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Addis Ababa (Kilil5)--- Waxaa magaalada Jigjiga shalay ku geeriyooday Allaah ha unaxariistee Sheekh Axmad Sheekh Ibraahim Baraawe oo ku magac dheeraa Sheekh Axmad Sheekh. Sheekh Axmad ayaa xanuunsanaa dhawrkii sano ee lasoo dhaafay. Wuxuuna sheekhu geeriyooday kadib markii Addis Ababa loogeeyay arimo caafimaad, kadibna lagu soo celiyay Jigjiga oo uu deganaa dhawrkii sano ee lasoo dhaafay. Sheekh Axmad Sheekh ayaa ahaa nin wayne, waxaana da’diisa lagu qiyaasaa inay ahayd 85. Sheekha ayaa ahaa caalim si wayne looga yaqaano deegaanka, gaar ahaan gobollada Dhagaxbuur iyo Fiiq. Waxaa sheekha diinta Islaamka ka bartay dad badan.
Sheekh Axmad Sheekh Ibraahim Baraawe wuxuu inbadan daganaa magaalada Dhagaxmadaw ee Gobolka Dhagaxbuur, halkaas oo uu dadka diinta Islaamka ku bari jiray. Dhawr sano ka hor ayuu sheekhu kasoo guuray Dhagaxmadaw wuxuuna usoo wareegay Jigjiga. Sheekh Axmad wuxuu ka ifka kagatagay caruur badan iyo kuwo kale oo uu awoow uyahay.
Allaah ha unaxariisto Sheekh Axmad Sheekh Ibraahim Baraawe (Sheekh Axmad Sheekh).
Xuseen Caraale
Addis Ababa, Kilil5 Online
Jigjiga (Kilil5)-Xukuumada deegaanka Soomalida, Salaadiinta, Ugaasyada,
Garaadada,Odayaasha beelaha kaladuwan ee daga deegaanka, waxgaradka iyo
guud ahaan bulshada kunool magaalada Jigjiga ayaa baryahanba
isudiyaarinaysay qaban-qaabada xaflad balaadhan oo lagu caleema saaraayo
Garaadka beesha Absame. Garaad Maxamuud Dool oo ahaa garaadka Beesha
Bartire ayaa loodoortay inuu noqdo Garaadka Beesha Absame kaas oo ay
kumidoobayaan beelaha Absame. Waxaa baryahanba socday ololaha uruurinta
dhaqaalaha kubixidoona caleemo saarka garaadka, dhaqaalahan oo laga
uruurinaayay dhamaanba ganacsatada ladan ee kasoojeeda beelahan, waxaana
ganacsatada waawayn lagu qoray lacago kabadan 100,000 oo Birr.
Caleemasaarka garaadka ayaa kadhicidoona magaalada Birqod ee hoostimaada
magaalada Dhagaxbuur oo kamida degmooyinkii dhawaan lagu sookordhiyay
gobolkaas. Lama garanaayo sababta lagu doortay magaaladaas, balse waxay u
dhawdahay inay kutaalo badhtamaha dhulka ay dagaan beesha Absame.
Sidookale degmadan ayaa xukuumada deegaanku ay galisay dadaalo dheeraad
ah sidii looga soosaarilahaa biyo iyo beero, waxaana larabaa in dib
udajin loogu sameeyo bulshada xoolo dhaqatada ah ee kuxeeran degmadaas
iyo Gobolka Dhagaxbuur.
Gudiga Qabanqaabada iyo dadka kaqaybgalaaya xaflada caleema saarka
garaadka ayaa hada isku diyaarinaaya ambabaxooda, waxaana baabuur tiro
badan oo u badan basaska dhaadheer iyo dhex-dhexe ee qaada shaqaalaha
xafiisyada dawlada lagu diyaariyay gudaha gibiga Kililka, waxaana
lafilayaa in bari loogu ambabaxo dhankaas iyo Degmada Birqod.
Caleema saarka iyo doorashada garaadkan kasoojeeday beelaha Jidwaaq ayaa
lafilayaa inuu door muhiim ah kaqaato isusoodhawaynta iyo
iskuduubnaanshaha beelaha kasoowada jeeda absame, sida beelaha Ogaadeen
iyo Jidwaaq; kuwaas oo had iyo jeer ay dhextaalay xurguf dhanka siyaasada
ah, oo beelaha jidwaaq ay had iyo jeer ku eedeeyaan in beesha Ogaadeen
ay xukunkii deegaanka kafaramaroorsatay beelihii kale. Garaadkan cusub
ee Beesha Absame ayaa kasoojeeda hogaankii, geesigii iyo shaqsigii
magaca iyo muuqa dheer kulahaa bulshada Soomaaliyeed wakhtigiisii guud
ahaan deegaamada ay dagaan Soomaliduna aadka loogayaqaanay
taariikhdiisana lagu baranjiray waxbarashada dugsiyada hoose iyo dhexe,
waa Garaad Xirsi (Wiil Waal) oo hada ku aasan magaalada Jigjiga ee
caasimada deegaanka, looguna magacdaray iskuulka hoose dhexe ee Wiilwaal
ee kuyaala magaalada Jigjiga.
Cabdi Shukri (Xarago)
Jigjiga, Kilil5 Online
Objects banal and beautiful have been brought together by the British Museum in an exhibition tracing the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, including priceless manuscripts and textiles, a Victorian Thomas Cook train ticket and blue plastic razors distributed by the Saudi government to all male pilgrims.
The exhibition, which opens on Thursday, is the first in any museum in the world to focus on the pilgrimage, which was already ancient when Muhammad completed his journey in the early 7th century. From 20,000 such travellers in 1932, in one week last year just under three million people undertook the hajj.
As non-Muslims, neither the director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, nor the lead curator, Venetia Porter, can ever set foot at the sites or experience the rituals the exhibition describes. "In a way that's the point of the exhibition," MacGregor said. "The hajj is the fifth pillar of Islam, and the only one which non-Muslims are not welcomed to observe or share. The purpose of the British Museum when it was founded was to enable its visitors to understand the world better, and this must surely meet that objective."
MacGregor described the hajj as "the high point of the intersection between theology and logistics".
The exhibition traces the suppliers of travellers' provisions, the organisers of camel caravans, the queen who left a legacy of a chain of wells and rest houses, and the builders who constructed railways specially for the pilgrims.
The show also looks at the appointment of Thomas Cook in the 19th century as the official hajj travel agent: the company found it insufficiently profitable and dropped it.
Porter, an internationally recognised expert on the history and culture of Islam, could go no closer than the Red sea port of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the site where medieval pilgrims landed by dhow after journeys of up to 1,000 miles often beset by hunger, thirst, attacks by brigands and pirates, and shipwreck.
She followed the paths through the old town to Mecca Gate, where she stood looking wistfully down the road towards the city only 40 miles away.
Loans came from 13 countries, however, so Porter did get to many other places of legend, including Timbuktu to borrow ancient manuscripts covering some of the earliest travellers' accounts.
Her colleague and co-curator, Qaisra Khan, went on the hajj for the first time last year, charged with collecting souvenirs for the exhibition and the permanent collection – including the simple white robes worn by pilgrims, a glass model of the Ka'bah, the empty black cube at the heart of the ceremonies, and a digital Qur'an.
She said she found it an overwhelming experience. "Surrounded by so many millions of devout people, I thought what do I do now, pray or buy souvenirs? So I did both. I told everyone what I was doing and why, but I don't think they believed me."
The exhibition includes the travel diaries and photographs of several outsiders who did go on the hajj, including the explorer and writer Richard Burton, whose account of his travels in disguise in 1853 became a best seller.
Lady Evelyn Cobbold, a Scots aristocrat, wrote: "It seems that I have always been a Moslem." She became the first British Muslim woman to make the pilgrimage, in 1933. Another convert was Harry St John Philby – famous as the father of the spy Kim Philby. There is also an immaculately written diary of a 10-year-old English girl, Saleena Nur Mohamed, who made the journey with her family in 2006, and wrote that she tried not to look at the Ka'bah until she reached a point where she could get a clear view: "Such a simple object structurally, yet so majestic and awe inspiring."
Although the exhibition includes ancient textiles which once hung over and inside the Ka'bah, and a little leather pouch of dust gathered from its floor, there is no image of the interior of the shrine about which outsiders have always been curious.
Burton got close enough to touch the black stone, polished smooth by millions of hands. He returned later, and did manage to get inside, surreptitiously making notes in pencil on his white robe, and recording: "I will not deny that, looking at the windowless walls, the officials at the door, and a crowd of excited fanatics below … my feelings were of the trapped-rat description."
Although the exhibition organisers had Islamic advisers, deciding not to display the Ka'bah interior had nothing to do with religious sensitivities.
"There were almost no photographs of the interior of the Ka'bah, and none of a high enough quality to exhibit," Porter said. "We know it's a bare empty space, but I've never seen a good image and I'll never go there, so it is fair to say that at the heart of the exhibition there remains a mystery."
Source: thegurdian
MPLS (kilil5)--Waxaa wiil ugu dhashay magaalada Dallas Texas ee wadanka Maraykanka Madaxwaynaha deegaanka Cabdi Maxamud Cumar iyo xaaskiisa Sadiiqa Cabdi ismaaciil asbuucaynu soodhaafnay..Wiilkan ayaa loobixiyay Sharmaake Cabdi maxamud Cumar. Hadaba,su’aasha ugu wayn iyo su’aalaha ay akhristayaashu nasoowaydiinayeen ayaa waxaa ka mid ah,maxay xaaska madaxwayne Cabdi Maxamud Kasamaynaysaa wadanka maraykanka? Waxaa sidoo kale akhristayaasha qaar ka mid ah nasoowaydiiyeen inaan taariikh kooban kabixino xaaska madaxwaynaha.
Inkasta oon kagaabsanayno taariikhda xaaska madaxwaynaha wixii dhaafsiisan warbixinta guud ee khusaysa muwaadiniinta deegaanka Soomaliyeed iyo warbixin kooban oon rajaynayno inay kajawaabto su’aasha ah maxay xaaska madaxwaynaha kasamaynaysaa wadanka maraykanka.Waxaa jira warar xamxam ah mise aan madaxbanaanayn oo sheegaya in xaaska yar ee madaxwaynaha ay usooguurayso wadanka maraykan mustaqbalka dhow.Sida wararka aanu kuhelay,xaaska madaxwaynaha ee wakhtigan xaadirka Dallas kusugan ayaa safar dalxiis ah kutimid maraykanka (tourist Visa) hase yeeshee muhiimada fasaxa ayaa warku sheegayaa inay tahay indho indhayn.
Sadiiqa Cabdi Ismaaciil oo ah bahda yar ee madaxwaynaha deegaanka ayaa kudhalatay xerada taangiyada ee gabilay.Sadiiqa Cabdi oo ladhalay Khadar Cabdi ayaa ah da’yartii cornayl cabdi ismaaciil oo haysan jiray xerada taangiyada gabilay oo ku dhintay qarax miino inta u dhaxaysa arbsiyo iyo gabilay 1988-1989 kadibna waxay u qaxeen jigjiga oo ay ku noolayeen halkaasi oo walaalkeed khadar cabdi ismaaciil uu ku daray marwo Sadiiqa madaxwaynaha deegaanka Cabdi Maxamud Cumar. Marwo Sadiiqa ayaa sida naloosheegay madaxwaynaha u dhashay hal gabadh iyo wiilka hada ku dhashay Dallas TX.Sida aan warka kuhelay, waxaa naloosheegay in xaaska madaxwaynuhu ladegantahay abtiyaal oo mudo daganaa wadanka oo uu midkood dhawaan ka soo laabtay jigjiga isaga ayaana Visa u diray (Tourist Visa).
