Sheikh Hassan Barsane Letter to the Italian Colonizers

Sheikh Hassan Barsane was a famous Somali anti colonial fighter from the Gaaljecel clan. When in 1924, Italian Governor De Vecchi ordered all somali elders including Sheikh Hassan to give up their weapons, abolish slavery and submit to direct Italian rule and laws, Sheikh Hassan send a threatening letter that warned the Italians of war.
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Source: Somalia: The Untold History 1941-1969 by Mohammed Issa Trunji
 
"The world is about to end, there are only 58 years remaining before its end"
That would be 1982 or 1402 in the Hijri calendar. That is random. Where did he get that from?
 

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The years don't matter, the life in those years do
Your telling me we were the Americans of Africa? This ain't good, they're gonna want reparations.

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"The world is about to end, there are only 58 years remaining before its end"
That would be 1982 or 1402 in the Hijri calendar. That is random. Where did he get that from?
At that time many sheikhs, influenced by the awful time of colonialism they lived in, believed they were in the end times and some even tried to predict it exactly.
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What happened next?
Well after this the italians send a battalion consisting of a thousand dubat (colonial troopers) from Mogadishu, another thousand from Warsheikh and another thousand from Jazira. They attacked Sheikh Hassan in his sphere of influence from Mahas to Beledweyne and fought a bitter and costly war against him and his followers until the Sheikh was captured by the colonizers and sent to prison where he passed away after a short while.
 
Its interesting to hear that a devoted muslim declared that he and his small group fought against Dervishes. It shows that the ideology of Dervishes is similar to Al Shabaab's.
 
Its interesting to hear that a devoted muslim declared that he and his small group fought against Dervishes. It shows that the ideology of Dervishes is similar to Al Shabaab's.
Of course a qadiriya order would fight a saliyiha, it has nothing to do with the dervishes being close to AS.
 

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Its interesting to hear that a devoted muslim declared that he and his small group fought against Dervishes. It shows that the ideology of Dervishes is similar to Al Shabaab's.
Is AS fighting a colonial empire conquering Somaliweyn :ayaanswag:
 
If only you knew what Dervishes did to Somali people. See, It's thing to fight a colonial empire but how is it noble if it is fought in such horrible way? They fought against British Empire, but the heroes of Somali people? No. Other words, you would support Al Shabaab's actions since they are fighting against Somali government because of foregin intervention, despite the fact is that Somalia is 100% islamic country.

By the action of resisting foregin intervention, Al Shabaab is slaughtering and bombing our Muslim brothers in order to conquer and to become rulers of Somalia.

Sound familiar? Mad Mullah/Dervish movement and their evil actions toward innocent somali people in action of resisting British empire during Somali-Anglo War.

It's no wonder Lord Allah SWT willed the operation of british planes that dropped bombs and ended Dervish movement. Imagine looking up to many planes and wondered "Why do we have to deserve like that?" I interpreted it as Allah's punishment.

Disagree whatever you decide, I refuse to admire a figure like that. Alhmadulillah, Somalia is fighting against Al Shabaab.
 

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