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President Siilaanyo joins thousands in Eid Al-Fitr Prayer
August 30, 2011 · 30 Comments
HARGEISA(SomalilandPress)—The President of Somaliland Ahmed Mohamed Mohamud (Siilaanyo) this morning prayed Eid Al-Fitr with thousands of worshipers at Hargeisa’s main mosque Jama. President accompanied by few cabinet members prayed Eid prayer with residents of the capital at Jama mosque located in the heart of the city.
After the Eid sermon president Ahmed Siilaanyo took to the podium to address the worshipers and the rest of the country via Radio Hargeisa live. President Ahmed Siilanyo emphasized the importance of Eid holiday and to have the chance to celebrate with family and friends. Mr. Siilanyo prayed Allah to bless the people of Somaliland and for Allah to accept their fasting during the month of Ramadan. Mr. Siilaanyo went on to say the International Community needs to take a larger responsibility in helping the people of South Somalia who are experiencing a difficult time with a prolonged drought and war. President Siilaanyo also encouraged the people of Somaliland to help their brethrens and sisters in Somalia by donating to them.
President Ahmed Mohamed concluded his speech which was aired live on Radio Hargeisa by saying “my fellow citizens, if we are Somaliland population, first of all glory with Allah for the peace, union, cooperation and the good governance that exists in Somaliland. I am here to encourage for sustaining and to make union stronger as well as the peace that we have built.”
It has become custom in Eid festivals for Mr. Siilaanyo to welcome regular citizens to the presidential palace in Hargeisa at which point he hears their grievances and today was no exception has people lined up in front of the presidential palace hopping to get an opportunity to speak with the president.
Somalilandpress | 30 August 2011
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By Mo Guled
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We wish for the Somaliland people the best Eid but we do not wish anything for the killer which you call the president. The devil in the saint's cloths.
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I'm not the first to think this, but SomalilandPress needs to get a hold on its comments. Let us as MUSLIMS apply what we gained from Ramadan to last us till the next one Insha Allah. May Allah Guide us all to be better muslims in every aspect of life. Amiin
Walaaloyaal Eid Wanasgsan,
Ilaah ayaa na faraya in ka fogaano dadka danbiyada kabaa'irka ah gala markaa waa in aan ka fogaanaa dhiig yacabkaa madaxwayna nimada sheeganaya. Malaayiin baa dartii u dhimatay malaayiin kalena dartii iyo fitnadiisa ayay guruahooda uga qaxeen.
Eid mubaarak,
Ahmed uraayow salaada Allah kaama aqbalo. Dadbaa qof Ku mooday Belo wadow. Gaal iska yeelow.
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Eid mubaarak reer Somaliland dhamaantiinba.
Eid mubaarak,
Hajeclo celebration is like midgaan celebration. Catuugo waynaa nacalado oo foolxumaa.
Buurmadow,
SomalilandPress knows who you are, it also knows that you are connecting from IP address 208.54.40.191.
We also know that you use several different names, such as Mohamed, Mohamed Mohamed, Mohamud, we are also aware that
you connect to us from St. Cloud Area in the state of Minnesota. SomalilandPress asks you to refrain from insulting its readers before we take legal matters.
Thank you Management
Eid Mubarak Somaliland May Allah Bless You Manshallah, I watched the celebrations online on Somaliland National TV with my family. So proud of my country, and I cant wait to come back and contribute with my education.
On a side note to all the haters, if you guys love Somalis why are you always filled with hate towards your so called Somali brothers? Xasiid's Allah is not blind! He knows what you all did during the war, He knows what you are doing now, He knows what your thinking now. On the holiest month of the year all you do is lie, create multiple screen names and use honorable names, lie about those names, and try to create infighting between other Somalis. Shamefull! Waax iskufala!
Brothers and Sisters, dont pay any attention to those hateful folks. Where was their Somali unity when they were busy killing other Somalis? Bombing whole cities full of Somali brothers and sisters. Allah knows what you did.
I ask the all mighty on this Eid night! I pray Ya Allah you know our struggle, Ya Allah have seen what these people have done and continue to do. Ya Allah you know the xasiidnimo in their hearts. I pray to you to keep our enemies weak, and confused. Ya Allah I ask you on the behalf of all the peace loving Somalilanders, of all those people who died fighting for freedom of all the innocents killed. for All those bodies that continue to surface from the earth after heavy rains, of all those still not found. Inkartada sar those who are against Somaliland. Inkartada sar all those who speak of a united Somalia while deep in their hearts only want to see their clan succeed while reducing all others to absolute nothingness.
Ameen!
A note for the admins. I have come to this site many times, but honestly all this allowing these haters to post hateful speech is basically propaganda and you all need to pay attention because this is even being done on big news sites although its about different issues like Republicans vs Democrats. You need to allow discussing but also monitor any blatant lies and hate mongering. If you dont this site will just be another useless somali site where no real discussion exists and sooner or later it wont even matter if your news is good or not people just wont come just because of the atmosphere!