Sida aanu warar hooose kuhelay,xaaska madaxwaynaha ayaa ugaadhsi ugu jirta guri iibsasho wadanka Maraykanka,waxayna dhawaan indhoindhaysay guryaha Dallas iyo Atlanta.Marwo sidiiqa ayaa sida warku nagusoogaadhaya kaheshay magaalada Atlanta,gaar ahaan guryo kuyaala xaafad magaceeda naloogu sheegay Alphareta oo ay deganyihiin dadka tujaarta mise maalqabeenka ah. Warar aan madaxbanaanayn ayaa sheegaya in madaxwaynuhu kutalojiro inuu xaasaskiisa dibada usoodhoofsado.Sidoo kale,waxaanu warbixinta kuhelay in lacagta guriga lagu gadayo lagu soogalin hayo wadanka maraykanka magaca gabadh magaceeda naloogu sheegay Fowsia oo ay qaraabo dhow yihiin madaxwaynaha.Fowsia ayaa dhowr jeer socdaal kutagtay magaalada Jigjiga sida naloosheegay inkasta oo ay kasoojeedo wadanka Tanzania sida warbixintu nagusoogaadhayso.Waxaa kaloo naloosheegay in Fowzio ay tahay gacanta midig ee madaxwaynaha dhinaca dhaqaalaha iyo kuxirka dadka danaynaya udhowaanshaha madaxwayne Cabdi Maxamud Cumar magaalada Minneapolis.Xaafada Atlanta ee xaaska madaxwaynuhu damacsantahay inay guri kagadato ayaa qiimaha ugu jaban guryaha yihiin 500,000 dollar.Sidoo kale,qiimaha kharashka dhalmada ilmaha cisbitaalada gobolka Texas ayaa naloosheegay inay tahay inta udhaxaysa 50,000-100,000 dollar qofka aan lahayn kaadha caafimaadka wadanka Maraykanka.Waxaa iyadana xasuusin mudan in mushaar madaxwaynaha uusan kabadnayn 500 dollar bishii.
Waxaa iyadana xasuusin mudan in madaxwaynaha deegaanka uu dhawaan lix qof usoo magacaabay inay deegaanka soomalida u matalaan safaaradaha wadanka Itoobiya.Lixdan qof ayaa waxaa kamid ah Khadar Cabdi.Sida aanu wararka kuhelay,sadex kamida lixda qof ayaa lakeeni doonaa wadanka maraykanka,gaar ahaan magaalooyinka Minnepolis,Los Angeles iyo Sandiego.Waxaa xusid mudan in wadanka safaaradiisu tahay Washington.Wadanka Itoobiya ayaan sidoo kale consulate kulahayn Minneapolis iyo Sandiego waxaana cadayn sida ay masuuliyiintan loogayn karo magaalooyin aysan ku oolin safaarad iyo consulatetoona,arintan ayaa ka hor imanaysa sharciga wadanka Maraykanka haday dhacdo.
Ugu dambayntii macada in Xaaska madaxwaynuhu dib ugu laaban doonto wadankii iyo xiliga ay dib ulaabanayso haday go’aansato inay laabato.Waxaan iyadana cadayn in madaxwaynuhu ogaansho ugu soodiray maraykanka si ay ugu dhasho wadanka Maraykanka.Dhawaan unbay ahayd markii Siyaasiyiinta kasoojeeda Xisbiga muxaafadka (Republican party) ay kaqaylyeen dadka kasoojeeda wadamada Aasia gaar ahaan South Korea,Singabore, China iyo Japan oo wadanka maraykanka iskusoobeegayay xiliga dhalmada haweenkooda, wadanka maraykankanka kusoogalayay fiisaha dalxiiska.Saxaafada Maraykanka ayaa ugu yeedhay caruurtan noocan loogu dhalo wadanka Maraykanka (“Tourist babies”.Caruurta kudhalata wadanka maraykanka ayaa ah Maraykan xitaa haday waalidkoodu dalxiis uyimideen Maraykanka xuquuq gooni ahna siinaysa waalidka caruurta mise usahlaysa in waalidku haday rabaan mustaqbalka inay codsadaan dhalashada Maraykannimo.
Fadlan hadii taariikha yar ee xaaska aanu wax khalad ah kudaray,waxaan rajaynaynaa in akhristayaasha aqoonta u leh xaaska ay nasixi doonaan,waxaanad nagu sixi kartaan commentiyada warka mise admin@kilil5.com
Cali Yare
Minneapolis,kilil5.
Addis Ababa, November 10, 2011 (Addis Ababa) - The House of Federation said preparation has been finalized for the celebration of the 6th Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Day at Mekele Town of Tigray State on 09 December 2011.
In a press conference he gave here on Thursday, House Constitutional and Regional Affairs Standing Committee Secretary, Daniel Demissie said that the Day will be celebrated under the theme: "Our Constitution towards Diversity, Unity and Renaissance."
He said the celebration aims to mark the Day with the sentiment of unity in diversity among nations, nationalities and peoples’ of Ethiopia.
Mobilizing the general public to be active participant in the on-going development and Growth and Transformation Plan is also major issues of the event, he said.
The Day would be marked with various assortments including symposiums, musical performance and sport festivals organized across the country.
The Day would also be celebrated in 28,000 government and private schools in the country, Daniel said.
Other activities such as exhibition, trade fair, cultural shows and police and Defense Brass bands, among others, would be displayed earlier the day as part of the celebration, he said.
Source:ENA
Addis Ababa, November 8, 2011 (Addis Ababa) - The Sixth Ethiopian International Film Festival was held here on Monday at the Addis Ababa City Hal under the theme: “Cultural Independence in Globalized World.â€
The festival will also be held at Ambassador Cinema, Cinema Empire, Russian Science and Culture Center and Italian Culture Institute.
Festival Coordinating Director, Yirgashewa Teshome on the occasion said various genre films including feature, short fiction, and documentary, animation, classic and contemporary will be screened in the course of the week long festival.
Some 34 domestic and foreign films are ready for screening, he said.
Best Ethiopian films will be selected for award based on nine categories in the course of the festival, the Director said.
He said the audience would be given a chance to for the best film through SMS, an opportunity, which he said, was non-existent before.
In a message delivered through his representative, Culture and Tourism State Minister, Dawed Mohammed said the ministry is desirous to enhance the local film industry.
He also stressed the need that such kinds of festivals would play a pivotal role to building image of the nation.
“Hiroshimaâ€, “City Boysâ€, “Mechanikuâ€, “Ladies Firstâ€, “Sugar Mummy†and “3 Thousandâ€, among others, are some of the local selected films being shown during the reported period, according to the program made available on the event.
Source: ENA
Addis Ababa, November 6, 2011 (Addis Ababa) - Id-al Adha, a muslim holiday, was celebrated through out the country on Sunday among Muslim faithful.
here in the capital, the holiday was celebrated in the presence of thousands of city residents and faithful.
Speaking on the occasion, Haji Mohammed Ali Sira stressed the need to advance tolerance among the various religious sects.
He called up on the new generation should give special attention to religious tolerance, among others thing.
Speaking on his part, Addis Ababa City Mayor, Kuma Demksa said the past consecutive regimes did not ensure freedom of worship.
But now, people have been enjoying freedom of worship and other human and democratic rights more than ever before.
Source: ENA
5 November 2011
Dhamaan shaqaalaha iyo maamulka Shabakadda Wararka ee Kilil5 Online, waxay hambalyo uderaysaa dhamaanba bulshada Muslimiinta ah ee kunool aduunwaynaha, munaasabada ciidan barakaysan ee Ciidul Adxaa.
Waxaa kale oo ay shaqaalaha iyo maamulka Kilil5 hambalyo udirayaan bulsho waynta Itoobiya guud ahaan, gaar ahaanna bulshada Dawlad Deegaanka Soomaalida Itoobiya. Waxaan Ilaaha awoodda leh ka baryaynaa in dalkeena iyo dadkeena sanadkan sanadkiisa kugaadhsiiyo nabad, hormar iyo xalisooni. Waxaa kale oo aan Ilaaha awoodda leh ka baryaynaan in shacabka Dawlad Deegaanka Soomaalida uu siiyo maamul suuban .
Aamiin
Maamulka
October 27, 2011
By William Davison
Ethiopia's state project to make it into one of the world's top sugar producers requires the resettling of semi-nomadic herders in permanent villages. Which priority wins out: cultural preservation or economic progress?
Ethiopia's Lower Omo Valley, a United Nations World Heritage Site along the border with Kenya, is renowned for its numerous tribes, among them the lip plate-inserting Mursi and bull-running Hamer.
Sixteen ethnic groups occupy the scorching, low-lying region, raising cattle, and growing crops, often along the fertile banks of the Omo River that wriggles its way through the bush.
Western tourists, archaeologists, and anthropologists are regular visitors to observe the unique cultures and pre-human fossils.
But the Ethiopian government has begun a project to build sugar farms in the area in an effort to take the nation into the top ten of global sugar exporters. The plan, which would require resettling semi-nomadic herders in permanent villages, puts the effort to modernize Ethiopia's archaic agricultural system at loggerheads with the desire to preserve the cultural identities of local ethnic groups.
A push for economic development:
The state-run project launched this year – combined with other large-scale farming investments irrigated by the outflow from an under-construction hydropower dam – look likely to alter the area forever, initially for some Bodi and Mursi communities who will be resettled to make way for the sugar fields.
"They will still be pastoralists, but agro-pastoralists. They will not roam around in search of water and grazing land," Abay Tsehaye, head of the state-owned Sugar Corporation, says. "They will have enough grazing land because we will supply them with irrigation."
The farms will be made possible by the regulated outflow from the upstream Gibe III hydropower plant. The plant, which will almost double Ethiopia's power generating capacity, is scheduled to be finished in 2013.
It will provide electricity to Ethiopia and also generate scarce foreign exchange by supplying the region. Ethiopia's large hydropower potential – due to plentiful rainfall in its highlands and mountainous terrain – is a vital asset that must be utilized to bring the country out of poverty, Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia's leader of two decades, says.
Roads have been improved, scrub land demarcated, and construction of a diversion weir begun for the six plantations fed by the Omo that will occupy at least one-eighth of the Lower Omo area and use 3 billion cubic meters of water per year. Despite the progress, resettlement plans and technical studies on the plantations have not yet been completed, the Sugar Corporation says.
Mr. Abay says agricultural experts, irrigation schemes, and social services will bring much-needed development to a neglected backwater. Critics like Survival International, a British charity that campaigns for the rights of indigenous people, argue communities' rights are being trampled and that the water use will parch Lake Turkana, another World Heritage Site that straddles the Ethiopia-Kenya border.
"They want these people to remain as primitive as they used to be, as poor as they used to be, as naked as they used to be so that they will be specimen for research and an agenda for raising funds," Abay says about the project's naysayers.
'I want my children to be pastoralists'
But while the government says it has had extensive consultation with the communities, several members of the Bodi tribe, who number about 7,000, say such claims are exaggerated.
"The government is building it themselves. They are not sharing it with other people, they did not call a meeting," father of three, enrobed Dori Bella, who moves every month to graze his cattle said in a new school just outside the village of Hanna. "We don't want to be begging in town, I want my children to be pastoralists."
Activists spoke of a widespread fear of reprisals for speaking out and predicted armed resistance to what they see as a government land grab.
A report this month from Survival also claimed that over 100 individuals from the Mursi and Bodi were arrested for protesting the plan. But locals said that recent detainments were not directly related to the project.
As our Land Cruiser wound its way to the Omo valley along a sturdy gritted track, a broken-down truck carrying panels for plantation workers' homes almost blocked the road after failing to mount a steep incline – an indication of the huge logistical challenges involved in bringing commercial farming to this far-flung region.
The water extracted for the farms will result in a five-meter reduction in the level of Lake Turkana and eventually fewer fish, according to Sean Avery, an engineer who published a report on the area for the African Development Bank in November. Concerns over effects on Turkana prompted a UNESCO committee to make a futile call for the government to halt construction of Gibe III in July. A "fragile environment and the livelihoods of tribes" will be destroyed, Survival states.
For the several thousand Turkana and Dassenech people depending on the lake for their livelihood, the future is uncertain.
Educated Kenyan fisherman Michael Irgeno from the Dassenech tribe believes the dam is a mixed blessing. Power and irrigation are welcome for the deprived regions, but "at this time it's bad as most people have not heard about Gibe III," he says in the half-light of his domed hut near the wind-lashed shore. "It would be better if people come together with one mind and decide what to do," he says. "But if they start without informing people it will have an effect. Most of our community is illiterate so it is hard for them to have an opinion."
Source: The Christian Science Monitor
Addis Ababa, October 27, 2011 (Addis Ababa) - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Ethiopian cultural week was held in different cities of India.
A cultural troupe from the Ethiopian National Theater staged cultural performance from October 19 -25, 2011 in New Delhi and other cities, the ministry told ENA on Wednesday.
The ministry said a research paper on the cultural features of Ethiopia was presented while Ethiopia’s cuisine was also displayed on the occasion.
