Actually reer koonfur are the most qabiil ridden people by a long shot. That is why you are killing eachother straight for 30 years. Al shabab formed out of the hawiye terrorist group ICU when Ethiopia destroyed it, al shabab first leader was hawiye then other somali clans started to join it.UlteriorMotive wrote:
Qabiilism is not the only reason why the north doesn't suffer from suicide bombs. It's because Xamar is the capital city of the Somali Republic and the attention that brings/
In any case, it is very short term thinking. Clanism is no way to build a modern state. I can't think of one prosperous and advanced country which still has a clan structure (discounting the obvious anomaly of the Gulf Arabs who hit the oil lottery). Do you think you can break the mould?
Tribal grouping is one of the most primitive forms of social organisation. You have to move beyond that.
I think it's a good thing that Southerners are less tribalistic because that means they are more open to ideology rather than base instincts. Hence why Shabab took root...and a Lander was leading it. And why people demonstrated and rioted for Farmaajo. They don't care as long as they agree with you. In the future, they would vote on policy and ideas as opposed to pure qabyaalad. Parties in SL will probably be linked to certain clans.
Lete give you another example, why is it that hy and warsangeli can live together in peace in sanaag but HG and mj can't even share a city, similarly hawiye is killing biyomaal etc. You guys hold grudges while we fight and quickly make up.