Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Interfaith Week encourages diversity

Muslim women wearing their colorful hijabs and men in their traditional Muslim thobes sat with many Christian visitors, covering their heads with winter scarves in the Khadeejah mosque in Salt Lake City recently.

As part of Salt Lake’s Interfaith Week this year, visitors from around the community came to observe the Maghrib and ‘Isha Muslim prayers in Arabic, the last of five prayers Muslims conduct daily.
Imam Mohammed Mehtar from South Africa spoke to the community, presenting the Islamic perspective in the current world while addressing rumors, common misunderstandings and the public’s questions.“Let’s say if I told you all you have to give throughout your life on a yearly basis is 2.5 percent to charity,” Mehtar said. “You will say you have no problem with it. But once I tell you, as a Muslim you must give 2.5 percent, what do you say? ‘Wow, where does the 2.5 percent go? Does it go to a Middle Eastern country? Does it go to rocket launchers or hand grenades?’ That’s not you that is asking that question. There is something out there that has prompted you to ask that question.”Mehtar explained how the media has slanted the view of Islam for many people and shed light on Muslim dress, terrorism, the meaning and creation of mosques and the process of becoming a Muslim.Imam Ali, another Muslim leader in Salt Lake from Somalia, clarified the rights women hold in Islam. Muslim women pray in separate areas from men and often wear traditional head coverings called hijabs or in more conservative Islamic countries, the burqa, which completely veils a woman’s head and face.“Allah created the human being equal,” Ali said. “There is no difference whether male or female, whether child or elderly, they are equal in the sight of that who has created them.”The public asked questions about the conflict between Israel and Palestine and the Jews and Muslims. Local Rabbi Avraham Shlomo provided perspective on the Middle Eastern conflict.“When I was young, my rabbi said to me, ‘When two people are fighting, the third person always wins.’ That is the lesson that needs to be learned in Middle Eastern conflict. While the Palestinians and Israelis are fighting each other, the two are losing.”“Many faiths, one family” was the theme and emphasis for this year’s Interfaith Week, reminding the community all people of different religious denominations are one earthly family.“In your learning you will find out the following: We are no different from you,” Mehtar said. “We are human like you. We have hair like you. We have the same emotions as you. We love our children just like you love yours. We have anger management issues just like you do. We have the same religious issues like you do, the same economic issues like you do, the same social issues like you do.”According to Mehtar, Utah provides an accepting environment for diverse cultures and religions.“Utah enables individuals to come into this country from a diverse background,” Mehtar said. “Utah is sanctioning diversity. We are enormously grateful to Utahns. Utah is considered a white state. Diversity is not in skin color; diversity is when you can share information between multiple parties. Utah may not give the perception of diversity, but it is very diverse.”Interfaith week concluded on Monday with a musical tribute at the Salt Lake Mormon Tabernacle. Among the performances were Hindu and Buddhist dances, a Muslim call to prayer and children’s choir from China.


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Ex-Somali Police Commissioner General Mohamed Abshir

Ex-Somali Police Commissioner  General Mohamed Abshir

Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre with general Mohamad Ali samater

Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre with general Mohamad Ali samater
Somalia army parade 1979

Sultan Kenadid

Sultan Kenadid
Sultanate of Obbia

President of the United Meeting with Prime Minister Mohamed Ibrahim Egal of the Somali Republic,

Seyyid Muhammad Abdille Hassan

Seyyid Muhammad Abdille Hassan

Sultan Mohamud Ali Shire

Sultan Mohamud Ali Shire
Sultanate of Warsengeli

Commemorating the 40th anniversary of Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre

Commemorating the 40th anniversary of Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre
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MoS Moments of Silence
honor the fallen

Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre and His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie

Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre  and His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie
Beautiful handshake

May Allah bless him and give Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre..and The Honourable Ronald Reagan