It said Hyderabad International Cultural Council heads and more than 80 Ethiopian students attended the Ethiopian cultural music and dances at Hyderabad town.
A similar performance was also staged in Thiruvananthapuram City of Kerala province.
Town mayor P.K. Chandria on the occasion expressed contentment over the Ethiopian cultural music and dances staged on the occasion.
He said the performance demonstrates that Ethiopia is home of diversified nations . nationalities and peoples.
Local television stations and other media have given coverage to the Ethiopian cultural week, the ministry said.
Source:ENA
Friday, October 07, 2011
Sezgin said agricultural season was about to begin in Somalia, and there were fields suitable for agriculture in the south of the country.
Turkish Religious Foundation (TDV) extended on Friday 200 tons of food aid to Somalia.
TDV's representative in Somalia, Yuksel Sezgin, said the assistance was distributed to the needy in the south of Somalia.
"We have been working to overcome problems in transporting aid to Somalia, and we have sent 200 tons of foodstuff to the needy in the south of the country," Sezgin told AA correspondent.
Sezgin said this was the most comprehensive aid to people living in the south of Somalia.
The TDV representative said those living in the south of the country were in need of more assistance as aid from Turkey had been extended to many people in capital Mogadishu.
"There are some problems in dispatching the aid to the south of the country due to internal clashes, and therefore people continue to set to challenging journeys in order to come to the capital," he said.
Sezgin said agricultural season was about to begin in Somalia, and there were fields suitable for agriculture in the south of the country.
"If people in this region travel to Mogadishu, agricultural fields cannot be cultivated, which will be a bigger problem for the country," he said.
Sezgin also said the foundation was trying to prevent recurrence of such a problem.
Somalia is currently facing with one of the worst droughts in the past 60 years.
The epicenter of the drought lies on the three-way border shared by Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia, a nomadic region where families heavily depend on the health of their livestock. Uganda and Djibouti have also been hit by the disaster.
Tens of thousands of people have so far been displaced due to the humanitarian situation in the region.
Source: www.worldbulletin.net
Today's Zaman
October 03, 2011
Turkish pop diva Ajda Pekkan performed a concert to raise money for millions of starving Somalis on Saturday at the Kuruçesme Arena, the Antaolia news agency reported.
Pekkan, performing “Crying Mother†first, sang together with a children's choir, dressed all in white. Turkish Minister of EU Affairs Egemen Bağış's daughter, Ecehan Bağış, was a member of the choir.
After finishing her first song, Pekkan, addressing the crowd, said it is insufficient to explain the tragedy in Somalia in words. “I will not only sing songs this evening,†Pekkan said. “At the same time, I will make a call for peace and brotherhood around the world. I sincerely thank all of our citizens who are helping Somalia tonight. I believe that our message of brotherhood here can reverberate all over the world.â€
Pekkan's 11th song was a duet with artist Muazzez Ersoy. She ended the concert with the children's choir, together singing “We Are the World.â€
Bağış and his wife, Beyhan Bağış, attended the concert. Bağış told journalists before the concert that the participants would share a significant event together.
Thanking Pekkan for her outreach, Bağış said: “In fact, the prime minister himself asked me to come. Unfortunately, he told us he could not. In the meantime, all of the companies involved in the concert such as the BeÅŸiktaÅŸ Culture Center [BKM] have decided to donate all of the proceeds to Somalia while undertaking all of the costs. I would like to thank them for these sensitivities. Our artist Adja Pekkan will present the proceeds to the prime minister in his office at Dolmabahçe Palace. I thank all of our artists who came this evening for their compassion.â€
"It is necessary that not only our artists, but also our well-known companies, businesspeople and think tanks do not forget what is going on in Somalia," Bağış said.
“But the hunger and the famine in Somalia are not over. There are still problems. We must continue organizing similar activities to this [concert] because Somalia expects a lot from us. In my most recent meeting with the Somali prime minister in New York, he said, ‘The hopes of Somalia are tied to Turkey.' These words really stirred in me many emotions,†Bağış said of the need to continue supporting the struggling people of Somalia.
Bağış said that Turkey has already been an example in its unending generosity toward Somalia when the rest of the world was slower to respond. “We have already [served as an example], and I believe we will do better,†he said.
Source: Today's Zaman
Monday, 03 October 2011
Addis Ababa, October 3 (WIC) – France Ambassador to Ethiopia, Jean-Christophe Belliard, said that Ethiopia has unique culture and festivals that should be visited for their beauty.
“The Horn of Africa nation has unique script, calendar, landscape and religious festivals that could attract the attention of people elsewhere in the world,†Ambassador Belliard told WIC, while attending the Demera festival, which marks the finding of the True Cross, here at Meskel Square.
In addition to fostering unity, such kind of celebration (Demera) can be utilized to attract tourists from all over the globe and sell the positive image of the country, he said.
“I found Ethiopians more faithful. Every country has its own culture but Demera is unique to Ethiopians. I recommend people to come and share this best experience,†he said.
Ambassador Belliard also underlined the importance of such kind of festival to ensure the sustainability of the economic growth attained over the past years.
The ambassador further urged all Ethiopians to have confidence in their country and do their part for the growth of the nation, mainly in the realization of the Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP).
He said the international community will be behind Ethiopia for the successful realization of the GTP, which will be instrumental for the country to meet the MDGs by 2015.
France Development Bank has recently announced its plan to provide 300 million euro for Ethiopia over the coming three years, the ambassador said.
Source: WIC
Tuesday, 30 August 2011
Addis Ababa, August 30 (WIC) - The 1432nd Eid al Fitr was celebrated on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 throughout Ethiopia.
The day, which marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, was marked here at the Addis Ababa Stadium colorfully in the presence of government officials, diplomats, ambassadors and the Muslim community
Representative of Addis Ababa City Administration mayor, Tadesse Benti, said that the Muslim community should fight back anti-peace forces that strive to erode the unity of Ethiopian under the pretext of religion.
President of the Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Supreme Council, Sheik Ahmedin Sheik Abdulahi, on his part called upon the Muslim faithful to contribute their share for the successful realization of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which is part of the five-year Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP).
He further urged the Muslim community to strengthen their unity and participation in the all-round development activities underway in the country.
Source: WIC
28 August, 2011
Jigjiga (Kilil5)---Magaalada Jigjiga ee caasimada deegaanka ayaa siwayn looga dareemayaa qaabilaada iyo soodhawaynta maalinka Ciidul Fidriga oo lafilaayo inay noqoto maalinka arbacad ama talaatada fooda inagu soohaysa. Suuqa wayn ee magaalada Jijjiga ayaa waxaa buuxdhaafiyeen dad ubadan ciyaal, haween iyo dhalinyaro kagadanaysa dharkii ciidan, waxaana hareeraha iyo gudaha suqaas lagu daadiyay boolis iyo dhalinyaro loogu talogalay sugida amniga suuqaas iyada oo laga cabsiqabo in kooxaha aan jeclayn nabadgalyada deegaanku ay kusoodhex gabadaan shacabka oo ay halkaas falal kaladuwan kafuliyaan.
Ciidii kalhore ayaa ciidamada amnigu ay qabteen dad ku hubaysnaa waxyaabaha qarxa kuwaas oo sheegay inay rabeen inay qaraxyo kaladuwan kagaystaan goobo ay kamidyihiin suuqan taywaanka ee xiligan ookale dadku aadka ugu badanyihiin. Sidookale wakhtigan ookale marka uu suuqu sidan ookale xidhiidhiga unoqdo ayaa waxaa soodhexgala tuugo ka’faaiidaysta xadida dharka iyo jeebsiibka dadka adeeganaaya.
Suuqaqa iyo meheradaha ganacsiga gaar ahaan kuwa iibiya dharka oo hore rawixijiray marka ay ced-ceedu dhacdo ayaa xiligan ookale shaqeeya ilaa 6 danbe ee habeen badhka. Jidadka iyo qabaleeyada xaafadaha magaalada ayaa lasudhay laydhadh midabo kaladuwan leh, sidookale jidka dheer ee laamiga ah ee dhexmara magaalada ayaa todobaadadanba aad loogu hawlanaa galinta tiirasha laydhka ee jidadka (Street lights) kuwaas cidhif-ka-cidhif lagu dhamaystiray jidkaas, jidkan ayaa sidookale aad kor ugu qaaday bilicda magaalada, waxaana lafilayaa in la dhamaystiridoono inta ciida kahoraysa lana shididoono habeenka ciida.
Cabdishukri (Xarako)
Jigjiga,Kilil5 Online
The Venture
August 23, 2011
Latino and Muslim are two words that come charged with various sentiments in American society. Being a Latino Muslim comes with the challenge of facing both religious and ethnic ostracism.
Juan Alvarado was raised Catholic by his Dominican parents but converted to Islam at the end of his college years.
“My father was the one that didn’t like the idea,†Alvarado said.
Alvarado, one of the first in his family to go to college, felt a new sense of independence when he came back home.
“I left when I was 18 and returned when I was 22,†he said. “You change, and you can’t be the same person anyway.â€
When Alvarado told his parents about his newfound faith, it wasn’t easy for them to accept his conversion, particularly his father.
“He told me, ‘Te lavaron el cerebro.’ ‘You were brainwashed’,†Alvarado said.
Alvarado shared how practices that are commonplace, such as everyone getting days off from work for Christmas, remind him of the difference in his religious beliefs from the majority of the people.
“Sometimes it’s lonely because of that,†Alvarado said. “You are basically a stranger in your own world.â€
This difference is especially heightened when it comes to the Latino community, where Christmases filled with posadas and midnight church services.
“Sometimes when I’m in my mosque, and a person doesn’t know who I am starts talking to me in Arabic or Turkish, and I’m like, ‘I’m sorry I don’t speak that’,†Alvarado said.
“But then you feel in that weird in-between-place; you’re not quite part of them,†he said. “You feel tri-cultural, not bicultural: American, Hispanic and Muslim.â€
Alvarado is part of two groups whose numbers are consistently growing.
In 2007, the American Muslim Council estimated that there were 200,000 Latino Muslims. There is no exact figure because the U.S. Census Bureau does not collect religious information.
Despite the negatively associated belief that women are oppressed in Islam, more Latina women than men are converting to the faith.
Fizah B. Naqvi is a Latina who was born Muslim, whose mother converted to Islam.
“I know my mom and her convert friends, who are Hispanic too, are well respected in the Muslim community because they researched and then found their inner peace,†Naqvi said. “Those women want to find that structure or stability in their life. Islam at its core is pretty peaceful.â€
Latinos converting are contributing to the growth of the Muslim community in U.S.
The population projections show the number of Muslims more than doubling over the next two decades, rising from 2.6 million in 2010 to 6.2 million in 2030, according to the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life.
The fastest growing religion in the world is Islam, with the Muslim population expected to increase by about 35% in the next 20 years, rising to 2.2 billion by 2030, according to Pew.
Alvarado shares how currently Muslims are looked upon as an oddity, but that will soon change.
“A lot of people want to talk to us, why we want to become Muslims. It’s like a weird popularity contest,†he said.
“They think if you become Muslim, you are not Hispanic. What is Hispanic? It’s not something you can opt out of. We are still Hispanic,†Alvarado said. “I think of myself as a Hispanic or Latino person; because I became Muslim doesn’t mean I reject who I am, I only reject what I see as unrighteous acts.â€
Source: The Venture
By Claire de Oliveira
Agence France Presse
August 22, 2011
RIO DE JANEIRO — "As-salam aleikum!" Omar greeted worshippers as he entered Mesquita da Luz, Rio's first mosque where he had just broken his Ramadan fast at dusk.
Those are some of the only words Omar knows in Arabic, and he quickly continued his conversation in Portuguese with fellow Muslims who mostly, like him, converted recently to Islam in the world's biggest Catholic country.
In a land known more for its mini-bikinis and extravagant Carnival featuring scantily clad women, a small but growing number of Brazilians of various backgrounds call themselves Muslim.
For decades, it was primarily families of Libyan, Palestinian and Syrian descent who practiced Islam in Brazil.
Omar, who until just four years ago officiated as Catholic priest at a local church, explained why he embraced Islam.
"I found in Islam everything I had always looked for. I met God as he is, with no adaptation," the 34-year-old graphic designer told AFP.
Wearing a traditional long djellaba robe, he refused to give his official name, instead only revealing his Muslim one: Omar Israfil Dawud bin Ibrahim.
