly0\/S97wJ4lbjAI\/AAAAAAAAAMs\/F4NRKwUeVRg\/s72-c\/en-muslim-black-slavery.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"18"}}]}});