Suicide car bombings & execution-style killings - alien to Somali culture (AP Photo / Mohamed Abdulle Hassan Siidi
Ali woke up from sleep quite early
He said his morning prayers as usual
He took his morning coffee in peace
Raising his hands up he looked the sky
Ali read some Koranic verses in silence
Smiling to his wife he said:
"If I don't come back for lunch today
Don't worry I'm staying with the angels
And if I don't show up again in here
Don't think that I have passed away
I might be hiding from the devil"
She thought he was just kidding
But he was serious about his word
He drove his car straight into a camp
Inside the vehicle he had explosives
which went off when he hit the gate
He was a suicide bomber in Mogadishu
We never thought a Somai would do this
Let's call this globalization of terror
Heartbreaking. It never ends: gets worse and worse. Stay safe, you and your family are ever in my prayers. What drives a person to do this, but extreme hate? And yet claim God's love......tragic.
These are the results of the unjust systems of capitalization. Humanity is one. What affects one part of the globe should be a concern for the rest. The west is encouraging war and insecurity in places like Somalia by funding the fighting functions and arming them to the teeth. The consequences are loss of hope in life and widespread insecurity. Trying to install a friendly government in every country is dangerous and counterproductive. Eventually, terrorism takes advantage of all this and it becomes a greater threat to the western interests.
Thank you brother Abdinoor. God bless you.
Abdullahi
Reviewed by Chantilly Lace (Reader)
Reviewed on June 28, 2007
Oh my,so very sad...please stay safe and well...HUgs
Reviewed by Fergus Hancock (Reader)
Reviewed on June 27, 2007
Dear God, Abdi-Noor; how can anyone do this, thinking he is called of God? "The time will come when anyone who kills you will think he is doing God a service..." Jesus Christ.
"No murderer has eternal life in him," John the Apostle.
We must say this again and again, "In the name of God, no!"
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Heartbreaking. It never ends: gets worse and worse. Stay safe, you and your family are ever in my prayers. What drives a person to do this, but extreme hate? And yet claim God's love......tragic.
(((((HUGS))))), love and prayer, Karla.
Thank you brother Abdinoor. God bless you.
Abdullahi
"No murderer has eternal life in him," John the Apostle.
We must say this again and again, "In the name of God, no!"
Fergus
Be safe,
Karen