"At the seminary, you learn that Islam is one of the monotheistic religions. There is no prejudice against this religion," said Omar as he stood by his wife Alessandra Faria, who goes by the name "Fatima" after converting and deciding to wear the veil.
"In the beginning, my mother was mortified at the thought of going outside with me. I wear the veil to show I am Muslim and aware that I am part of a minority," she said.
Fatima's hijab may raise eyebrows in Rio, where it is more common to see women walking the streets in bikinis in seaside neighborhoods, but she says her beliefs can find a place here.
"Brazil is a mix, made up of several different cultures. This mix makes Brazilians very adaptable and tolerant."
Like most practicing Muslims here, Omar and Fatima are only recent converts to Islam. They plan to travel to Saudi Arabia next year on a Saudi government grant to learn Arabic.
Renovations on the mosque they attend in the suburb of Tijuca north of Rio got under way four years ago with donations from worshippers. It will soon hold up to 400 people during prayers, a major upgrade.
"The number of Muslims continues to grow, and most are Brazilians who are converting. We recruit members mostly online," said Sami Isbelle, a spokesman for the Beneficent Muslim Society (SBMRJ).
"In Rio, there are about 500 Muslim families, 85 percent of them Brazilian converts who have no Arab links," Isbelle said.
Things are different in Sao Paulo state and southern regions of Brazil, where most Muslims were born as such and are often of Arab descent.
Brazil's census does not count the number of Muslims, and only provides data on Catholics, evangelicals, Jews, spiritualists and followers of Afro-Brazilian religions.
"Muslims are listed in the 'other' category, along with Buddhists, for example, said Islam expert Paulo Pinto of Fuminense Federal University, who estimated Brazil is home to about a million Muslims.
The best indicator of the growth of Islam in the country is the rapid increase in the number of places of worship, according to Pinto. There are now 127 mosques, four times as many as there were back in 2000.
After the September 11 attacks in the United States, "there was a growth of interest in Islam, and many people decided to convert," Pinto added. "Islam was seen as a new form of resistance."
But it was a "telenovela" or soap opera launched just three weeks after the 2001 attacks, "The Clone," that sparked some Brazilians' infatuation with Islam.
Set in Morocco, the popular show showed a "positive imagine of that part of the world, with a benevolent Muslim hero," said Pinto.
"There is a tendency to think that Brazilian culture, as liberal and sensual as it is, is against the rules of Islam. But in fact, there are many conservative rules that are part of moral and sexual control. Look at how many evangelicals are successful in Brazil!"
Source: AFP
13, August 2011
Jigjiga(Kilil5)---Xuska maalinka dhalinyarada aduunka ayaa shalay siwayn looga xusay magaalada Jigjiga ee caasimada deegaanka. Xuskan oo uu sooqabanqaabiyay xafiiska dhalinyarada iyo maamulka magaalada Jigjiga ayaa waxaa kasooqaybgalay masuuliyiin ay kamid ahaayeen maayarka magaalada Jigjiga mudane Guuleed, Hogaanka Nabadgalyada Maamulka Jigjiga Jamaal Dheere, madaxa dhalinyarada, masuuliyiin kasocotay xafiiska dhalinyarada iyo dhalinyaro tirobadan.
Xuskan oo lagu qabtay Aqalka Shirarka ee Sayid Maxamed ayaa masuuliyiintii kahadlay dhamaantood ay xuseen ahmiyada ay uleedahay maalinkani dhalinyarada dunida iyo gaar ahaan deegaanka iyo kaalinta ay dhalinyaradu kaga jiraan bulshada. Xukuumada dawlada deegaanka Soomaalida ayaa culayska saartay dhalinyarada haday noqoto dhanka wacyigalinta, abaabulka iyo kaqaybgalka horumarka iyo nabadgalyada deegaanka ee dhalinyarada.
Xafiiska Dhalinyarada iyo Ciyaaraha Deegaanka iyo Maamulka Magaalada Jigjiga oo is kaashanaaya ayaa iyagu kuhawlan sidii dhalinyarada loo aabaabulilahaa si ay ugaqaybgalaan horumarka deegaanka. Dhalinyarada ayaa loo abaabulaa xaafad-xaafad si ay uga qaybgalaan sugida amniga magaalada, nabadgalyada, arimaha caafimaadka sidookalena looqabtaa tartamo ciyaaro kaladuwan ah si kor loogu qaado isdhexgalka,
jacaylka, meeshana looga saaro fikradaha qaldan ee la’aaminsiinkaro da’yarta.
Shamso Cumar
Jigjiga, Kilil5 Online
August 8, 2011
Bisha Ramadaan waa bisha uu Ilaahay ugu talagalay umadu inay danbiyadii iyo xumaantii ka dhacay 11bilood ee kale iska dhaqdo. Xoojisana xiriirka ay laleedahay Ilaahay (swt) kuna toosto jidkiisa iyadoo heshay raxmadiisa, danbi dhaafkiisa, raali ahaanshihiisa. Waana bil larabo inay qofka muslimka u noqoto tababar uu kubarto adkaysiga, sabarka, horumarinta nafta, naxariista, dareenka wanaagsan, samafalka iyo cadaadinta jirka. Sidoo kale waa bil larabo qofka muslimka ahi inuu sifiican ugu tababarto dabeecadaha wanaagsan sida runta, daacadnimada, niyada sare, toosnaanta iwm.
Arimahas oo dhana waxaan ka arkaynaa Rabbi (swt) inuu muslimiinta faray inay kasoomaan maalintii oo dhan dhamaan waxay naftu jeclayd (cunto, cabitaan, galmo iwm). Taasina waxay baraysaa sabarka, adkaysiga iyo sida uu naftiisa u qasbi karo, haduu dadaalana uu ugaarsiin karo meel aad usaraysa. Waxaa kaloo lafaray qofka muslimka ahi inuu sifiican u cibaadaysto, Qur´anka aad u akhriyo, sadaqada aad ubadiyo, xumaan oo dhana kafogaado, xataa haduu qof caayo ama aflagaadeeyo inuusan cay ugu jawaabin, balse uu kuyiraahdo (anu waan soo manahay). Hadaba arimahaas oo dhani waa kuwo larabo inay gaarsiiyaan qofka Muslimka ah inuu dhaafo darajadii askarinimada una daloco sargaalnimo, haduu kuguulaysto inuu sifiican uga barmooso imtixaankii soonka, haduuna kabarmoosina waxaa hubaal ah inuu halkii hoose wax badan sii fadhin doono. Sidaa darteed dadka soomaa waa sadex qaybood:
• Qayb kasoonta cuntada iyo cabitaanka, balse aan kasoomin xumaantii kale sida beenta, xanta, cayda, aflagadada, xatooyada iwm, (waxay kasoomeen wixii soonka kahor xalaasha uahaa, waxayna ku afureen wixii markasta xaraanta ka ahaa).
• Qayb kasoonta cuntada iyo cabitaanka, kana ilaalisa carabkeeda xumaanta oo dhan, kuna mashquulisa jirkeeda cibaadada Ilaahay.
• Qayb kasoonta cuntada iyo cabitaanka, kana fogaata xumaanta oo dhan, jirkeedana aad ugu mashquulisa cibaadada Rabbi (swt), qalbigeedana kabuuxisa xasuusta iyo jacaylka Rabbi (swt). Waana qaybta sida saxda ah usoontay, iyagoo aad ugu dhawaada xaalada Malaa´igta, aan waxba cunin, waxba cabin ee shaqadeedu tahay kaliya inay Ilaahay si sax ah u caabudo.
Talaabada ugu horaysa ee qofku uu kaga faa´iidaysan karo khayrka bisha Ramadaan ee barakaysana waa inuu layimaado Niyo adag oo toosan, qalbi saafi, duco badan iyo dadaal dheeraad ah. Maxayeelay bisha Ramadan waa xilli barwaaqo oo uu uda´ayo muslimiinta roob usida; naxariis, danbi dhaaf, naar kaxoraw. Xiliga barwaaqadana waxaa kafaa´iidaysan kara oo kaliya cidii sifiican ugu diyaar garowda, qalab-keedana sii diyaarsata, qofkaan udiyaargaroobina waxaa laga yaabaa inuu si dhibyar u dhaafo isagoon waxba kafaa´iidaysanin. Bisha soonku waa waqti aad qaali uah, qiimaheedana aan lasookoobi karin, shaykastoo qiima sare lehna, dadka inyar baa haaban karta/ kafaa´iidaysan karta, inta badana iyagoon wali dareemin buu dhaafaa. Furasadii mar kaa fakataana waxaa dhici karta inayna markale kuusoo laabanin.
Hadaba bisha Soonka ee barakaysani ma afraada unbay utahay furso ay Ilaahay ugu dhawaadaan mise bulshaduna wey kafaa´iidaysan kartaa? Jawaabtuna waa Haa, oo waxaa hubaal ah inay khayrka iyo raxmada bisha soonka kafaa´iidaysan karto umadii/ bulshadii kafogaatay khayrkii, xaqii, cadaaladii iyo samefalkii ay kugaari lahayd raali ahanshaha Rabbi (swt) oo Soonku wuxuu umada barayaa:
1. Midnimo iyo isku duubnaan, oo Rabbi (swt) markuu soonka farayay wuxuu yiri (hooy kuwii Alle rumeeyaw…) wuxuuna rabaa umad midaysan, isku duuban, haysana haljid ah oo kaliya. Hadaan taa lahelin oo umadii loo kala googooyo koox-koox, gobal-gobal, land-land iwm, waxaa hubaal ah soonlkii inuusan yeelanaynin dhadhan wanaagsan sida hadaba nahaysata, oo markii lawaayay umad midaysan isku duuban, oo iska kaashata dhibka iyo masaa´ibta waa lahalaag-samayaa, jabka iyo xumaantuna waxay nooga imaanaysaa dhinac kasta.
2. Raxmad iyo is cafin; oo ah macnaha usareeya ee soonku uu nabaraya, inay Muslimiintii oo dhani iskusi usoomaan, Rabbigoodna aad u baryaan, cafis iyo danbi dhaafna weydiistaan. Waxaana waajib ah intayna Rabbigood cafis weydiisanin inay iyagu iscafiyaan, isu naxariistaan, gacmaha is qabsadaan, dulmiga iska dhafaan. Maxayeelay Ilaahay wuxuu cafiyaa kuwa iyagu si cafiya, wuxuuna u naxariistaa kuwa iyagu isu naxariista, wuxuuna ka aqbalaa cibaadada kuwa iyagu iskaalmeeya, is aqbala, ee aan isdilin, is muquuninin, is inkirin.
Lasoco Q.2aad
Axmad Cabdilahi
Axmad72@hotmail.com
8 August 2011
Jigjiga (Kilil5)---Sidii wararkayagii todobaadkii lasoodhaafay aad kalasocoteen waxaa jirtay inaanu soogalinay qoraal kusaabsanaa arday lagu tababaraayo maca-had kuyaala magaalada Harar oo looyaqaan Axbash, kaas oolagu baro mad-habta Shiicada. Waxaanu sidookale kawaranay inay jiraan dhalinyaro badan oo hore tababaro uga sooqaatay macadkaas oo khal-khalbadan ku abuuray diintii khilaafyo badana ka dhexwaday magaalada Jigjiga ee caasimada deegaanka iyo meelokale. Waxaa maanta soo if baxay kitaab uu qoray sheekhan magaciisa layidhaa Shaykh Abdullah Al-Harari oo ah ninkii aas aasay macadkan Axbash kaas oo umadii kunoolayd magaalada jigjiga maanta ku abuuray khalkhal aad ubadan. Kitaabkan ayaa ah mid diinta Islaamka meel kaga dhacaayo asxaabtii (RC) Rasuulkana (SCW) qaar kood gaar ahaan asxaabtii waawaynaydna ku tilmaamay qaar dambiilayaal ahaa. Kitaabkan ayaa xalay iyo maantaba dhamaan masaajida laga sheegay walina ay socotaa digniintiisa Islaamka looga digaayo iyo waliba raga dhalinyarada ah ee lagu dhex faafiyay deegaanka ee hawshan wada kuwaas oo qaarkood aanu aragnay.
