غزه العزه....

 لا ابكي على شهداء و اطلال غزة العزه, بل ابكي على حالنا عندما يسئلنا رب العباد "ماذا فعلتم لعبادي">>>ابادات جماعيه في بورما و افريقيا الوسطى الى منع للصوم في الصين... و فتن اودت بالملايين في ارض المسلمين والشيخ يدعو و يقول "اللهم اقتلهم بددا" و طبعا كالمتوقع الدعاء لا يستجاب....اضعفها القلب...فهل يحزن قلبك كما يحزن لخسارة فريقك او فقدان حبيب...يقولون اللهم انصر الاسلام و يمضون الى اذى المسلمين باسماء سموها كالبلدان و العشائر و المذاهب.... ولا تؤمنوا حتى تحابوا .....

The Youtube Caliphate! or the EU Caliphate! 😕

Imagine this, you wake up one morning to the sound of a Caliphate announced by ISIL, then you watch the declaration video through youtube, and familiarize yourself with the so-called your caliphs again through youtube (the enemy's media! allegedly). imagine you A caliphate marketed by different brands of executions, mass shootings and amateur militia courts. On the other hand 28 different nations with different religious doctrines, languages and peoples, not long ago were all involved in bloody wars. Yet they decided to gradually intertwine into an amalgam of economic unity yielding the largest free market in the world, virtually freedom of movement, enacting legislation in justice and home affairs and maintaining common policies on agriculture, manufacturing and security. This Amalgam is known as the EU.

 

The EU Caliphate! is what you get when carefully planned visions and missions are executed. Not the whims of a youtube caliphate with no understanding of the real geopolitical situation.
Ironically a caliphate determined to spread by the spoils of war "Ghaniima war machinery" from the west fighting another war machinery also from the West. American Humvee against American Humvee.
A youtube caliphate with no understanding of what a Caliphate is, a Caliphate with surreal sentiments that we observe in patients during rounds in psychiatric hospitals claiming to be the awaited "Al-Mahdi", that patient is not to be blamed as everyone knows and sympathizes with the mental health challenges they are going through, stuck in another dimension in their minds, detached from our reality.
For the youtube caliphate, Chants of support and oaths of allegiance appear in my facebook feed every now and then, not from the ton of Arab acquaintances I have but from my kin and blood the Somalis... Most of whom feverishly take every opportunity to debase Al-shabaab.
 Are they missing the point that if Al-shabab are bad, ISIL are worst not worse, If Al-shabab are cancer (waa sida ay yidhaahdeene!) ISIL are metastatic cancer that spread all over the body.....

 

Things will be better for Islam. that statement will be true when we are united, when we understand that through knowledge we can overcome, not through the AK-47 that we don't even make, Through a truthful understanding of Islam and finally by having no underlying agendas such as sectarian, tribal, geographical or ethnic inclinations adulterating our noble cause in making this planet or universe a better place for EVERYBODY (لا إكراه في الدين), a place where the Almighty is worshipped,,, thus the concept of عمارة الأرض ورعاية الكون.....

 

A good example to look at will be our own history, to glance at our own Islamic Caliphate that spanned a millennium. the peak of enlightenment for the whole wide world.... when the Islamic world became infested with Arab nationalism the Ottomans leaned towards ethnic dominance, and Muslims started having separate identities. crumbling to its knees by the changing hearts, away from the unity of Islam to myopic ethnic and sectarian agendas. 
 Islam crumbled from its soul and it can rise when it's back. 

 

May Allah Guide our brothers ISIL to the right path...May Allah guide us All to the right path...

 

Ramadan Karim

Seasoning!...A smooth sea never made a skillful sailor

Well its  the dawn of 2014 and I am in unexpected, mind-boggling and faraway place from its belated sister 2013. The tides of life have thrown me ashore, to a completely new life, my titles (prefix and suffix) are completely changed. Last year this time I was Mr. Adnan the single Medical student who lives in Jordan and now I am Dr. Adnan the Married (to extraordinarily good Nala) doctor who lives in England. None of these changes were certain nor in my wildest expectations, yet life has mysterious ways and as I always reiterate "Aadamaw waxaad maagantahay adiyo maankaagu iyo meel ilaahay ku marin kala mid weeyaane".
2013 was a year of sweet-sweet-bitter taste. Marked by the joining of new dear person, parting of another, finishing a university degree known to me as "Mashruucii Faanoole that finished" and leaving a place to a new place and many others unforgettable events.

This is Chapter 3 of my life I Call it "Seasoning"!. First chapter was "Growing" which compromised physical growth and a little but significant per ration amount of mental,spiritual and emotional growth.The complete credit of this stage goes to my wonderful parents whom without their constant caring, love, guidance and role modelling I would have taken a different path in life.
 Second chapter was called  "Experiencing" not to be confused with experience!, this stage was marked by leaving the nest and flying as a new fledgling experiencing what is out there alone, without guidance from the people who care most about you, but with our own uninterrupted decisions. It starts from silly things like deciding to stay late at night outside or even spend the whole night outside (without consequences) to life altering decisions like choosing whom do you marry. Its in this stage life starts to unfold, with it drops of wisdom starts to fall on us but on the expense of a thunderous multitude of dear life experiences.

The Seasoning stage as I foresee would be my first encounter with real life, real challenges, a test of my responsibility bearing capabilities, a test of my caring, a test of my man-steel! .. 2014 will be my starting point but also there are many other years to come. May the Omnipotent be my side and guide me to the righteous path.
A smooth sea never made a skillful sailor, seasoned sailors should live through the horrors of the ocean, the dark  nights, the unrelenting fear of sinking into the abyss of the ocean, the storms that hit swiftly and most painfully the emotional void and worry about the loved ones back at land.True, I might be scared I have no other option but to ride the tides to the other side of the ocean and traverse all the challenges pleasant or not.patience ,perseverance, enthusiasm and optimism will be my sahay (cannot recall English counterpart) ...as naive they might sound but they really are.

Me Oh My, How the Time Does fly.........