If Islam was founded in Somalia/Africa, Somalis would not be Muslims

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Reer Woqooyi would be muslim and the faqash would have been naked bantu god worshippers :fittytousand:
Jokes aside,Scholars still don't understand how exactly Islam spread among the Somali tribes and why no gaalo tribes remain(homogeneous).The story for now is that Islam entered through Saylac,and then from there these newly converted folks who turned into missionaries spread Islam like wildfire in the interior.Not much info on this topic since Somali nomads never write shit down.But from the archaeological findings in Somaliland,Reer Woqooyi would have probably became Orthodox Christian(admixed with that Waaq religon) if Islam was not founded at all due to Ethiopian influences.So basically to answer your question,we don't know what would happen if Islam was founded in the Somali peninsula because we don't how the f*ck we became muslims in the first place.This topic is very complex and probably not suitable for the average guy in this forum. But would love to hear what you guys think.

Saylac has in it the ruins of one of the oldests mosques. It dates back to the 7th century so it's certainly reasonable to think Islam came through there. I think the monotheism in Islam appealed to people (as it wasn't too foreign to them) and the increase in strength of the Muslim world over the next few centuries played it's part. But I think something that is often overlooked is just the numbers. I assume (?) there were less people back them, so when changes did occur they spread faster and quicker and became more permanent as time went on.
 

Apollo

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Scholars still don't understand how exactly Islam spread among the Somali tribes and why no gaalo tribes remain(homogeneous).The story for now is that Islam entered through Saylac,and then from there these newly converted folks who turned into missionaries spread Islam like wildfire in the interior.Not much info on this topic since Somali nomads never write shit down.But from the archaeological findings in Somaliland,Reer Woqooyi would have probably became Orthodox Christian(admixed with that Waaq religon) if Islam was not founded at all due to Ethiopian influences.So basically to answer your question,we don't know what would happen if Islam was founded in the Somali peninsula because we don't how the f*ck we became muslims in the first place.This topic is very complex and probably not suitable for the average guy in this forum. But would love to hear what you guys think.

The Rendille are more or less ''Somalis'' who retained their old religion (Waaq).

The only issue is that they have been influenced so much by the Samburu tribe in recent times that it is hard to say what part of their practices are Old School Somali and what is copied from the Samburus.
 

Waranle

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The Rendille are more or less ''Somalis'' who retained their old religion (Waaq).

The only issue is that they have been influenced so much by the Samburu tribe in recent times that it is hard to say what part of their practices are Old School Somali and what is copied from the Samburus.
Rendile are not Somali but they are close relatives.Oromo also had the same beliefs as us,doesn't make them Somali but rather it shows how the East cushtic Linguistic family were once one people
 

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Rendile are not Somali but they are close relatives.Oromo also had the same beliefs as us,doesn't make them Somali but rather it shows how the East cushtic Linguistic family were once one people

Their language falls under the Somaloid sub-category. They branched off from Somalis rather than Oromos. What makes them so 'exotic' is because they have been taking on Nilo-Saharan elements from the Samburu tribe. Nevertheless, a significant portion of their language and present-day practices are a ''time capsuled'' version of those of Ancient Somalis. If you want to learn more about how prehistoric Somalis lived then you should look at the Rendille tribe and perhaps also some pagan Boranas.
 

Waranle

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Their language falls under the Somaloid sub-category. They branched off from Somalis rather than Oromos. What makes them so 'exotic' is because they have been taking on Nilo-Saharan elements from the Samburu tribe. Nevertheless, a significant portion of their language and present-day practices are a ''time capsuled'' version of those of Ancient Somalis. If you want to learn more about how prehistoric Somalis lived then you should look at the Rendille tribe and perhaps also some pagan Boranas.
They never branched off of Somalis but rather a common parent probably around 1000 bce.Yes I agree that they are indeed a very good representation of how East Cushtics(Somalis,Oromos,Afars) were before Abrahamaic religons took hold of the horn.I remember reading somewhere that when the Chinese visited Berbera(they called it Bo-Ba li) they said they found a people who drank the blood of the cow which is a practise still found in cushtic and nilo Saharan groups influenced by both East and South cushites practice till this day.
 
Where did I deny this? Unlike you, I'm not a hypocrite. I'm consistent in my being a Somali Nationalist.

I want a Somalia that's for Somalis. Not Bantus. Not Arabs. Not Habashis. But SOMALIS.

How difficult is that to understand? If the Japanese and the Norwegians can have their own homeland, then why can't we? And why are you so adamant in allowing large numbers of Bantus to live in Somalia and eventually become a majority, yet you'd deport a few thousand Arabs from Somalia who are demographically insignificant? Where's this hypocrisy coming from?
You just be quite and listen to your masters Somalia belongs to its future owner Ethiopia and if Hassan sheik doesn't bow down than he will never be elected in 2016. Bow Hassan your nothing than a a footstool for us MJ's and the Ethiopians.
 

Waranle

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You just be quite and listen tour masters Somalia belongs to its future owner Ethiopia and if Hassan sheik doesn't bow down than he will never be elected in 2016. Bow Hassan your nothing than a a footstool for us MJ's and the Ethiopians.
MJ delusion of grandeur
 
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