Kitaabkan ayaa magaciisa layidhaa “ Atacaawanu Cala Nahyi Canil Munkar†ayuu sheekhani qoray loona soodhiibay dhalinyaradii aan hore usoosheegnay in lagu soo tababaray macadkan. Asxaabta ceebaha iyo dambiilayaasha uu ku tilmaamayo buugan waxaa kamida oo ay culumada deegaanku ka hor akhriyeen dadka:
1.Caa’isha Binti Abiibakar (RC), Xaaskii Rasuulka (SC)
2.Mucaawiya Inbu Sufyaan (RC)
3.Dalxa Binu Cubaydilaah (RC) oo kamida 10 Janada loogu bishaareeyay
4.Cabdiraxmaan Binu Cawf (RC) oo kamida 10 Janada loogu bishaareeyay
5.Zuber Binu Cawaam (RC) oo kamida 10 Janada loogu bishaareeyay iyo asxaabkale
Sidookale kitaabkan ayaa qoraaya in cayda Abubarka iyo Cumar Binu Khadaab (Radiyallaahu Canhum) iyo asxaabta kale ee waawayn in aysan ahayn kufri nimo, balse ay tahay “Faasiq†ama dambi aan waynayn. Sidookale kitaabkan ayaa qoraaya asxaabtii rasuulku aysan ka fadli badnayn dadka maanta jooga, culimaduna waxay soo daliishadeen xadiisyo kasugan rasuulka in asxaabtu ay inaga fadlibadnaayee oo ay kamid ahaayee xadiis macnihiisuyahay “ dadka ugu khayrka badani ay ahaayeen asxaabtii noolayd xiligii Rasuulka (SC), kadibna ay kusoo xigaan kuwa kuxiga, hadana kuwa kuxiga, hadana kuwa kuxigaâ€.
Waxaa jirta in akhristayaasha qaarkood ay naga codsadeen inaanu dhex dhexaad ka noqono arinkan kasaxaafad ahaan iyaga oo kutilmaamay in sheekhaas iyo macadkiisuba yahay Sunni iyo culimadeenii hore, balse kadib markii ay soo ifbexeen kitaabkan iyo dhalinyaradan wadata mad-habta shiicada ayaa waxaa qasab nagu noqotay inaan umada uga digno sida ay culumadu nafarayaan. Kitaabkan ayaa ladhigay goobaha wax lagu koobiyeeyo si dadku ay u arkaan loogana digtoonaado, sidookale culimada iyo masaajida ayaa lagu boorinayaa inay digniinta ay gaadhsiiyaan umada.
Hadii aad su’aalo ka qabtid kitaabkan fadlan raadsada kitaabkan, waxaanuna isku dayidoonaa hadii ay noosuurogasho inaan soogalino halkan kitaabkaas. Sidookale fikrada sheekhan iyo dadka raacsan waxaad ka heli kartaa website yadan soosocda:
http://www.shaykhabdullah.com/
http://www.marifah.net/
Qoraalada kuqoran websitekan ay maamulaan dadka sheekhan taabacsan waxaa kamida oon halkan kusooqaadanaynaa qoraalada soosocda si aan akhristayaasha ugu fudaydino booqashada websiteyadan.
ïƒ We [as in muslims] do not ask Allah to be pleased with Muawiyah's sin.
ïƒ Muawiyah was NOT a Mujtahid, Aliyy Radiallahu Anho WAS, its impossiable that muawiyah had incorrect ijtihad, muwaiyah was not a scholar or Mujtahid. Because you are a companion does not automaticly make it valid for you to give ijtihad.
ïƒ Its very simple, Muawiyah comited an major sin, that got over 20,000 muslims killed. You do not go around asking Allah to be pleased with such a major sin.
Shamso Cumar
Jigjiga, Kilil5
August 4th 2011
Fadliga iyo Axkaanta Soonka Bisha Ramadan
Qaybtii 1aad: Fadliga Soonka Ramadan
السّلام عليكم ورØÙ…Ø© الله وبركاته
وبعد
Magaca Allaha Naxariista Guud iyo Gaar Ahaaneed Leh.
Mahad gabi ahaan Allaah leh. Naxariis iyo nabadna Nabi Muxammad (scw) ha siiyo.
Nabigu (scw ) wuxuu dhihi jiray markii uu bisha arko: Eebow nooga dhig amni iyo iimaam, nabad iyo islaamnimo, Rabbigey iyo Rabigaa waa Alle, naqo bishii khayr iyo wanaaga" . Xadiiskan waxaa soo tabiyayTirmidi, waana Xadiis wanaag san.
Akhyaarta sharafta badan lahey waxaa inagu soo fooleh dayf iyo marti aad iyo aad qiimo iyo qaayaba akteena ugu leh, mudan in aan kusoo dhawayno qalbi iyo gacmo furan, camal badan iyo cibaado suuban, Waa bishii Ramadaan ee Eebe barakada uu ka buuxshay.
Biashan Ramadaan wuxuu Alle dhex dhiga khayr, barako iyo fadli aan bilkale laga heli karin, waxaana kamid ah:
1 Waa Bishii Quraanka.
2. Waa bishii Soonka.
3. Waa bishii Taraawiixda iyo Tahajudka.
4. Waa bil albaabada Janada labalaqo.
5. Waa bil irdaha Naarta laxiro.
6. Waa bil shayaadiinta xadh-kaha iyo xabsiga lagu uruuriyo.
7. Waa bishii danbi dhaafka iyo naxariista Alle.
8. Waa bil naarta la iska xoreeyo ( waa qofkii camal iyo cabsi Alle ku dadaala)
9. Waa bishii deeqsinimada iyo gacan furnaanta.
10. Waa bil ajriga iyo abaal gudka la beekhaamiyo.
11. Waa bil ajriga iyo abaalka Soonkeeda Alla uuni iska leeyahay.
12. Waa bisha Jibriil iyo madaxda Malaa,igtu booqasho ugu soo dagaan dhulka.
13. Waa bishii lagu dhex qariyay habeen ka khayr badan kun bilood ( 1000 bilood) = ( 83.4 year)
Qodobadan fadliga iyo qiimaha badan xambaarsan iyo kuwa kalaba waxaa si cad u qeexaya Aayadaha Quraanka Kariimka iyo Sunada Nabiga (scw) ee saxiixa Ah.
Hadaba walaalkay/shay; waxaa liibaanay qofkii bishan barakaysan een sanadkii hal mar kabadan laheli karin sidii loogu tala galay uga faa,ideysta, cimrigiisana ku korodh-saday sideetan & sadex (83) sano.
Hoog iyo halaag oo dhan wuxuu ku habsaday qofkii ay Bishani ka dhamaato isaga oo ka fara madhan.
Qaybta 2aad: Axkaanta Soonka Bisha Ramadan
Magaca Allaha naxariista guud iyo tan gaar ahaaneedba leh, naxariis iyo nabadna Nabigiisaa mudan.
Micnaha Soon:
Soonku waa ka fogaansho iyo ka harid wax cunid, cabid iyo galmood ama gogol gal (wada seexasho nin iyo naag) iyo wixii la halmaala, laga bilaabo salaad dilaaca subax(aadaanka fajriga) ilaa qorax dhaca Salaada Maqrib, adigoo Alle dartiis u samayn haya arintaas.
Walaal Soonku wuxuu kamid yahay 5ta tiir ee islaamka,waxaana qeexaya Kitaabka Alle ,Sunada Nabiga (scw) iyo dhamaan culimada Islaamka oo arintaas heshiis ku ah.
• Eebe wuxuu qeexay in dadka iimaanka leh soonka Bisha Ramadaan lagu waajibiyay (khasab kuyahay), fiiri Al Baqarah,aayada 183.
• Sidoo kale Alle wuxuu cadeyay in qofkasta oo Bisha Ramadaan gaadha in soonku qasab kuyahay, Albaqarah,185 .
• Nabiguna (scw) wuxuu yidhi: Islaamku wuxuu ku taagan yahay shan tiir, waxaana kamid ah soonka Bisha Ramadaan. waxaa sootabiyay Bukhaari.
• Culimada islaamkuna waxay heshiis ku yihiin waajibnimada Soonka Ramadaan. Sidaas awgeed qofkii soonka diida Diinta Islaamka wuu ka dhex baxay.
Soonka Ramadaan yuu waajib kuyahay?
Soonku wuxuu waajib (khasab) kuyahay qof kasta oo laga helo qodobadan hoos ku qoran:
1. In uu yahay qof (ruux) muslim ah.
2. Qaangaar ah.( baaliq )
3. Waxgarad ah (caqli leh).
4. Hoygiisa jooga (aan safar ahayn).
5. Caafimaad qaba (fayaw oon xanuun sanayn).
6. Awoodi kara in uu soomo
7. Waa in gaba-dhu aysan ahayn umul ama gabar caada qabta. qodobkan wuxuu khuseeyaa hablaha oo qura.
Dadka rukhsada u haysta in ay afuri karaan Bisha Ramadaan:
Walaalkay/shay Diinta Islaamka wuxuu Alle u soo dajiyay danta iyo maslaxada aduunka oo dhan iyo tan bini Aadanka aduun iyo aakharaba, waa diin fudud, sah-lan oon habayaraatee aan culays iyo cidhiidhi toonaba lahayn. Soonka ujeedadiisuuna ma aha in dadka lagu cadaabo ama lagu cidhiidhyo noloshooda.
Alle markii uu axkaanta soonka kaga soo hadlay suurda Al-Baqarah, kadib wuxuu yidhi: “Alle wuxuu idinla rabaa fudayd ee idin lama rabo culays iyo ciriir toona†Albaqarah,185.
Hadaba dadka rukhsada u haysta in ay iska afuraan Bisha Ramadaan oo ah arin aad iyo aad muhiim u ah in wax laga ogaado waa kuwan hoos ku qoran dhugasho wacan:
1.Gabadha umusha ah ama caadada leh. Gab-dhahan kor ku xusan soon iyo salaad midna lagama rabo, kamana ansaxayso. Balse soonka gadaal-bay ka qalayn maalmihii dhaafay, salaadase waxba lagama rabo, sidaas waxaa Nabiga (scw) ka soo tabisay Caasha Xaaskii Nabiga (Scw).
2. Soonka iyo safarka: Qofku markii uu safar yahay noockasta oo safarkaasi yahayba( xaga dhibka ama dhib la,aanta,diyaarad ha ku safro ama lugihiisa) rukh-sad ayuu u haystaa in uu iska afuro.
A. Heerka masaafada:
Culimada Islaamka intooda badan waxay qabaan heerka safarku in uusan ka yarayn (85 Gm) kiilo meter, waana masaafada salaada lagu gaabin karo. Qayb kalana waxay qabaan waa masaafo dhan: 48 GM.
3. Jirada (xanuunka) iyo soonka: xanuunka ay dadku xanbaarsan yihiin waxaa loo qaybiyaa sadex heer.
A. Xunuun qofkastaba ku dhex aasan oon hadda wax dhibaato ah qofka ku haynin, xunuunka noocaas ah inama khuseeyo ka hadal kiisuu.
B. Xanuun iyo jiro culus oo qofku uusan kaboksan haynin, qaybtan ka hadal keeda iyo cadaynteedaba gadaal baan ka arki doonaa inshaa Allaah.
C. Xanuunka aan ka hadlayno waa kan caadiga ah ee aan wada naqaano,oo hadii aad soontid xanuunku kugu siiyaadi karo ama kugu daba dheeraan karo , hadaba jiradan noocaas ahi waa cudur daal ama rukhso u banayn qofku in uu iska afuri karo Bisha Ramadaan, kaas-baana ah xanuuka aynu kawar bixin hayno. Labadaban noocba (safarka & jirada) waxaa daliil u ah aayada 185 ee Al-baqara. Eebana wuxuu yidhi: qofkii xanuunsan ama safar ah wuxuu soomi maalmo kale.Taasi waxay ka dhigantahay iska afur gadaalna ka qalee.
4. Duqnimada (da, da) iyo soonka: Da,da iyo waayeelnimada rag iyo dumarba ka dhigaysa in aysan ka maarmi karin kana at-kaysan karin cunto iyo cabitaan kasoomida iyaduna waa rukh-sad u banayn afurka Soonka Ramadaan.
5. Bukaan socotka iyo soonka: Jirada ama xanuunka ay dhakhaatiirtu dhahaan qofkani kama bogsan hayo xanuunkan, noloshiisana way lasocon, sookuna waa uu dhibayaa, ama waa qof daawo kunool ah, kiniin ama sharoobo ayuu afka ka qaataa maalin kast mana dhaafikaro. kaasna waa xanuun u banayn qofka afruka Ramadaanka.
