VixR
Veritas
We’re pretty selective in our Islam. Also, notice your statement: “Forgiven and Apple/Timir,”. That leaves the door open for outright dismissal in itself, which is what I’m sure will happen just from watching the tides.It won’t because it’s part of our faith. There can’t be a marriage without meher. It can be anappletimir (date) tho or forgiven.
Before Somalia became a country and there were big cities, sure there was some contact between neighboring tribes and coalitions and such, but they were relatively isolated from each other. That’s why dialects and customs vary. After the country formed, there was greater mixing in some of the bigger cities and my folks tell me people forgot their tribes for a while, but that only lasted a little over 20 yrs. When the civil war happened, multi-tribal families were broken, everyone ran to their corners.This is interesting coming from you. I was pretty sure you've made it clear throughout your posts you basically believed in the clan myths and that Somalis are already genetically varied and diverse.
Now there’s migrations due to catastrophes and displacement and I’m sure some mixing, but people are apprehensive. Even in the diaspora, our grievances still prevent tons of intermarriage between Somalis so they tend to marry within their tribes and sub tribes, such that to many families an ajnabi is more acceptable than certain Somalis (happened in my immediate family).
That’s my read on it. And I think as an ethnic group, we can use some genetic variation.