I hope the "preachers" from Masjid Musa, so called Shuhdaa or whatever, were also invited and in attendance so that next Fri they won't be telling the young boys to go slaughter the "kafiris" and chase away "compromised" Sheikhs.

S.A.W = Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam = God grant him peace and honour!

A.S = Alayhi Wasallam = God grant him peace!

used to watch ukumbi wa kiisilamu - loved it when they spoke. they spoke in arabic then said it in swahili. I kinda got those ones from there! I have also been immersed in the islamic culture for a number of months and I can confirm this - this 9/11 thing pushed the world to where it is now. Muslims in an all muslim (or overwhelming majority country) are fine... that is all they know and they execute it to the best of their ability. the laws maybe tough but it keeps everyone in line. I just loved the way men would spend time with their families on odd tuesday or wednesday night out in restaurants - it touched my heart! hakuna pombe ya kufanya wanaume wakuwe bure. I loved that! I saw the power of organised religion in making lives better! I respect true muslims but there are bad elements that create us-vs-them dynamics that force akina @Alpha to take sides - which is not fair!

all things considered - i kinda like the structure in their lives (I wouldn't be a muslim) but having a society organised the way they have organised theirs is quite a feat! not sure how that structure will stand in the face of the onslaught of freedoms and information but let's see. What I have never really liked is their strict adherence to aspects of arabic culture as opposed to the idea of islam in toto. the clothing is uniform and of arabic descent - perhaps it's in the hadiths somewhere!

@Alphodoti, what do you say about this cleric who's deep in Somalia and fighting Al-Shabab when a lunatic like Makaburi talks about liberating the muslims in Somalia.




http://www.nation.co.ke/lifestyle/lifestyle/The-Sheikh-who-would-have-fought-Shabaab-at-Westgate/-/1214/2294786/-/wlv6t2z/-/index.html