Labadan nooc (da,da & bukaan socodnimadu) midkoodna lagama rabo wax qale ah, balse waxay bixin raashin, 30 (sodon) qof oo miskiin ah bay quudin.
Sababtuna waxay tahay qofka waayeelka ah duqnimadu way siisiyaadi sanad kasta. jirooluhuna waa qof aan rajo laga qabin in uu ka boksoodo xanuun kaas. Waxaana daliil u ah aayada 184 Albaqarah.
6. Uurka/ nuujinta iyo soonka: Rukhsadani waxay gooni u tahay hab-laha. Sababtoo ah, gabadhu markay uur leedahay waa qof makh-luuq kale ku dhex noolyahay, markay naaska nuujin haysana naflay kale ayaa ku dul nool.
Labaduba na waa ku dhibaato, tabardari badan iyo jilayc xad-dhaaf ah ayay hooyada dareentaa, sidaas awgeed waa rukh-sad u banayn haysa afurka bisha Ramadaan.
Xugun ahaan:
Su,aashu waxay tahay Ma in ay qalaysaa lagarabaa? mise in ay 30 miskiin quudiso? , mise labadaba waa laga rabaa? ( qalayn & quudin)?.
Mas,aladan culimada Muslimiintu way ku kala aragti duwan yihiin, waxay iila muuqataa in uu sawaab ku yahay - Allaa ogi- aragtida ay qabaan Asxaab waa wayn sida: Ibnu Cumar iyo Ibnu Cabbaas {RLC}.
Aragtidan oo ah in hadii ay gabadhu tahay hablaha amase hawaynka sanad walba oo Ramadaanku soo galo, uur leh (xaamilo ah) amaba ilmo nuujin haysa, gabadhaasi waxay lamid tahay xugun ahaan duqooshinka (dadka waaweyn) ee aynu kor ku soo xusnay, soon iyo qale midnaba lagama rabo.
Maxaa laga rabaa in ay samayso?
Waxaa laga rabaa in ay raashin bixiso sanadkasta ,waxayna cunto siin haysaa sodon (30) miskiin. Hadayse tahay gab-dhaha laba sano iyo kabadan dhalmadooda ay u dhaxeyso, taas oo ka dhigan in ay haysato jaanis ay ku soomi karto amaba ku qalayn karto, waxaa laga rabaa in maalmihii dhaafay oo kaliya ay qalayso.
Culima qaarkood waxay qabaan:
In laga rabo raashin bixis iyo qalayn maalmihii daafay . Balse arintan wax daliil Aayad ama xadiis sugan oo lagu salayn karo majiraan,
Qur,aanka waxaa ku cad in Alle yidhi: "Eebe wuxuu idinla rabaa fudayd iyo dhibyari , idinlamana rabo culays iyo ciriir toona. Albaqara,185.
Allaha awooda sare leh waxaan ka baryaynaa in uu naga dhigo kuwa diintooda ku dhaqma, lagana aqbalo camalka iyo cibaada Alle.
Bishan Ramadaana ee Eebe barakada iyo khayrka ka buuxshay in uu nasiiyo danbi dhaaf iyo naxariis xag Alle ka timid.
Qaybta 3aad: Waxyaabah Soonka Jabiya
Walaal si aan Alle xagiisa uga helo ajriga iyo abaal gudka Soonka Bisha Ramadaan waxaa lagama maarmaan ah in aan ka harno waxyaabaha Soonka jabiya.
Maxaa Soonka Jabiya?
Si aan jawaabta su,aashan si sahlan ugu fahamno, bal aynu wax yar dib ugu noqono qeexida Ereyga "Soon" micnihiisu muxuu yahay?
Soonku waa in qofku uu ka hadho amase ka fogaado wax cunid, cabid & wixii lamid ah, galmood amase gogal gal & wixii la halmaala, laga soo bilaabo Aadaanka Salaada Subax ilaa laga gaarayo Aadanka Salaada Maqrib, Alle dartiisna looga hadho.
Saaxiibayaal sida tilmaanta ku cad guud ahaan soonka waxaa jabiya arimahan hoos ku qoran, oo ah nuxurka Aayadaha Qur,aanka Alle iyo Axaadiista Nabi Muxammad naxariis & nabad Alle hasiiyee.
1. Cunid iyo Cabid kas & ula kac ah : الأكل والشّرب عمداً
A. Cunid kas loola yimid. اًلأكل عمداً
Soonka waxaa jabiya walaal cunitaan si kas ah loola yimid, sida raashinka afka laga qaato, waxaana ka mid ah: Bariiska, Baastada, Hilibka & iwm.
Cuntadan waxaa lamid ah oo xugun ahaan Soonka jabiya:
Fawaakihada & khudaarta, Malabka, cusbada & sonkorta, jaadka, kiniinka, Filibada jirka naaxisa, daawooyinka afka laga qaato, iyo dhamaan wax kasta oo afka laga liqo.
B. Cabid si kas ah loola yimid: والشّرب عمداً
Sida: biyaha qaybahooda kala duwan, caanaha, shaaha & iwm.
Waxaa kale oo cabid lamid ah:
Subaga, saliida,sigaarka & xashiishada, sharoobada & dhamaan waxyaabaha afka laga cabo.
waxaa kale oo ka mid ah,sandaarsiga & luq-luqashada oo lagu fogaado,waase haday wax kugu tagaan.
2. Golmood & gogal gal kas ah. الجماع ÙÙ‰ نهار رمضان عمداً وباختيار
Hadii uu ninku xaaskiisa maalinimo la seexdo Soonku waa jabayaa.
Walaal, Soonka oo lagu jabiyo Jimaac (galmood) waa danbi culus, waxaana ka dhalan haya qalaha maalintaas kasakow kafaaro & ganaax culus oo ah:
A. Adoon la xoreeyo ( waa hadii la heli karo )
B. Soomid lixdan (60) maalmood oo xiriir ah.
C. Cunto siin lixdan (60) miskiin, {waa hadii soonku suurta gal noqon waayo}
D. Intaas waxaa dheer in danbigan lagalay Ilaah danbi dhaaf la waaydiisto.
Waxaa gogal galka lamid ah biyo iskaga keenka: Gacanta, shumis, taabasho, fiirsasho waxyaabo dareenka qofka dhaqaajin kara.
3. Mantag ( iska mantajin). التّقيّئ
Waxaa soonka jabiya mantaga uu qofku iska keenay. hadiise uusan qofku wax gacan ah ku lahay Soonku kuma jabo Mantaga & hunqaacada midnaba.
4. Xaylka/Caadada & Nifaaska. الØÙŠØ¶ ÙˆØ§Ù„Ù†Ù‘ÙØ§Ø³
Xaylka amase Caadada & Nifaasku (dhiiga dhalmadu) Soonka gabdha way ka jabiyaan.
Soon wanaagsan dhamaantiin
Wabillah Attowfiiq.
Sheekh Axmed Sheekh Cumar (Axmed Taajir)
Minneapolis, U.S.A
taajir200@hotmail.com
By Michelle Boorstein
Washington Post
August 01, 2011
With Muslims coming to worship night after night during Ramadan, mosques aiming to enthrall their biggest crowds of the year look to one person in particular: their reciter.
His is the voice chanting the Koran, leading worshipers in prayer. And during the month of Ramadan, which begins at sunset Sunday, the special late-night prayers last two hours, which makes a beautiful singing voice and a powerful sense of soulfulness especially important.
The Koran emphasizes the value of a sweet voice, said Hatim Yousef, one of the reciters at the All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS) in Sterling, where 3,000 people come each night of Ramadan to the mosque’s seven branches.
“The Ramadan prayers are long, so it makes it that much nicer,†he said.
Even Muslims who tend to be less observant usually come to mosque at some point during Ramadan, a month when Islam teaches that the power of prayers and good deeds are amplified. It’s believed to be the time when the Koran was revealed. But many American Muslims don’t understand Arabic, and Islam teaches that the poem-like Koran is only truly understood in that language. So the reciter’s transmission is essential.
In addition to reciters with a melodic voice, mosques also seek a hafiz, someone who has memorized much or all of the Koran. Because the American Muslim population is small and relatively new, many American mosques have to hire a hafiz for Ramadan from overseas or elsewhere in the United States.
But the Washington region has one of the largest Muslim populations in the country, and leaders have focused in recent years on producing homegrown spiritual leaders. Part of the drive to get U.S.-trained clergy, including Ramadan reciters, is because of tighter, post-Sept. 11 visa restrictions, local Muslim leaders said.
An increasing number of mosques that have in-house reciters are in the Washington area. Some are older Muslims who came back to study after establishing secular careers; others are U.S.-born youths who lead hundreds of people during Ramadan.
Yousef, 35, grew up studying Islam’s sacred music in Dubai and then English literature, focusing in graduate school on Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. Now, he leads some of the regular prayers during the year at ADAMS and teaches Koran at the mosque’s school.
Speaking in a soft, melodious voice, Yousef says his goal in leading prayer is for listeners to be engrossed in scripture.
“I feel success if people have more presence of prayer, if they are more connected to God, if they sort of don’t focus or don’t mention or think about anything but the Koran,†he said in the upstairs prayer hall, where his students sat on the green carpet before floor-to-ceiling windows, studying texts propped up before them on small wood stands.
One of his students, a 14-year-old who has become a hafiz, will sit beside him during the Ramadan prayers and follow along to correct him if he makes any errors. Yousef’s regular work schedule will be shorter during Ramadan so he can practice for reciting during the nightly prayers, which run from about 10 p.m. until midnight, after the daily fast is broken at sunset.
In the Middle East, Koran recitation is a profession, with people hired to sing at weddings and funerals. Here, most people have other careers.
The roles of all Islamic spiritual leaders are in huge flux in this country as a largely immigrant population builds uniquely American Muslim institutions. While mosques and imams in Muslim-majority countries tend to be about meeting people’s basic prayer needs, their counterparts here are just starting to look more like American churches or synagogues and offering more.
ADAMS, for example, now does a 10-minute lesson in the middle of each Ramadan night’s prayer, and during the year holds lectures and concerts of spiritual music.
New imam-training programs offer preaching, including the first accredited program in the country, at the International Institute of Islamic Thought in Herndon, which began last year and has a preaching course taught by an Episcopal priest.
But during Ramadan, the focus is on worship and, of course, the voice.
One of the world’s most famous Koran reciters will lead worship this month at the Islamic Center Northern Virginia in Fairfax. Sheikh Mohammad Alraee is in the area from Saudi Arabia to get his PhD in systems management, and for the last couple years has been leading Ramadan worship at the center.
“Once you listen to his voice, it’s a whole different spiritual experience,†said Muhammad Farooq, president of the mosque. Muslims aim to read the entire Koran during the month of Ramadan, and when Alraee gets to the end,Farooq said, “thousands of people are crying, listening to him.â€
Source: Washington Post
31 July 2011
Shaqaalaha iyo Maamulka Shabakadda Wararka ee Kilil5 Online waxay ugu hambalyaynayaan dhamaan bulshada Soomaaliyeed meelkasta ooy joogaanba dhalashada bisha barakaysan ee Ramadan. Waxaanu si gaar ah hambalyadan ku aadan dhalashada bisha Ramadan ee sanadka 1432 ee hijriga ee ku aadan August 2011, ugu diraynaa bulshada Soomaaliyeed ee Dawlad Deegaanka Soomaalida Itoobiya. Waxaa kale oon hambalyadan udiraynaa bulsho waynta Itoobiya. Waxaanuna Ilaaha awooda leh ugu baryaynaa in sanadkan sanadkiisa inay ku gaadhaan nabad, cadaalad, sinaan iyo hormar.
Bishan Ramadan ee barakaysan waxay sanadkan kusoo aaday xili ay abaaro darani kajiraan dalalka Geeska Afrika, gaar ahaan Itoobiya, Soomaaliya, Kenya iyo Jabuuti. Abaarahan daran, waxay gaar ahaan ku dhufteen dhulka ay Soomaalidu dagto ee Kenya, Soomaaliya, Itoobiya iyo Jabuuti. Waxaanu ugu baaqaynaa bulshada Soomaaliyeed iyaga oo ka faa’iidaysanaya munaasabada bisha barakaysan ee Ramadan inay caawiyaan dadka tabaalaysan ee ay abaaru kudhufteen, naftoodiina ay halista kujirto.
