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The Voice Of The Voiceless
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Why We Must
Stop For the Sake of Peace? |
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By: Sakhawadin Mustafa Mohamed
September 26, 2005 |
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The
barbarous civil war in our country
is a horrifying chapter in our
history for all Somalis, but more
horrifying for the defenseless,
peace-loving people of Maayland and
Jubaland. The civil war is an event
that some people can’t even believe
happened; many more would just like
to forget it, but not the people of
Digil & Mirifle, Bantus, Reer-Hamar
and Barawanis. Some survivors from
Juba regions can attest to the
horrors that they went through, who
will not let us forget it. Survivors
who can not forget and will not
forgive the barbaric men and the
atrocities they subjected them to.
They are all innocent individuals,
who share only the suffering they
went through and the injustice of
being persecuted for who they were,
rather than something they did, and
it is very difficult to forget, when
suffering continues at this moment.
According to CNN, it had only taken
twenty minutes- the slaughter of 30
farmers, including four children,
died late Thursday in fighting,
which has pitted clan-based militias
in Heejow Mahaad 200 kilometers (125
miles) southwest of Mogadishu. Digil
& Mirifle lands are seized in each
hour of the day, trees are burned
down for the use of charcoal, the
environment are polluted, and
indigenous men that stood-up against
injustice are shot died. More about
the attrocities of the region please
refer to my previous article from
this site:
http://www.markacadeey.com/maqaalo/maqaal_fakhrudin_20050926.htm
http://www.maayland.com/maay_files/evilprevails.htm
I had learned, of course, of the
civil war, and listened with awe
with my follow Somalis that the
reason why these lands are seized is
that the people of Digil & Mirifle
are regarded as careless, lazy,
afraid to die, and that they lack
unity. By this analogy, one must
honestly answer these questions.
Why is the ability to reason
regarded as a weakness? Why is the
ability to compromise regarded as a
weakness? Why are the peace-loving
characteristics of the people of
Digil & Mirifle is a sign of
weakness? Why do we glorify those
that rise up and commit mass murder
at the drop of a hat? Why do we
think that those are brave people
that must be accorded the highest
positions in the land, regardless of
the absence of ability and
preparation to competently shoulder
such responsibility in the 21st
century? Is this how we are going to
build "One Somalia"?
Somalia cannot be built while
seizing other people’s lands, and
yet claim that we are all one Somali
(brothers) or call each others
Walaalow. Logically, it is very
strange that throughout the history,
there has not been a single incident
where Digil & Mirifle men seized a
power or appropriated a land in
Mudug region. Well, is this a sign
of weakness or unbravery?
Also, it is very strange that we
(Somalis) regard Israelis aggressors
when they seize and take the land of
Palestine, and yet when Somali
mullahs from Guriyo Ceel seize and
take the lands Barawe, Marka,
Qoryoley, and Afgoye don’t feel the
same. Isn’t taking other people’s
lands is all wrong no matter who
does it, whether Ceyr or a Jew? When
Israelis take-up Gaza and West-Bank
and arrest innocent Palestines we
all feel strong remorse for the
people of Palestine, and yet fail to
feel little sorry when Indho Cadde
and his men take-up Marka and
unjustly murder and arrest the
people of Marka. I will let my
fellow Somalis decide who to blame
the Israelis or the others?
Recently, news agencies reported
that Israel evacuated the Jewish
settlements in Gaza. Unfortunately,
the illegal settlements and land
confiscations still continue in Juba
region.
It is now a year since the advent of
a "democratic" government. We were
supposed to be guided by a
constitution. All elected officials
from the Speaker of the Parliament
on down swore to uphold the
constitution. The constitution says
that the lands confiscated must be
returned to its original owners. It
also says something to the effect
that the parliament has to
appropriate lands before they can be
disbursed. What has happened in this
past year of "demonstration of
crazy"? The Speaker of the
Parliament illegally pledged a
legion with those who are taking
Digil & Mirifle lands. This same
Speaker of the Parliament turns
around and denies the Digil &
Mirifle statesmen to have the chance
to host the Somali government and
the chance to have their land to
become the capital of the whole
nation (Somalia) for twelve months.
When atrocities committed by the
Juba Alliance continues right now in
Juba region, we know that they are
not there for the country but for
themselves. But for a speaker of the
parliament to refuse to obey the
constitution to the letter is
downright malicious. What makes the
speaker of the parliament to think
that he has to behave under civilian
rules for the twelve months of the
year? Why does he want to cheat the
Digil & Mirifle tribes of their
region of the country?
Now, to the subject the road to
peace, Somalis will never enjoy
peace from Allah, we will never get
the peace that we are seeking for
our land, and our dream of returning
to peaceful Somalia will never be
fulfilled until we address the
problem of injustice. In science,
there is a law of cause and effect.
Today, what we are experiencing in
Somalia is the effect of a cause
that we fail to see it. But only
when the root of this conflict is
exposed to the light can the tree of
the conflict dies.
In this letter, I am appealing to
minds of the educated Somalis who
are living outside the country, and
I would say to them that: we have
arrived at a very critical moment
when God fearing educated Somalis
who are now supporting their tribes
with money and ideas to invade and
take-up lands, we have a
responsibility in a moment like this
to warn and cut ties with the
wicked. We should not fear what the
wicked may say or do; we should only
fear what Allah will do if we fail
to warn the wicked or support the
wicked ways.
To my follow Somalis, we have to
root out the root of injustice from
the lands of Digil & Mirifle so that
root of justice to grow all over
Somalia. Also, to my follow Somalis
and the peace-loving people of Digil
& Mirifle, Banadiris, Barawanis, and
Bantus I would say to you: Do not
think that the threats that have
been made against you are empty
threats. There is strength in size,
and if you want to survive and gain
control of your resources, forget
personal aggrandizement and UNITE
now for mutual defense. Your
agricultural lands will always
attract predators. You need land,
people and money to survive, and
your lands will provide these.
“Always give your best;
never get discouraged; never be
petty. Always remember others may
hate you, but those who hate you
don't win unless you hate them, and
then you destroy yourself.”—President
Nixon Farewell Speech
By: Sakhawadin Mustafa Mohamed
North Dakota State University
E-mail: jubaland25@yahoo.com
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