This just needs to be said. There's a significant number of atheist and secularists who promote Somali nationalism and are under the extreme delusion that a Somalia based on a western-style democracy will one day emerge. What a laughable fantasy, as anyone who actually knows the political realities on the ground and the beliefs of both the people in the region and the diaspora would attest to. You go to any gathering among the elders and were to ask them if they would support a united central and democratic Somalia, and you would be laughed out of the gathering. People only identify with their qabil and practically see their qabil as their ethnic group. Most will fight to the death against such an idea and would never entertain the thought of merging with the other tribes in a nation ever again. This is why federalism is so successful and beloved by the people. The people want secession and to form their own independent countries, national identities, and distinct cultures. Djibouti is the best example of this. The vast majority of the youth there no longer speak the Somali language nor do they identify at all as "Somali". I find it remarkable how quickly this has happened in just under a generation.
However, despite all of that, there is one and only one thing that can unify all of the diverse and unrelated peoples living in the Somali peninsula and that is Islam, the very same thing these people despise. The different tribes would never die for something as useless, as worthless, as pathetic, and as laughable as "Somalinimo". However, they would absolutely die for Islamnimo. They would gladly go to war in the millions to liberate the other regions under the other governments for Islamnimo. They would even go to war against their own kin who declare war against the Islamic government and the Emir of the state. So, in conclusion, the only way you'll ever realistically get a central government that wields absolute authority over the entire Somali peninsula and is beloved by the people is an Islamic style government that isn't anything like ISIS of course but like the other historical and classical Islamic emirates and qabil kingdoms that proliferated across the entire Somali region a little over a century ago.
However, despite all of that, there is one and only one thing that can unify all of the diverse and unrelated peoples living in the Somali peninsula and that is Islam, the very same thing these people despise. The different tribes would never die for something as useless, as worthless, as pathetic, and as laughable as "Somalinimo". However, they would absolutely die for Islamnimo. They would gladly go to war in the millions to liberate the other regions under the other governments for Islamnimo. They would even go to war against their own kin who declare war against the Islamic government and the Emir of the state. So, in conclusion, the only way you'll ever realistically get a central government that wields absolute authority over the entire Somali peninsula and is beloved by the people is an Islamic style government that isn't anything like ISIS of course but like the other historical and classical Islamic emirates and qabil kingdoms that proliferated across the entire Somali region a little over a century ago.