Anfac Story is Fake.

[Burqad]

UK Somalis 'racially profiled' over FGM - BBC News

Parents are wrongly being arrested due to the stigma around female genital mutilation, campaigners say.

www.bbc.com

That only scratches the surface.

I genuinely don't tho. I care about ending FGM. We already the face so the only way to rehabilitate our image is with hard facts. Silencing Somali women is not gonna work lol. I dislike gaalo intrusion into our business and understand that the far right can use this as ammo. But we are not on the radar yet so it's not a problem to me right now. I barely hear stories anymore which is good.

The People who have ended and are ending the pharaonic custom are the culama and caamo of the Somali maxamed nation. You can see it in the termonology that is used, calling it the pharonic custom and saying that it comes from Ethiopia is what someone who wants to eliminate it in Somali society does, calling it FGM is what someone who grew up in the west and wants to grift as much money as possible calls it.

 

[Taintedlove]

That only scratches the surface.

The People who have ended and are ending the pharaonic custom are the culama and caamo of the Somali maxamed nation. You can see it in the termonology that is used, calling it the pharonic custom and saying that it comes from Ethiopia is what someone who wants to eliminate it in Somali society does, calling it FGM is what someone who grew up in the west and wants to grift as much money as possible calls it.

What...

 

[Taintedlove]

Children were kidnapped from their families illegally and held in a cage for weeks because of lies from grifter organizations And self hating c00ns

I already condemned gaalo NGOs, why are you replying to me.

 

[Burqad]

What...

It is Eid and you are probably 15. Go have fun

 

[kamek]

It is Eid and you are probably 15. Go have fun

I’m shocked so many of ya’ll are arguing on Eid.

 

[Duubpon]

I’m shocked so many of ya’ll are arguing on Eid.

People here were arguing in the last ten days of Ramadan.

You think Eid will stop them?

 

[Moon-]

It is Eid and you are probably 15. Go have fun

just reminded me to log off

 

[Keep it a boqol]

I’m a girl and also not a new user here. Somali men have already ruined their own reputation. I’m looking out for Somali women and the community.

Somali women in Kenya are doing the right thing by protesting. But crying to cadaans won’t help girls like Anfac. They don’t actually care. They’ll use incidences like this to paint Somalia and Muslims negatively.

I want to see fgm banned but like I said, spreading awareness in the west doesn’t benefit somali women in SOMALIA. These feminists should speak in their language and go back home. Spread awareness of the dangers in Somalia.

A Djiboutian girl was beaten by a male relative for dancing on tiktok and non Somali women insulted Somalis and Islam. They also hoped that every boat with Somalis that tries to come to the west sinks even if there’s women on these boats. But sure keep crying to these western feminists and white men. They’ll help us.

Fix it how?

most of these anti-fgm ”activists” haven’t done any real work, they do useless workshops and raise awareness to audiences that don’t do this practise and can not stop those who do from doing it (why are you holding 100 different talks in Edinburgh to cadan audiences? ), can Jack stop some ignorant habo in Caabudwaaq from mutilating her daughter?

they’ve even been running around with that dodgy statistic ”98%” (these niqqas couldnt even be bothered to give us a proper nationwide study) for thirty years

Social media is a complete mess when it comes to sensitive, nuanced issues especially those within our community. A lot of what gets framed as “raising awareness” ends up doing more harm than good. Here are a few things I’ve noticed.

1. Our culture is out in the open.

Somali culture has always been expressive and community-oriented. Privacy, especially around problems, isn’t really something we do. If there’s drama, conflict, or controversy everyone is going to know. Our issues get broadcasted within the community and beyond, whether it’s on TikTok, community WhatsApp groups, or even Somali media outlets.

A good example is the Moroccan passport bros situation — something so small, but somehow our entire community got dragged into it, and people took that opportunity to air all our dirty laundry. That openness, while rooted in our cultural love for storytelling and accountability, ends up feeding sensationalist narratives. It makes our problems easy targets for outsiders to mock, dissect, or generalize often without any understanding of the context.