Waxaanu mar labaad Ilaaha awooda leh uga baryaynaa dadka dhibaataysan ee ay abaaruhu kudhufteen inuu ka daaqado abaaraha. Waxaa kale oo aan Ilaaha awooda leh kabaryaynaa in nabad, xalisooni iyo dawlad ay kadhaliyo Soomaaliya, nabadgalyo buuxdana ay ka hirgasho Geeska Afrika.
Aamiin
Maamulka Shabakadda Wararka ee Kilil5 Online
28 July 2011
Jigjiga(Kilil5)---Waxaa maalmahanba magaalada Harar kasocday tababar muran dhaliyay oo casharo lagu siinaayo dad laga soo uruuriyay gobolada deegaanka. Dadkan ayaa sida lasheegay ay soo uruuriyeen Majlisul Aclaha heer faderaal, waxaana tababarka ufuray Wasiirka Arimaha Faderaalka Ato Sheferaw Teklemariam. Tababarkan oo socondoona mudo 20 cisho ah, ayaa dadkan casharada lagusiinayaa mac-had diini ah oo lagu barto mad-habta Shiicada, kaas oo hoostaga mac-had wayn oo kuyaala magaalada Addis Ababa oo ay fangarayso dawlada Iran. Mac-hadkan ayaa sida aanu warka kuhelnay dhawaan dawlada Iran ay siisay lacag gaadhaysa 5 milion oo Birr sidii dalka loogu faafinlahaa mad-habta Shiicada. Warkan ayaa sidookale sheegaya in mac-hadkani kashaqeeyo ceebaha deegaanka iyo xukuumada iyagoo ku andacoonaya in dawladii iyo diintiiba faraha lagagaliyay ururkii soogalay ee UWSLF.
Tababarkan ayaan ahayn mid xukuumada deegaanku ay raali katahay, Majlisul Acluhuna kala tashan, balse ah mid dawlada faderaalku ay raali katahay, waxayna dad badan walaac kamuujinayaan fidinta mad-habka Shiicada ood moodo in lagula dagaalamaayo Sunniga. Sida lawada ogsoonyahay umadu meel kasta oo ay kunooshahay waa dad 100% Sunni ah, balse waxaa hada ay dad badani kuu sheegayaan in magaalada Jigjiga ee caasimada deegaanka lagu arkay dad u jan-jeedha dhanka mad-habta Shiicada, kuwaas oo khilaafaad iyo qas kudhexwada diinta. Sida ay dad badani lasocdeen xiligii xukuumadii Daa’uud ee xafiiska shareecada deegaanka loodhiibay Nadiir Sayid ayaa waxaa soobaxday warar tibaaxaayay in dhalinyaro badan oo xer ahayd loodiray magaalada Addis Ababa, halkaas oo tababar lagu siinaayay mac-had lagaleeyahay wadanka Lubnaan, kaas oo lagu barto mad-habta Shiicada. Waxaa sidookale dhacday inuu amaro kubixiyay in qudbadaha jimcaha masaajida laga akhriyo qudbad uu isagu soodiyaariyay, kuwaas ay kujireen waxyaabo diinta meel kaga dhacaayay oo ay kamid ahaayeen in uu gaalo kusheegay qaar kamid ahaa asxaabtii Rasuulka (SCW), kuwaas oo sida uu qudbada usoodhigay kusoo duulay dalka Itoobiya. Arinkaas ayaa ka cadhaysiiyay umadii Islaamka ahayd, Nadiirna waxbadan masii haynin xilkii.
Intii aan xilka laga qaadin Nadiir ayaa hogaankii nabadgalyada iyo maamulka cadaalada ee wakhtigaa Cabdi Maxamuud Cumar uu salaadii ciida kadib kasheegay in ay jiraan dad noocan ah oo iyaga oo raba inay dawlada magac iyo garab kaga helaan diintii Islaamka waxyeelo u gaystay, kuwaas oo uu umadii Islaamka ahayd ka codsaday inay lahabaaraan. Sikastaba ha ahaatee waxay dad badani iswaydiinayaan sababta dawlada dhexe uxoojinayso fidinta mad-habta Shiicada.
Cabdi Shukur (xarago)
Jijiga, Kilil5
Wednesday, 27 July 2011
Addis Ababa, July 27 (WIC) – Preparations to mark the fourth Ethiopian Flag Day, which will be held on September 9, is officially launched today setting up a national committee and sub-committees.
Chaired by Abadula Gemeda, speaker of House of Peoples Representative (HPR), the 25 member national committee and members of the five sub-committees held their first meeting today.
“This year the country has embarked on the construction of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on Nile River,†Abadula said. “The commemoration of the fourth Ethiopian Flag Day will focus on successfully realizing this developmental projectâ€.
Teteka Bekele, Head of Research and Information Department at Walta Information and Public Relations Center, presented the action plan for the event, which will be celebrated across the country.
“The center played a vital role in successfully coordinating the previous celebrations,†Teteka noted stressing the need to start preparations early to successfully mark the day.
The committees, drawn from various government institutions and enterprises, associations and the private sector, also held discussions on the action plan presented.
The program, which includes various awareness creation activities and entertainments on the day as well as before and after September 9, is expected to consume around 15 million birr.
Source:WIC
25 June 2011
Jigjiga (Kilil5)---Waxay dad badani iswaydinayaan xageey kudambaysay dacwadii iyo maxakamadii Guuleed Casoowe,oo ah ninkii uhoreeyay dhaqanka fooshaxun ee islaamnimada kabaxsan kulakacay haween gaadhayay 27 haween ahaa, kuwaas oo isugu jiray qaar reer lahaa iyo kuwo dhalinyaro ahaa. Inkastoo dhaqan xumada tumashadu aysan ahayn mid ku cusubayd deegaanka, sigaarana loogu yaqaanay qaar kamida madaxda deegaanka oo hablaha yaryar ee sookacaaya ku harqinjiray ama ku waali jiray lacag, si ay uga fushadaan danahooda gaabsiga ah, hadana arintan cajaladaha laga duubay dumar badan oo falal xun oo dhanqanka kabaxsan lagu sameynayo maynan horay uga dhicin deegaanka.
Waxaa horay deegaanka uga jiray gabdho iyo naago caan ku ahaa shaqadan oo iyaguna xidhidh tumasho lalahaa qooxda dhaqanka xun ee had iyo jeer kamidka ah xukuumada deegaanka. Ma’aha inaanu dhaqan xumo ku sheegayno dhamaan madaxda deegaanka waxa xaqiiq ah in madaxda deegaanka ay kamidyihiin qaar aad u wanaagsan oo toosan, balse waxaa hubaal in ay jiraan koox caan ku ah dhaqan xumada iyo arimaha laxidhiidha tumashada. Inkastoo bulsho kastaa ay leedahay koox xun, hadana sababta aanu sigaara diirada ugu saarayno madaxda deegaanka waxaytahay maadaama ay yihiin hogaankii umada kuwaas oo ay tahay inlagu daydo. Kuwo badan oo madaxda deegaanka ah, ayaa xumaan iyo dhaqan bulsho dumisnimo ah mooyaane aanan wax kale lahayn. Kuwo gaarkood hadh iyo habeen qaad ayay ufadhiyaan, mana qabtaan wixii loogu talo galay ee ahayd inay u adeegaan bulshada, qaarkoodna xumaantan hada lagu haysto Guuleed Casoowe ayay qayb kayihiin ee dhaqan xumada ah iyo wiliba adeegsiga maandooriyayaasha. Aqoonyahanno iyo waxgarad badan oo magaalada Jigjiga kunool oo aan arintan fadeexadda wax kawaydiinay ayaa leh: “Madaxda ay bulshada deegaanku wax qabad kasugi, waa kuwa ku mashquulsan tumasho iyo habeenkii oo dhan oo qaad, qayilaad iyo qosol loo fadhiyo. Waa calooshooda la ciyaar aan dadka waxba uqabanin, qorshe waxqabadan aan hayninâ€.
Hadaan kusoolaabto mawduuceena Guuleed Casoowe, gabdhuhuu faraxumeeyay iyo halka ay marayso dacwadiisu. Guuleed wuxuu ahaa madixii borobogaandada xafiiska nabadgalyada, wuxuuna wararka galinjiray boggii xidhmay ee eegga.com. Kadib waxaa loomagacaabay madax-xafiiseedkii xafiiska Warfaafinta, mudo sanad ku dhadhaw ayuu madax xafiiseed ka ahaa xafiiskan, kadibna xilkii ayaa laga qaaday. Guuleed ayaa falkan fooshaxun kusoo dhexjiray tan iyo intii uu siyaasada deegaanka lajaanqaaday isaga oo hore loogu xamanjiray in uu ahaa fataal (raga iyo naagaha isugeeya gaar ahaan madaxda). Guuleed ayaa isna hawshiisa dhankiisa kawadan jiray, balse mudo aan siifogayn bilaabay in uu casriyeeyo shaqadiisa cajaladana uu kaduubto dumarka uu faro xumaynaayo. Guuleed ayaa lasheegayaa in ay dhawr haween ahi ay shuraako kula ahaayeen hawshan kuwaasoo usoo kaxayn jiray gabdhaha iyo naagaha laqabo, kadibna kaduubijiray fiidyow marka uu hawsha gudagalo. Waxaa kale oo lasheegayaa in uu guri aad u balaadhan ukiraysnaa Guuleed, kaas oo qolalka uu kusameeyo galmada-xaaraanta ahi ay ugu rakibnaayeen kamarado, kuwaas oo uu rimuud kudaarijiray marka uu hawshiisa fulinaayo.
Gabdhahan uu faraxumeeyay Guuleed ayaa isugu jiray qaar uu daroogo siinjiray iyo qaar raali ka ahaa hawshan, balse aan ogayn in laga duubaayo kamarad. Haweenkan ayaa isugu jiray qaar reero iyo ciyaalba lahaa iyo qaar dhalinyaro ahaa, sidookale haweenkan ayaa lasheegayaa in ay kamid ahayd fanaanad caanka ah deegaanka Soomalida.Fanaanadan ayaa deegaanka markii ay timid shawyo badan dhigtay, hasayeeshee markii ay fadeexadani soobaxday aan dib loo arag, jidkana si dhuuban ku marta intii hawshani sookorodhay. Fanaanadan ayaa udhaqmi jirtay si aynan fanaaniinta kale udhaqmin, iyadoo si xadka kabaxsan isu qaawin jirtay marka ay shawga dhigayso ama qaadayso heesaha. “Cagtii joogsanwaydaa marbay Ceeb lakulantaa.â€
Guuleed ayaa dhawaan lahorkeenay maxakamada gobolka isagoo ladabawado cajaladihii fiidyowga ee uu gacmihiisa ku duubtay iyo qaar kamida dadkii soodacweeyay. Maxakamda ninkan ayaa dibloodigay iyada oon lagaranayn sababta maadaama aysan dacwadiisu u baahnayn in wakhti lasiisiyo sababtoo ah dacwadihiisu waxaa lagu hayaa cajalado maqal iyo muuqaal ah. Maxakamada gobolka ayaa dhawaan xabsiyo dhaadheer ku xukuntay laba nin oo mid uu axmaar ahaa kaas oo lagu xukumay 22 sano kadib markii uu kufsaday sadex gabdhood oo yaryar halka ninkale oo soomaali ah lagu xukumay 15 sano kadib markii uu kufsaday ilmoyar. Hadaba waxa ay dad badani iswaydiinayaa sababta ilaa hada ninkan loo xukumi waayay isaga oo waliba fara xumeeyay 27 dumar ah? Muxuuse noqondoonaa xukunkiisu?. Diinta Islaamka, dhanqanka suuban ee Soomaalida iyo dastuurka deegaanka iyo kan federaalku midna ma ogola falalka noocan oo kale ah. Gaar ahaan diinta Islaamka iyo dhaqanka suuban ee Soomaalidu meel fog ayay kataaganyihiin falalka noocan oo kale ah iyo qofkii kukacaba. Falkan ayaa ah fal foolxun oo ay waajibtahay in si wayn loo cambaareeyo.
Waxaa lasheegayaa in falkan ay ku luglahaayeen oo ay kaybgalayeen qaar kamida madaxda deegaanka kuwaas oon ilaa hada lashaacinin magacyadooda. Su’aasha labaad ee ay dadku iswaydiinayaan ayaa ah madaxda noocan ahi ma hogaamin karaan umada? Maxaase iyagana talaaboyin looga qaadan waayay?