Bedia,
Ha noo iman.
Ina Nuuxow waano kaa xishoonaynaa itaalkyagu bags xishoo.
Lul eid mubaarak,
MA wax Ku fuulaad doonaysaa.
Sheikh Hassan,
You are cheapest Harbarawal and you represent no religious group.
Sheikh Hassan, Nuux you are cheapest somalilanders and you are full of hate. You Buurmadow you are nobody nothing. You are sheet.
Ciid Mubaarak To All Somalilanders and all Muslims across the globe. Remember, there are some sad people who have nothing better to do than came to Somaliland websites, shed bitter tears and start abusing people for no reason. Remember, no true Somalilander would give comfort to our enemies by using this forum to spread hatred. When Somalilanders disagree among ourselves, we use civil arguments in public. We keep our private matters, private. So, if this forum's administration is unable to enforce civility, just ignore the haters, and let them return to their sad existence.
A SPECIAL Eid Mubarak goes out to the Mr. Silanyo, Ex-SNM Mujahid, and elected president of Somaliland. May Allah(swt) increase you, your administration, family and opposition parties with guidance and goodness. Continue to promote unity, increasing accountability, and improving our economy.
Word of Advice:
1. Please leave the press alone. They like you have a pivotal job to play in ensuring any future administration remains true to its people. Instead you should take their criticism as a welcomed opportunity to improve on the day to day operations of the government.
2. Ramadan is over now and there are innocent Somaliland citizens sitting in jail in Garowe. The kangaroo court their found these men guilty of trespassing onto Puntland "territory" (sool) and handed them each 10 year sentences. This isn't right!
every time I post a comment about our president and try to congratulate his leadership or mention him in a post it gets deleted straight away and all the filth is published. This happens every time no idea whether it is coincidences. never mind
To be honest, I really can not explain the recent increase in useless comments posted by lowlife extremists. Perhaps, it's because there is this strange dude who started using your name all of a sudden? Or maybe it's because it was Ramadan and people's working hours were shortened in Muslims countries. i.e. SLpress staff worked half days
The most logical explanation I can think of, however, is the fact that this whole FREEDOM OF SPEECH concept is new to Somalia and its people. I do not think we have gotten are head around the whole concept quite yet. For many Somalis, deleting or filtering their vulgar comments is considered a violation of their right to speak their mind.
The only piece of advice I could offer to SLpress, since journalism isn't my specialty, is to look into how other well-known prestigious newspapers manage their online commentary section. Perhaps they could offer some tips as to the best way to filter out nonsense. My 2 shillings :)
Amal, don't worry S/landpress is watching their movement, following trails of these menacing persons impersonating some of us and posting filthy comments trying turn us against each other. Sorry about a filthy comment made eariler on one of the topics by some vulgar individual supposedly made by me.
Gobaad, from the second I saw that filthy comment in your name I knew it was not you at all and you do not need to be sorry walalo. I'm glad SLPress is watching them. I don't know what sick people would think that insulting and vulgar language and verbal abuse is freedom of speech.
Eid mubarak brothers and sisters. Thank you President for all your hard work, inshallah may God help you with even better work.
Those people are seriously mentaly ILL. May Allah inshallah punich all those haters and liers and killers.
We have at least chose our President. We try to help our people to get better in Somaliland, although we are not a yet a rich country (that will come inshallah too). What do you do? Except, hating, killing, lieing, raping, stealing etc… I mean God can see all that, that is why you are getting punished. Try to turn Good instead of Evil, before you all die by drought, famine, pirates, and you all now that harm acting terroriest.
God sees what you are doing, creating hate in Somaliland. We guess what: whe now what you did circa 20 years ago and what you are doing now. May allah punische you for that even more. Allah please have mercy for the woman, children en males who are Good minded and not Evil minded.
somalilandpress: how comes you don't let some decent comments get posted and you allow all the foul ones or is it something you can't control. Maybe you should make 'enter your email' filed must and block the unwanted addresses I'm sure you can find a way to better your website
Can everyone report the vulgar comments so that admin may remove them fadlan! i.e. Click report.
is this the real somaliland press? how did they allowed all these filth, and these comments from these despicable creatures ? I though the article was about celebration and forgiveness.
Alle maxay been isu sheegaan cidaan. Aarey Mooskii aa u soo noqonaysiin xaa isu noojinee? Been aa isu akhriyooysaan. See you in Mogadishu in 2012 when it is free…
I pity you and you're generation growing up hating and shameful. Even as the gaalo give you shelter you still live in a lie that they are you're enemy. I suppose psychological problems is to be expected when you've lost you're dignity due to you're countries failures. You're identity is at stake so you invent ways to cope. Shame
Somalilandpress hates positive comments and welcomes negative and vulgar language. They are totally misunderstood the concept of free press and puplicity attraction.
Somalilandpress, this is all wrong. Please revise this sooner and carefully.