2. We don’t get the same empathy we give.

One thing I’ve noticed is that we’re incredibly critical of ourselves more so than we are of others. It comes from this mindset of tough love, of wanting to see our people do better and rise above. We hold ourselves to high standards, but at the same time, we extend grace and understanding to other communities when they go through things. We give them the benefit of the doubt.

But when it’s our turn, that same grace isn’t extended to us. Instead, we’re viewed through a lens of prejudice — as if our issues are a result of something wrong with us. Like @trf said: we’re not white, so the sympathy is limited. People don’t see our struggles as societal or systemic, but as proof of our “backwardness.” The narrative quickly becomes, “Look at these people — broken culture, broken homes, broken mindset.” It’s not fair, and it’s not true, but that’s how we’re painted when we try to bring our issues to the global stage.

3. No one is coming to save us.

A lot of the “awareness” we try to raise is done in English, on Western platforms, for Western eyes — but what exactly is the goal? Who are we expecting to fix our problems? The more we air things out publicly, the more it gets picked apart by people who don’t care about our healing, just the drama.

We have to stop relying on external validation or global outrage to drive our conversations. Real change doesn’t come from going viral — it comes from grassroots efforts, community dialogue, and internal work. It’s not glamorous. It’s not aesthetic. But it’s necessary. If we want to protect our community and push for real growth, we need to build from the bottom up — with care, with accountability, and with protection from harmful outside narratives.

 

[Unicorn]

I’m a girl and also not a new user here. Somali men have already ruined their own reputation. I’m looking out for Somali women and the community.

Somali women in Kenya are doing the right thing by protesting. But crying to cadaans won’t help girls like Anfac. They don’t actually care. They’ll use incidences like this to paint Somalia and Muslims negatively.

I want to see fgm banned but like I said, spreading awareness in the west doesn’t benefit somali women in SOMALIA. These feminists should speak in their language and go back home. Spread awareness of the dangers in Somalia.

A Djiboutian girl was beaten by a male relative for dancing on tiktok and non Somali women insulted Somalis and Islam. They also hoped that every boat with Somalis that tries to come to the west sinks even if there’s women on these boats. But sure keep crying to these western feminists and white men. They’ll help us.

The only thing u and other somalis are afraid of is shame. I hope the entire world knows the bullshit tht happens in somalia. There wont be any "feminists" in somalia tht will help anything. I see ur type in a lot of tiktok comments where they dont want to change anything (fgm, bleaching, rape) all they comment is "please talk in somali we dont want people to know" same person doesnt see anything wrong with whts happening.

 

[Unicorn]

Rape culture is when incidences of rape are normalized, excused, or overlooked. If we had a rape culture there wouldn’t be any protests and outrage by Somali women and men back home. Rape is not normalised like it is in some other countries. Dumb misogynistic phrases or jokes does not mean Somalia has a normalised culture of rape.

Countries like America and the UK downplays sexual violence and often blames the victim. Somalia isn’t some sort of special case where women are raped at extreme rates and it goes ignored. Even the most developed countries have high rates of sexual violence and victim blaming.

Bringing attention to issues in Somalia or Somali regions is important but it should be done in Somali. It doesn’t benefit somali women to complain about our men in English to non Muslims. They don’t care and will just use it to paint our country negatively. I wish Somali feminists had common sense

We have had a culture where the rapist and the victim would get married. Idk why were acting like tht didnt and doesnt happen.

 

[Rayaale]

No? Somalis did it because they believed it was sunnah and part of cleanliness. Malaysians, kurds etc did it too. There was a norwegian documentary that exposed imams advising young mothers to do fgm. Murtads associate fgm with islam. And those dumb somali sheikhs have done nothing to stop it.

Fgm predates Islam, there are Christians who practice it in East Africa

 

[Burqad]

Fgm predates Islam, there are Christians who practice it in East Africa

That’s like basic info. The kikuyu once fought a war for it. The pharaonic disease is way more common among neighboring peoples than Somalis, but unforch we have too many c00ns and grifters.

