Of course, the underlying cause of every conflict is rooted in clan, but too often the professed claim is justified on religious and political grounds. That's why I wanted to know whether the actors involved were affiliated with any of the religious forces in the country or as Xamud stated were normal folks propelled by Aano qabil.Monk-of-Mogadishu wrote:When is there NOT a clan dimension to it?RovingMadness wrote:Pardon my ignorance, but I thought the mosque killings was between pro-Shabab and pro-Sufi groups; does it also have a clan dimension to it?
Did you think Somalis were actually killing each other over religion?---even if we had Somali Shias and Sunnis or Somali Hindus and Muslims they'd still fight over qabiil and nothing else.
Xamud,
Thanks for the clarification!


