honestly we have no proof they are peaceful either tbh, its just romanticizing the past. like if you are sufi and you still fight for your clan, you aren't really much better than AS lolI agree. Coming from a sufi background I do not support a few of their practices but I do believe they are peaceful people unlike these crazy salafis. If I had to choose between the two for Somalia I would go back to our sufi Somalia.
But aqeedah wise I would just encourage Somalis to just practice the sunnah of the prophet, follow the Quran and authentic Hadith and leave it at that.