 

[Based]

Wow wtf

I hate how loud this community is. We have the most brain dead feminists who are constantly doing self inflicting damage on the community. That's what Indian women did and it eventually caught on

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LMAO

 

[trf]

The only thing u and other somalis are afraid of is shame. I hope the entire world knows the bullshit tht happens in somalia. There wont be any "feminists" in somalia tht will help anything. I see ur type in a lot of tiktok comments where they dont want to change anything (fgm, bleaching, rape) all they comment is "please talk in somali we dont want people to know" same person doesnt see anything wrong with whts happening.

Miskeen. You think cadaans view Somalis as human beings and that somehow this vilifying of Somali men/ Somali culture and Somalia is going to gain somali girls so much sympathy from non Somalis. Because that worked for Indian women right? I’ve been in feminist spaces. They use fgm to insult us, not to feel sorry for us. They use child marriage to insult Islam and our “backwards practices”. You need a wake up call wallahi. What is the point of shaming our people globally if it doesn’t actually make a difference in our society?


What possible solution is more likely to bring about some real change in Somalia?:


1. Tiktok videos in Somali detailing the potential dangers of skin bleaching such as birth defects.
2. Tweeting in English about how Somali women look like disgusting and ill creatures once they bleach.

One is having discussions with them in a language they actually understand and the other is insulting them and backbiting. Some of you feminists just want to gossip all day. If I could speak fluent somali, I’d make these videos myself.

 

[novanova]

Miskeen. You think cadaans view Somalis as human beings and that somehow this vilifying of Somali men/ Somali culture and Somalia is going to gain somali girls so much sympathy from non Somalis. Because that worked for Indian women right? I’ve been in feminist spaces. They use fgm to insult us, not to feel sorry for us. They use child marriage to insult Islam and our “backwards practices”. You need a wake up call wallahi. What is the point of shaming our people globally if it doesn’t actually make a difference in our society?


What possible solution is more likely to bring about some real change in Somalia?:


1. Tiktok videos in Somali detailing the potential dangers of skin bleaching such as birth defects.
2. Tweeting in English about how Somali women look like disgusting and ill creatures once they bleach.

One is having discussions with them in a language they actually understand and the other is insulting them and backbiting. Some of you feminists just want to gossip all day. If I could speak fluent somali, I’d make these videos myself.

people don’t want to be honest and acknowledge that creating a safe and functional state requires alot of effort & sacrifice. Truth be told many can not be bothered, in Somalia or in other parts of the third world. They think they can take shortcuts and just ”raise awareness” on social media.

For those that sensationalize horrible cases that take place back home, they are either driven by ego, attention or a desire for revenge. That was the case for many Indian women, they were adamant about making the world see ’how awful indian men are’ (I don’t think they genuinely believed this would change their country) ..

In the end those very same indian feminists were ridiculed & scorned. it added to their dehumanization. the very same people they sought sympathy from now feel comfortable justifying awful treatment and use their domestic issues against them as a community etc.

 

[Heartbreakkid]

people don’t want to be honest and acknowledge that creating a safe and functional state requires alot of effort & sacrifice. Truth be told many can not be bothered, in Somalia or in other parts of the third world. They think they can take shortcuts and just ”raise awareness” on social media.

For those that sensationalize horrible cases that take place back home, they are either driven by ego or a desire for revenge. That was the case for many Indian women, they were adamant about making the world see ’how awful indian men are’ (I don’t think they genuinely believed this would change their country) ..

In the end those very same indian feminists were ridiculed & scorned. it added to their dehumanization. the very same people they sought sympathy from now feel comfortable justifying awful treatment and use their domestic issues against them as a community etc.

