Your claim here is disgenuine, and I doubt yor goal is to help the Somali women backhome. The fact is Al-Shabaab has many deficiencies and committed many mistakes and human rights violations against Somalis, but let us get real here - Al-Shabaab doesn't tolerate banditry and rape. One of the few things they achieved in all areas under their control is to end lawlessness, and it is a well-known fact that rape is taking place due to lawlessness. It is one thing if you want to talk about human rights violations, such as as rape against women in Somalia, but it is another if you want to highlight the least affected areas.gedo_gurl wrote:OK granpa, I have nothing further to add. Its fine for your sister to get raped if she changes her mind about hijab, even for a month. Thats all I needed hear.
Nanees, if you find out his court...bring me along
Lamagoodle..I am not Idil no. I actually see a lot of positive work being done, nowhere near enough but no-one gets rich off FGM. Waris was a model before she began campaigns and everyone else has another job to support them, the money goes straight to the women, especially for places like clinics where they can get re-opened under anaesthetic. I see work getting done. As I keep saying, we discuss everything that happens in China and the rest of the world, but its shamefult o talk about our own problems even when the whole world is talking for us? How can we shoot rapists when Somali people are still supporting al shabaab?
For bringing Female Circumsition to a halt, I think the Egyption model of combatting it should be adopted by Somalis. Egyptian women have worked with the religious establishment, and endless fatwas were issued against the practice. The highest religious authority in Egypt has advocated the eradication of female circumsition since there are no bases in Islam to cut innocent young women. For the Somali feminists, you don't need a Somali state to do the work for you, you don't need western newspapers and TVs talking about it, you need to work with the religious authority in Somalia. That is only if you're genuine in stopping this pracetice.
