Is somali culture in danger of arabism/islamism?

[Bahal]

It's pseudo geez

 

[Canuck]

people won't just wake up tmrw and start writing in osmanaya. if we started today we would introduce it to schools so young kids can learn it, and then in a few generations most people would know it.

My grandpa knew the osmanaya, it was used till end of 60s but only used between the educated nationalists that rejected the English and Italian. They had their magazine in osmanaya.

 

[Lalaviva]

This may sound dumb, but if it ever comes to it, we should change the writing system before it is way too late. Right now, we still have a chance, though it will be harder for those who already learned to write and read in the latin version. Just my two cents.

 

[angrycat]

lol Somali and Arabic culture have things in common but our food, clothes, music is way different we're more culturally similar to ethios. And about your beginning statement..this is just my theory but I dont think there was ever a strong particular "culture" in somalia due to there nomadic ways as opposed to other more stable states around them who they picked up tidbits from

 

[Muhajaba]

Islam is a FAITH we wear hijaab and khamis because that is what the Messenger and his family wore and he is more beloved to us than it history and culture. My history and culture is not my God alhamdulillah.

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[Prince of Lasanod]

Islam is a FAITH we wear hijaab and khamis because that is what the Messenger and his family wore and he is more beloved to us than it history and culture. My history and culture is not my God alhamdulillah.

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Please don't confuse 21st century Arab clothing (khamiis) for Islam. There is nothing Islamic about abandoning your culture and dressing like an Arab when there is no need to and not recommended in Islam.

 

[Muhajaba]

no he is a heathen. just another radical sheikh y'all love

He's hardly radical.

Please don't confuse 21st century Arab clothing (khamiis) for Islam. There is nothing Islamic about abandoning your culture and dressing like an Arab when there is no need to.

Just another name for thobe. It's modest and it's sunnah.

 

[Shimbiris]

For sure, lol. This is how Somali women dressed like a hundred years ago:

http://tinyurl.com/h3cujqg

This is how they commonly dress now:

http://tinyurl.com/zo7y8dk

You can be shit sure our native culture is being (and in many ways has been) ass raped by "Arabism". Somalis are not going to be Arabized (as in become A-rabic speakers), I sincerely doubt that will happen. But us losing much of our former culture after the turbulence of the civil war and the rise of Islamism is for realz.

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@ Sayid: Those aren't Somalis in your profile pic, man. They're Afars. I used to think they were Somalis too, especially because one guy looks like he has a Belawe oid dagger at his hip, but I found a pic of these same guys with clear old labelings identifying them as "Danakilis". I can't find the picture right now but those guys don't look to be Somalis.

 

[RudeBoi]

He's hardly radical.

Just another name for thobe. It's modest and it's sunnah.

The prophet never wore just a khamis and shemagh like the modern Saudis and their Salafi dog followers.

The prophets clothing was most similiar to the way Tuareg dress.So if men want to dress like the Prophet and the Arabs of his time just look at these folks

This ain't Sunnah and this is what you Arab wannabes dress like

 

[Muhajaba]

For sure, lol. This is how Somali women dressed like a hundred years ago:

http://tinyurl.com/h3cujqg

This is how they commonly dress now:

http://tinyurl.com/zo7y8dk

You can be shit sure our native culture is being (and in many ways has been) ass raped by "Arabism". Somalis are not going to be Arabized (as in become A-rabic speakers), I sincerely doubt that will happen. But us losing much of our former culture after the turbulence of the civil war and the rise of Islamism is for realz.

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@ Sayid: Those aren't Somalis in your profile pic, man. They're Afars. I used to think they were Somalis too, especially because one guy looks like he has a Belawe oid dagger at his hip, but I found a pic of these same guys with clear old labelings identifying them as "Danakilis". I can't find the picture right now but those guys don't look to be Somalis.

You people facinate me... you flee from Islam because it's 'backwards' yet you want to run back to your primitive 'roots'. Kkkkk

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[Muhajaba]

The prophet never wore just a khamis and shemagh like the modern Saudis and their Salafi dog followers.

The prophets clothing was most similiar to the way Tuareg dress.So if men want to dress like the Prophet and the Arabs of his time just look at these folks

This ain't Sunnah and this is what you Arab wannabes dress like

I'm not a fan of Saudi styles. I actually prefer the shorter maghribi thobes...whatever the style, if it covers down to the thighs then it's sunnah

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[Shimbiris]

You people facinate me... you flee from Islam because it's 'backwards' yet you want to run back to your primitive 'roots'. Kkkkk

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Hahahahahhaha! Those women were Muslims, mate. Not the trash-bag wearing salafist types you're used to but Muslims nonetheless. They'd probably strangle you to death (or want to) if you insulted Allah in their presence. But yeah, I think the way Somali women dressed a century ago is better than jilbabs and niqabs - you're the "primitive" if you think otherwise.

 

[Muhajaba]

Hahahahahhaha! Those women were Muslims, mate. Not the trash-bag wearing salafist types you're used to but Muslims nonetheless. They'd probably strangle you to death (or want to) if you insulted Allah in their presence. But yeah, I think the way Somali women dressed a century ago is better than jilbabs and niqabs - you're the "primitive" if you think otherwise.

They'd strangle me if I insulted Allah. But here you are calling His command 'trash-bag'.
They're were Muslims correct, but they weren't observing proper Islamic dress according to the Qur'an.

 

[Odeg]

You people facinate me... you flee from Islam because it's 'backwards' yet you want to run back to your primitive 'roots'. Kkkkk

Primitive roots according to who? Maybe you should respect your ancestors more, surely if you think arab clothing is more superior but thats is no reason to insult what you came from.

 

[Muhajaba]

Primitive roots according to who? Maybe you should respect your ancestors more, surely if you think arab clothing is more superior but thats is no reason to insult what you came from.

Islamic clothing is superior not Arab.

 

[RudeBoi]

Islamic clothing is superior not Arab.

There is no such thing as "Islamic clothing".....There are guidelines yes but there is no Islamic uniform lmao

 

[Odeg]

Islamic clothing is superior not Arab.

Did islamic clothing fall from the moon? Since you know its superiority and what not. Then why did only the arabs get superior tradditional cloths and not the rest of the world? This could be entertaining.

 

[Muhajaba]

There is no such thing as "Islamic clothing".....There are guidelines yes but there is no Islamic uniform lmao

The guidelines is what I'm speaking about. Not a uniform.

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[Muhajaba]

Did islamic clothing fall from the moon? Since you know its superiority and what not. Then why did only the arabs get superior tradditional cloths and not the rest of the world? This could be entertaining.

Are you suggesting the Quran only addresses the Arabs?
I have no idea how you came to that interpretation.

 

[Bahal]

I'm gonna start wearing Tang dynasty era Chinese clothing.