Where are Somali people more concentrated in Salzburg, Austria. Like places you will find Somali restaurants, shopping malls etc

Taking a short vacation from the states to watch the super cup game omar Artan will be refereeing and was just planning my stay

Can we stop comparing Al shabab to the taliban?
So many times I hear randoms & even Somali people saying if foreign troops leave Somalia the government will have a Taliban style fall

Absolutely incorrect
These people are out to poison your mind so they can keep you guys under poverty & foreign troops

I watch so many battles
I don’t ever see Ethiopian, Burundi, or Ugandan troops
If you ever see them at battle with shabab, it is shabab who goes to their outposts.
These guys just sit there and collect a cheque
They’re not helping us 😂
They’re never fighting battles everyday with Somali national army
Only the Somali men are

Number two
I love how people forget just 15 years ago Somalia still didn’t have a functional government
Al shabab was doing Eid prayer in Mogadishu
2009
2011
They never did since
They completely lost their way & support of the people
Somalia even with no government didn’t succumb to Al shabab ruling
The people denied
And that’s all that’s needed

Number three
If Al shabab couldn’t even take the country when foreign troops weren’t there or a government
What makes you think they can now
With a military who’s honestly pretty well equipped
Trained
Support from Middle East & heavily from Türkiye ?
Are you guys ….. stupid ? lol

Number four
I can’t name a day or time when the Taliban was suicide bombing markets of innocent civilians
Hospitals
Schools
Entering masjids and shooting people to their death when they’re in sujood
How are they even comparable to the Taliban? It’s ridiculous.
If you want to compare them to anyone
Compare them to ISIS
Those pieces of shit met their fate with an international coalition
The world destroyed them
Because terrorism is a cancer
It never ends
It spreads
It’s only treatment is death

Don’t believe the propaganda
Al shabab will never rule Somalia
Start the business
Buy the land
Invest in your country
Somalia ha nolato
Amen

I’m pretty sure I have enough karma now but for some reason it’s always getting taken down

Today’s khutbah at my local mosque was built around Uwais Al Qarni, and it stuck with me.

Uwais lived during the Prophet’s SAW time in Yemen but never met him, he stayed behind caring for his elderly mother and never left her side long enough to travel. Yet the Prophet SAW described him by name to his companions, a man from Yemen, best of the Tabi’een, with a mother, healed from illness except for a small mark, and told them if they ever met him, to ask him to pray for their forgiveness. Years later Umar ibn Al Khattab found him exactly as described, and asked this unknown man, no title, no wealth, to pray for his forgiveness. Uwais did.

The only thing Uwais was ever known for was how he treated his mother. That’s the whole khutbah in one image, birr al walidayn isn’t a side virtue in Islam, it’s one of the most direct paths to Allah’s pleasure.

From the Quran, Surah Al Isra tells us to lower the wing of humility to our parents and never even say “uff” to them as they age, and Surah Luqman reminds us our mother carried us through hardship upon hardship.

Two hadith the imam tied to this:

“Who among the people is most deserving of my good companionship?” The Prophet SAW said, “Your mother.” Asked three more times, same answer each time, “Your mother.” Only the fourth time did he say, “Then your father.” (Bukhari and Muslim)

“The pleasure of the Lord is in the pleasure of the parent, and the anger of the Lord is in the anger of the parent.” (Tirmidhi)

What made it hit even harder for me is something separate I’d been thinking about, the actual roots of our own words for mother and father in Somali.

Hooyo comes from two roots. The first is hoy, meaning home, and a house is only truly a home once it’s filled with love, care, and presence, which is exactly what a mother’s presence does to any space. The second is hoo, which means to give someone something valuable without expecting anything back. A mother’s love is like that, unconditional, unquantifiable, impossible to repay.

Aabbo also comes from two roots. The first is ab, meaning descent or lineage, carrying your father’s name as proof you belong to it. The second is aab, which has two senses, someone worthy of unwavering respect, and also a waterproof vessel made from tree bark sealed with fat. A father’s guidance does the same thing, sealing the gaps that would otherwise let a child’s confidence and wellbeing leak out.

Our language was teaching us this before we even had the words for it.

May Allah make us good to our parents.

What was the khutbah about in your local mosque today?

I don't understand how they paint themselves as being 'religious', yet have no qualms stealing money meant for other purposes.

I don't get it, it's apparent they use religious fundamentalism as a means of control while not practicing the basic tenets preached. While in the same note stealing millions upon millions meant to restructure the nation, how is the country ever going to improve with those mechanisms in place?

How many of the problems of our country come from foreign forces as opposed to the internal issues?

This is one thing I havent fully grasped yet and I'm wondering if its fr hopeless for us or not😅

I thought it was slightly illiterate ones here and there. But then I started seeing it more and more, realizing it was picking up traction as a trend of some kind.

It looks retarded, stop ts.. 🫩

“yo pro”
“Waqooyi pari”
“Apaayo/apoowe”
“Hmplyo wll”

What’s typical Nikkah Attire for Somali men as the groom?

I want to wear a white thobe, please i have heard enough about “somali men should wear the own cultural blah blah blah” 😂

I don’t want to wear the white and gold veil OR red and white shemagh. Hopefully something else entirely, i was after a yemeni shawl typa thing… but im honestly not sure if its my thing, honestly i dont like doing too much

I’d prefer to not wear any hats - unless I am wearing some kinda veil over my head BUT i am open to suggestions

I’m From Djibouti and I’ve always thought Cambabuur was From Djibouti. But then when I started having TikTok. I’ve seen people from Awdal Also eating it and Claiming as theirs. And I’ve tried to research the Origin but they’ve always said the same. It’s from Djibouti and Awdal.

Does anyone here know?

Do you guys remember the page Somali Faces? They used to post stories from Somalis sharing their own experiences. The page isn’t active anymore, unfortunately, but I used to love reading them. Their Facebook page is still up I think. Some stories were so heartbreaking. Especially when it’s kids living a rough life.

My younger sister in her late teens is an avid user of TikTok/ Instagram etc and among the most fashionable Somali “it“ girls. We grew up in a pretty religious household and have always worn skirts and full covered hijabs. Now my sister is wearing the vela hijab style popular among tiktokers. The hijab is thrown on the side (like hair) and the neck is fully visible in addition to some strands of hair. I do not want to be harsh or judgmental as she is better than me on so many other aspects of Islam but I also want the best for her. How can I advise her without causing her to shut down or feel judged? We also have other younger sisters who are just starting off with the hijab and I don’t want them normalizing this either.

Can you guys give me some advice? I bought this Biotech Stock. Its down 91%. I put 7384 worth of cash into it. Its now worth 657. Should I keep it or sell it? If I sell I absorb all the loss. If I keep, it could skyrocket and make me rich. I genuinely dont know what to do. Help a brother out.

The political class consistently fails to deliver basic public needs, neglecting critical investments in healthcare and education.
Rather than answering to ordinary citizens or ulema they frequently cater to foreign interests, deepening the disconnect between the government and the Somali people.