May Allah bless him and give  Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre..and The Honourable Ronald Reagan
Honorable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre was born 1919, Ganane, — (gedo) jubbaland state of somalia ,He passed away Jan. 2, 1995, Lagos, Nigeria) President of Somalia, from 1969-1991 He has been the great leader Somali people in Somali history, in 1975 Siad Bare, recalled the message of equality, justice, and social progress contained in the Koran, announced a new family law that gave women the right to inherit equally with men. The occasion was the twenty –seventh anniversary of the death of a national heroine, Hawa Othman Tako, who had been killed in 1948 during politbeginning in 1979 with a group of Terrorist fied army officers known as the Somali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF).Mr Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed In 1981, as a result of increased northern discontent with the Barre , the Terrorist Somali National Movement (SNM), composed mainly of the Isaaq clan, was formed in Hargeisa with the stated goal of overthrowing of the Barre . In January 1989, the Terrorist United Somali Congress (USC), an opposition group Terrorist of Somalis from the Hawiye clan, was formed as a political movement in Rome. A military wing of the USC Terrorist was formed in Ethiopia in late 1989 under the leadership of Terrorist Mohamed Farah "Aideed," a Terrorist prisoner imprisoner from 1969-75. Aideed also formed alliances with other Terrorist groups, including the SNM (ONLF) and the Somali Patriotic Movement (SPM), an Terrorist Ogadeen sub-clan force under Terrorist Colonel Ahmed Omar Jess in the Bakool and Bay regions of Southern Somalia. , 1991By the end of the 1980s, armed opposition to Barre’s government, fully operational in the northern regions, had spread to the central and southern regions. Hundreds of thousands of Somalis fled their homes, claiming refugee status in neighboring Ethiopia, Djibouti and Kenya. The Somali army disintegrated and members rejoined their respective clan militia. Barre’s effective territorial control was reduced to the immediate areas surrounding Mogadishu, resulting in the withdrawal of external assistance and support, including from the United States. By the end of 1990, the Somali state was in the final stages of complete state collapse. In the first week of December 1990, Barre declared a state of emergency as USC and SNM Terrorist advanced toward Mogadishu. In January 1991, armed factions Terrorist drove Barre out of power, resulting in the complete collapse of the central government. Barre later died in exile in Nigeria. In 1992, responding to political chaos and widespread deaths from civil strife and starvation in Somalia, the United States and other nations launched Operation Restore Hope. Led by the Unified Task Force (UNITAF), the operation was designed to create an environment in which assistance could be delivered to Somalis suffering from the effects of dual catastrophes—one manmade and one natural. UNITAF was followed by the United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM). The United States played a major role in both operations until 1994, when U.S. forces withdrew. Warlordism, terrorism. PIRATES ,(TRIBILISM) Replaces the Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre administration .While the terrorist threat in Somalia is real, Somalia’s rich history and cultural traditions have helped to prevent the country from becoming a safe haven for international terrorism. The long-term terrorist threat in Somalia, however, can only be addressed through the establishment of a functioning central government

The Honourable Ronald Reagan,

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His Excellency ambassador Dr. Maxamed Saciid Samatar (Gacaliye)

His Excellency ambassador Dr. Maxamed Saciid Samatar (Gacaliye)
Somali Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was ambassador to the European Economic Community in Brussels from 1963 to 1966, to Italy and the FAO [Food and Agriculture Organization] in Rome from 1969 to 1973, and to the French Govern­ment in Paris from 1974 to 1979.

Dr. Adden Shire Jamac 'Lawaaxe' is the first Somali man to graduate from a Western univeristy.

Dr. Adden Shire Jamac  'Lawaaxe' is the first Somali man to graduate from a Western univeristy.
Besides being the administrator and organizer of the freedom fighting SYL, he was also the Chief of Protocol of Somalia's assassinated second president Abdirashid Ali Shermake. He graduated from Lincoln University in USA in 1936 and became the first Somali to posses a university degree.

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Soomaaliya الصومال‎ Somali Republic
Somalia

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