Fadeexaddan dhaqan xumida ah, ee ay qayb wayn kayihiin madaxda deegaanku iyo dadka magaca leh ee deegaanka kunool waxay dhaqan burbur uhorseedaysaa bulshada Soomaaliyeed ee deegaanka. Arintani waxay keenaysaa cudurrada dilaaga ah, sida AIDS-ka iyo cudurrada kale ee galmada laga qaado inuu si fudud ugu faafo bulshada Dawlad Deegaanka Soomaalida. Madaxda deegaanka, waxgaradka, culimada diinta, waaalidiinta, odayyada dhaqanka, aqoonyahanka, haweenka, dhalinyarada iyo dhamaan qaybaha bulshada waxaa lagama maarmaan ah inay iska kaashadaan sidii looga hortagi lahaa falalka noocan ookale ah ee dhaqanka bulshada lagu burburinayo, keenikarana inay bulshada kusoo kordhaan cudurrada dilaaga ah, sida AIDS-ka. Waxaa kale oo lagama maarmaan ah in bulshada deegaanka lagawacyi galiyo, halista ay bulshada kukeenikaraan falalka noocan ookale ah ee bulsho dumiska ah.
Shamso Cumar
Jigjiga,Kilil5
15 June, 2011
Jigjiga (Kilil5)---Waxaa caawa abaarihii 10:30 kii fiidnimo laga arkay deegaanka Soomaalida dayax madoobaad. Wakhtigan oo ay badiba dadku usii diyaar garoobayeen jiif, ayaa marqudhay masaajidda magaalada Jigjiga ee caasimada deegaanku isku dareen uyeedhidda umada Islaamka ah, iyaga oo ugu yeedhay inay isugu yimaadaan salaadda jamaacada ah ee wakhtiyadan ookale latukado. Kadibna waxaa masaajidda laga bilaabay tukashada Salaadda Khusuufka, taas oo ay dad badani ku baraarugeen inuu jiro dayax madoobaad.
Inkastoo wararka qaarkood horay maanta looga siisheegay in uu dhicidoono dayax madoobaad, hadana waxaa xasuusin mudan in calaamadahan ay kamidkayihiin dayaxa iyo cad-ceed madoobaadku inay yihiin qaar kamida ah calaamadaha iyo mucjisaadka Rabi, kuwaas oo inatusaaya awooda Rabi, mudanna in lagu xasuusto ALLAAH awoodiisa iyo inay dhicidoonaan wakhti ay dayaxa iyo cadceeduba madoobaan doonaan (qiyaamaha).
Shamso Cumar
Jigjiga, Kilil5
Jigjiga (Kilil5)---Waxaa maanta magaalada jigjiga ee caasimada deegaanka kafurmay shir balaadhan oo loogu magacdaray “Nabadu Waa Furaha Nolosha iyo Hormarkaâ€. Shirkan ayaa waxaa kasooqaybgalay culimo awdiin iyo masuuliyiin kakalayimid 15 dal oo dunida dacaladeeda ah.
Sidookale shirkan, ayaa waxaa kasooqaybgalay masuuliyiin ay kamid ahaayeen madaxwaynaha deegaanka mudane Cabdi Maxamud Cumar iyo gudoomiyaha ururka UWSLF, culimada deegaanka iyo qaybaha kaladuwan ee bulshada.
Shirkan oo maanta kafurmay aqalka shirarka ee Sayid Maxamad Cabdille Xasan, ayaa waxaa furay madaxwaynaha deegaanka oo mahadnaq balaadhan u soojeediyay marti sharaftan kasooqaybgashay shirka, sidookale amaan gaara usoojeediyay ururka UWSLF isagoo ku tilmaamay in go’aankoodii nabada ee ay heshiiska kulagaleen dawlada faderaalku uu ahaa mid kuyimid maskax iyo dareen wadaninimo. Sidookale waxaa qudbad qiimo badan kasoojeediyay shirka gudoomiyaha ururkan mudane Sheekh. Ibraahim Muxumed Xuseen, oo isna kudheeraaday ahmiyada iyo qiimaha uu bulshada uleeyahay shirkani.
Shirkan oo socondoona mudo sadex cisho ah, ayaa waxaa garabsocda 70 muxaadarooyin kaladuwan oo ay culimadan katimid dunida dacaladeedu isu qaybiyeen masaajida iyo goobaha diinta lagu barto, halkaas oo ay kasoojeedinayaan muxaadarooyin aad u qiimo badan.
Cabdi Shukri (xarago)
Jigjiga, Kilil5
A pervasive idea within African history has been that of the ‘Hamitic Myth’ – a notion dictating that anything resembling ‘civilisation’ within Africa must have come from outside. In the 19th century European explorers were obsessed with the idea that the continent was not capable of creating anything of cultured splendour, to the point where wild hypotheses were put forward to explain the origins of various ancient ruins. When white settlers stumbled across the series of monuments south of the Nile Valley that became known as ‘Great Zimbabwe,’ theories as to who had constructed them ranged from one of the lost tribes of Israel, Greek mariners from the classical period, or especially bizarrely, an unspecified lost white tribe that had since descended into savagery.
It was a pernicious view, mainly because it promoted Africa as a static and unchanging place, devoid of any kind of history until the onset of European imperialism. The result has been that the study of pre-colonial African history, and art history in particular, has only gained close attention from scholars in recent years. Despite Ethiopia’s avoidance of long-term colonisation, leaders such as Menelik II and Haile Selassie believed they were descended from white Caucasian invaders who entered the country from North Africa centuries previously. It was deeply ironic, mainly because one area that is particularly and tragically overlooked is Ethiopian art.
A recent talk at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) illustrated this well. Foreign influences are undeniably a recurring theme within Ethiopian artworks, particularly between the 12th and 14th centuries when foreign artists were unable to leave the country once they had entered. Whether Syrian, Egyptian or Armenian, many who were forced to see Ethiopia as their new home brought their artistic leanings to bear on the works they produced for the church and the state.
Ethiopian painters and sculptors demonstrated a considerable ability to merge outside influences with their own traditions, particularly those rooted in religion. The country’s artworks are steeped in the language and idioms of the Bible, indicative of how much the Ethiopian Orthodox Church permeated many aspects of life, from the time of the Axumite Empire until today.
SOAS PhD student Jacopo Gnisci, whose thesis is centred on depictions of the Passion of Christ in Ethiopian iconography, attests to the range of influences embodied within the country’s creative landscape: “14th to 17th century Ethiopian art is unique in that it incorporated a variety of influences in its language. Works came from as far as the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Basin, yet many artists remained faithful to their African roots.†Examples include Coptic crosses made in the northern town of Lalibela bearing Greek inscriptions and 14th century manuscripts edged with Byzantine gold, despite gold plating not being a widely used technique in Ethiopian industries. Likewise, images from the 14th and 15th centuries of Adam and Eve, the Madonna and Child and the Crucifixion of Christ show prominent Venetian and Jewish influences.
However, Ethiopian artists had notably little interest in aesthetics. Art was created with a specific purpose, designed to bring the observer into greater contact with the metaphysical. Given the centrality of Christianity to life in Ethiopia, appreciating Ethiopian art appears essential in understanding the very soul of the country itself, providing an insight into the history, culture and beliefs of many of its peoples.
Scholarship in the field, along with Ethiopian studies at large, still suffers from a lack of funds and research in universities both within and outside Africa. But Jacopo hopes this will change: “Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in the world – yet the people take great pride in their traditions and history. It’s therefore essential to raise awareness of these sites in the hope it will promote their preservation.â€
The event was a fascinating insight into a rich tradition at the heart of Ethiopia’s past, where foreign influences were far from dominant. Indeed, they were only one factor in a much larger artistic and spiritual legacy that was, and is, unashamedly African. With works shown that were beautiful, intricate and profound, one left with the wish that believers of the Hamitic Myth had only started there.
7 June 2011
By Will Ross
BBC News, Amhara
"I wanted to get an education but my parents were determined to marry me off," says Himanot Yehewala, an Ethiopian girl who was married five years ago at the age of 13.
"I tried to run away but my mother said she would kill herself if I did not marry him."
"I was not mature physically or emotionally so it was not easy for me to go and sleep with my husband."
She had never met her bridegroom, 18-year-old Gedefaw Mengistu, before their wedding day.
"I knew she was too young. I was in grade five but my father died and I was forced to stop school, get married and keep the family going," Mr Gedefaw told the BBC.
The couple live in Ethiopia's Amhara Region - an impoverished rural farming area where half of all girls are married before they turn 15.
"It's quite shattering to have met people who were married off," Archbishop Desmond Tutu told the BBC on a visit to the area.
"In one case the husband was eight and the supposed wife was seven. I mean you want to say it's abominable," he said.
The South African Nobel Peace Prize winner may have recently announced his retirement from public life but he is out fighting injustice again as one of the Elders - the group of eminent global leaders brought together by South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela.
"I wasn't aware of the extent of the problem - and it is just fantastic that things are taking a turn for the better and incredibly so," he said.
The archbishop was referring to the impact of government-led programmes in several dozen villages in the region which focus on delaying marriage.
Fear of abduction
In this impoverished area where people live off the land, the lure of a bride price causes many families to push for early weddings. But there is another reason.
"Fear of abduction is also a factor," said Alemseged Weldegerima from the Ethiopian government's Bureau of Women, Children and Youth Affairs.
"We will try to stop abduction, not by using the police, but by increasing the awareness of the people."
Beside a small eucalyptus plantation Archbishop Tutu was sharing a low wooden bench with two Elders who have broken the mould; the first woman to be president of Ireland, Mary Robinson, and the former prime minister of Norway, and ex-head of the World Health Organization, Gro Brundtland.
They listened to young unmarried girls with big dreams, as well as women who had no chance of getting an education after being married off at a young age.
Abay Asnakew is 12 and she has her life all mapped out.
"When I finish my high school I will join university; I'll complete my BA degree and get a job and help my family. Then if my partner has a degree too then I will marry him," she says.
"So what job do you want to do?" I asked.
"Prime minister," she replied without hesitation. Look out Meles Zenawi!
Abay has joined a girls' club known as Berhane Hewan - Amharic for "Light for Eve".
She has learnt about issues which have prepared her to resist early marriage; personal health, HIV/Aids, and the medical complications associated with giving birth at a young age, like fistula.
Female circumcision is also discussed and in the 36 villages where the clubs have been set up, I am told fewer girls are now getting cut.
Beside the road several boys are playing table football. They seem to welcome the idea of delaying marriage.
"You can't afford to run a family when you're too young," said 20-year-old Tazab, who has no plans to wed any time soon.
"Also it's bad for a girl's health to have children too early," he says.
'Undervalued'
In a rectangular mud-walled building which serves as a meeting hall and classroom for the Berhane Hewan participants, I met 15-year-old Serkaddis Assefa.
"Because of the Berhane Hewan programme I know about the issue of early marriage. If I hadn't joined, I might have been married off already," she said.
Sitting alongside was her mother, Enguday Assefa, whose forth child was fast asleep on her back.
Around Ms Enguday's neck was part of her dowry payment; a coin bearing the face of Ethiopia's last emperor, Haile Selassie, and another of Queen Taitu, wife of the monarch Menelik II who died in 1913.
"I still feel bad when I think about my friends who now have jobs and have reached different positions," said Ms Enguday, who was forced to quit school and was already married with a child by the age of 15.
For the Elders, the behavioural change which has only happened in the last five years is worth celebrating.
"When Nelson Mandela brought us together at our first planning meeting he did say to us: 'Be bold, talk to those whom others won't talk to, be on the side of the most deprived, the most isolated, the most undervalued in society,'" recalls Mrs Robinson.
"And in many ways those young girls, brides and mothers are very undervalued by their community and have very little sense of self-worth so the issue of child marriage, as far as I'm concerned, is a very good way of having an entry point into the effect of poverty.
"The effect of a lack of equality within communities, the effect of harmful traditional practices on the community - the effect of all the things that the Elders should be championing."
Berhane Hewan started off with 700 girls and at its peak reached around 12,000 - just a small fraction of the vulnerable population.
While considered to be a successful initiative, the programme will need to be scaled up significantly to make a major difference in Ethiopia.
For the first time the girls here are starting to shape their own destinies.
The hope among the Elders is that lessons from Ethiopia's Amhara Region can be applied to other parts of the world where child marriage is common, like India.
Source:BBC




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