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[kamek]

The only thing u and other somalis are afraid of is shame. I hope the entire world knows the bullshit tht happens in somalia. There wont be any "feminists" in somalia tht will help anything. I see ur type in a lot of tiktok comments where they dont want to change anything (fgm, bleaching, rape) all they comment is "please talk in somali we dont want people to know" same person doesnt see anything wrong with whts happening.

you don’t seem to realise this, but, reputation is important.

 

[Unicorn]

Miskeen. You think cadaans view Somalis as human beings and that somehow this vilifying of Somali men/ Somali culture and Somalia is going to gain somali girls so much sympathy from non Somalis. Because that worked for Indian women right? I’ve been in feminist spaces. They use fgm to insult us, not to feel sorry for us. They use child marriage to insult Islam and our “backwards practices”. You need a wake up call wallahi. What is the point of shaming our people globally if it doesn’t actually make a difference in our society?


What possible solution is more likely to bring about some real change in Somalia?:


1. Tiktok videos in Somali detailing the potential dangers of skin bleaching such as birth defects.
2. Tweeting in English about how Somali women look like disgusting and ill creatures once they bleach.

One is having discussions with them in a language they actually understand and the other is insulting them and backbiting. Some of you feminists just want to gossip all day. If I could speak fluent somali, I’d make these videos myself.

I dont think u know how to read. Somalis only care about non somalis knowing their dirt. Thts it. I never said non somalis will change things. I said since u and them are so afraid of the shame of non somalis knowing then so be it. We all know the community is fine with the status quo. The people who say to speak somali about issues are the same people fine with everything. I want those bastards to feel shame since the only opinions they get scared of is ajanabis talking sht about them.

 

[Unicorn]

you don’t seem to realise this, but, reputation is important.

U dont seem to realise this but there isnt a reputation left.

 

[Heartbreakkid]

Social media is a complete mess when it comes to sensitive, nuanced issues especially those within our community. A lot of what gets framed as “raising awareness” ends up doing more harm than good. Here are a few things I’ve noticed.

1. Our culture is out in the open.

Somali culture has always been expressive and community-oriented. Privacy, especially around problems, isn’t really something we do. If there’s drama, conflict, or controversy everyone is going to know. Our issues get broadcasted within the community and beyond, whether it’s on TikTok, community WhatsApp groups, or even Somali media outlets.

A good example is the Moroccan passport bros situation — something so small, but somehow our entire community got dragged into it, and people took that opportunity to air all our dirty laundry. That openness, while rooted in our cultural love for storytelling and accountability, ends up feeding sensationalist narratives. It makes our problems easy targets for outsiders to mock, dissect, or generalize often without any understanding of the context.

2. We don’t get the same empathy we give.

One thing I’ve noticed is that we’re incredibly critical of ourselves more so than we are of others. It comes from this mindset of tough love, of wanting to see our people do better and rise above. We hold ourselves to high standards, but at the same time, we extend grace and understanding to other communities when they go through things. We give them the benefit of the doubt.

But when it’s our turn, that same grace isn’t extended to us. Instead, we’re viewed through a lens of prejudice — as if our issues are a result of something wrong with us. Like @trf said: we’re not white, so the sympathy is limited. People don’t see our struggles as societal or systemic, but as proof of our “backwardness.” The narrative quickly becomes, “Look at these people — broken culture, broken homes, broken mindset.” It’s not fair, and it’s not true, but that’s how we’re painted when we try to bring our issues to the global stage.

3. No one is coming to save us.

A lot of the “awareness” we try to raise is done in English, on Western platforms, for Western eyes — but what exactly is the goal? Who are we expecting to fix our problems? The more we air things out publicly, the more it gets picked apart by people who don’t care about our healing, just the drama.

We have to stop relying on external validation or global outrage to drive our conversations. Real change doesn’t come from going viral — it comes from grassroots efforts, community dialogue, and internal work. It’s not glamorous. It’s not aesthetic. But it’s necessary. If we want to protect our community and push for real growth, we need to build from the bottom up — with care, with accountability, and with protection from harmful outside narratives.