     kowneyn | Monday, August 07, 2000 - 07:15 pm
Dear Osman + Amina:
Amina:
Again u might not understand my views because of limited
capacity. But because of what may be your shortcomings its
unfair to personally attack me. An insane person is one who lacks
substance and logic, my writing contains both. Ingenuity is the
inherent ability to think multidimensional and to look at issue
under different light; that is what i do. U folks lack substance,
ingenuity, and wisdom precisely because u lack understanding.
Hence, u resort to name calling and profanities. Its this lack of
understanding, coupled with violent and undeserved arrogance
that causes u to continually react with predictable outburst of
violent words typical of insecure beings. Ur like one who tries to
block the sunlight from reaching people so that their true face
does not become obvious but sadly succeeding only to keep
oneself in darkness. My advice to you folks is to understand that
any legitimate arguments that u might have is being
overshadowed by your lack of civility because it manifests a
deeper truth about u.
Finally, u have taken the qoute out of its context
if u want to really grasp my message, I suggest u go back to post
and read it in context. Why I said these words will become
obvious because the note is self explanatory. BTW, What I
advocate for the Mareexan and Majeerteen I advocate for any
clan with corrupt elite who abuse and manipulate the trust of the
Somali people. In addition, such collective reprimand of groups
who tolerate and rally around such predators is healthy for them
in the end, for it will weaken the bad elements and strengthened
the good elements within each clan. Only right handed leadership
and elite can shake the right hand of other somalis. Anyways read
the article carefully if your interest is genuine and fair minded.
Otherwise, dont waste your time and mine others with ignorant
and uncivil commentary and unwarranted insults.
Osman:
Our only enemy is Ibleys and those who are his servants in
oppression and deception. There are Ethiopians who are closer in
spirit to me than some of my sub-sub clan and therefore such
ethiopians are truer brothers to me. We must break this yoke of
clannism, nationalism and racism. We are not to become
subservient to any such institutions when they force us to harbor
illegitimate beings who weigh us down. In otherwords, we should
be only subservient to what increases us in sanctity and shun
that which pollutes. We should seek unity and corporation with
Good hearts among the sons of adam. When we establish a nation
it should never be for selfish self-interest, national or
otherwise(this is a formula for self-destruction), Instead it should
be a tool by which we can collect our efforts to advance good
and noble nature of man, while at the same time serving for a
collective defense against evil this is the nature of true Islam. So
long as all institutions are subservient to us in our efforts and not
vice versa than no foe foreign or domestic can derail us from
success and prosperity. However, its like sugar coating a rotten
apple to cover the shallow ideals that has marked our efforts as a
nation with nationalist sentiment. It will make us sicker upon
digesting although it may well have been sweet and enjoyable to
consume.
Finally, any substance is constituted by elements which give its
properties. Gold plaiting any metal does not make it pure gold
allthough u might be fooled by its golden coat. Like wise a nation
is as healthy as its constituting members. The somali nation is a
blessed nation that could lead mankind to the correct light, but it
must change its constitution. We must collectively stand against
those who corrupt the somali psyche. The greatest damage to us
is done by those we think are closest kin. For example, the former
british colony was marked for its stubbornness to change despite
great efforts. The elders of berbera were so paranoidly protective
of their somaliness they incorporated into the treaty strict
precautions against infiltration into their society, including a
clause that prohibited any british woman from given birth on
somali soil. The somalilanders remained stubborn to change but
were truely admired by even their colonizers for the
characteristics that was common to somalis through the ages
that is inherent nobility, faithfullness to Islam , conservatism,
independence, endurance. Equally their intelligence, wisdom and
bravery aroused certain measure of envy and apprehension
among some and among the treacherous it led them
to conspiring. Now, generations later the similarly situated elders
in joining hands with somalis of somalia (Italian colony) took no
precautions believing these to be at the core their brethren as
they were on the apparent (physical, culture, language and
religion). In the thirty years of Afweyne's rule the corruption of
the north psyche was accomplished in ways no foreign force
could ever imagine doing in thousands of years. I have visited
Somaliland and i have seen the treacherous child that the
marriage with the south has produced. So my point is its easier to
defend against a foreign enemy an enemy apparent but its the
unseen hand and the betrayal of the trusted who knows your
vulnerabilities that can do the greatest damage.
If the individual somali psyche is healthy, than the family unit,
clan, and nation will be healthy. Our collective concious is only
the sum of the individual states of mind. Its therefore, a
prerequisite for success as a nation that we are individually
protecting our collective psyche and further struggling to purify it
further. To do this we must be able to penetrate beyond the
cover and gold plaits to recognize evil and shun it while equally
possessing the proficiency to harness the good by understanding
the fundamental or the deep truths in events and commanding
according to it, otherwise as the sons of adam we are doomed to
continue our down word slide chasing temporary illusions of
success that only in reality make him fall deeper in to the abyss.
In a nutshell, ourselves and our houses need cleaning so we can
constitute a healthy nation. Our domestic enemies may not
perform actions with the specific intent of destroying somalis but
because of their myopic vision they unknowingly provide a window
for ibleys to enter our society, he then employs them as his
instrument to do damage in ways he could not ever do from the
outside. That is I believe the take home message from our recent
sad history. I think the best solution is to eliminate the agents of
evil among us and close the window that makes us so vulnerable
and miserable as a people despite our potential as a nation
blessed with divine wisdom. I believe only somalis with healthy
psychee can mount a successful defense against any foreign
enemy. Our domestic enemies are like the HIV virus, which makes
u vulnerable by illeminating your inherent defense systems(your
immune system) to become easily killed by a simple flu and even
more so by agents that previously could actually never establish
an infection let alone kill you if your immune system was intact.
Let me give u a surah that illustrates in a far better way the
points I am struggling to make. Surat al casr
Bismillaahi Raxmani Raxiim
1.Wal casr
2.Inn al-insaana la fi khusr
3.Illa lladiina aamanu wa camilu as-salixaati, wa tawaasow bil xaqi
wa tawaasow bil sabr.
Let me add another pearl from the wisdom of the Qur'an:
[al-Baqarah 2:269] He granteth wisdom to whom He pleaseth;
and he to whom wisdom is granted receiveth indeed a benefit
overflowing; but none will grasp the Message but men of
understanding.
Kowneyn |
