In our home country corruption and atrocities are prevailing in the form of daily horrific physical violence. I don't think we actually sat down and pondered at what this must be like. Envisage hearing ear-piercing gunshots, envisage hearing of your aunt, sister, mother being brutally raped. Envisage not only hearing but seeing your brother being held at gunpoint, his bruised and battered face, the way his lifeless body hits the ground.
With family being subjected to heinous abuse, also add to that the shortage of food. The implications the drought in conjunction with the rising inflation has meant on your family. It is bad enough that many do not give charity to those who have to live in these conditions but how dare you endorse this ill-mentality when it could have easily been you?
How can anyone dare to harbor let alone utter any contempt of anther's clan knowing that is what caused the demise in Somalia? Aren't we being ungrateful to the Al Mighty who has safeguarded us and enabled to live and work for a better future? Why do we spread hate to another individuals clan when they are our Muslim brothers? Allah has made us into nations and tribes so that we may know each other, aren't we being ungrateful to the truly remarkable gift he has given us? Why do we ridicule each one others clan when we know we will be held accountable?
It is times like these I reflect, maybe Somalia is a hopeless place full of hopeless people.
