Syrian nationals who fled to Somalia celebrate in the streets as President Bashar al-Assad's 24-year rule ends

[Avalanche]

 

[Ashraf]

Great to see, I was curious as to whether the people who fled to somalia were Sunni or Shia, this confirms it

 

[Rayaale]

Great to see, I was curious as to whether the people who fled to somalia were Sunni or Shia, this confirms it

Shias only make about 15% of the population,most of the Syrian refugees are Sunnis

 

[lovelypeaches]

This is in Somaliland not Somalia

 

[peterpeter]

Great to see, I was curious as to whether the people who fled to somalia were Sunni or Shia, this confirms it

out of interest say they were shia would it influence your stance on them being there (this isnt a set up just curious)

 

[Keep it a boqol]

out of interest say they were shia would it influence your stance on them being there (this isnt a set up just curious)

yea. shias are a cancer bro. just look at shia/sunni mixed nations.

 

[peterpeter]

yea. shias are a cancer bro. just look at shia/sunni mixed nations.

yh true the dynamic of the society would rip apart, I was found shias weird their more confrontational than even the other faiths barring the hindus

 

[Ashraf]

out of interest say they were shia would it influence your stance on them being there (this isnt a set up just curious)

Not really, Somalis are 99% Sunni and look down on shias so I’m not afraid of some ideological or religious change taking place. I was just curious on there sect that’s all

 

[Ashraf]

yea. shias are a cancer bro. just look at shia/sunni mixed nations.

I’d agree if the nation wasn’t Somalia. Somalis typically look down on Shia ideology and don’t conform to ideological or religious changes. They’d probably be discriminated against and there’s only a tiny amount of shias representative of the already small amount of Syrians. It’s not really an issue for us even if they numbered in the hundreds of thousands they’d probably just be ostracised. Only thing you’d have to be worried about is Iran radicalising them in order to use them as a proxy and in that case they’d be deported

 

[Keep it a boqol]

yh true the dynamic of the society would rip apart, I was found shias weird their more confrontational than even the other faiths barring the hindus

We already have kharawij and terrorist sympathizers in Somalia. Adding shias in the mix who want to wage war on sunnis for a shia revolution and the other way around will make things much worse and add more instability in a region where clan conflict and kharawij exists

 

[SixthAbdi]

Why are Syrians living in Somalia when the countries been stable since 2017 (until now)

 

[Ashraf]

We already have kharawij and terrorist sympathizers in Somalia. Adding shias in the mix who want to wage war on sunnis for a shia revolution and the other way around will make things much worse and add more instability in a region where clan conflict and kharawij exists

Kharawij mainly exist due to external meddling in Somali affairs and furthermore are radicalised by the actions of neighbouring nations add to that the lack of economic opportunity leaving them with practically no other options. Shia ideology would be demonised simply because Somalia are very stubborn and difficult to change. Christian missionaries during the colonial era practically had 0 success, this would probably mimic that scenario.

 

[Keep it a boqol]

Kharawij mainly exist due to external meddling in Somali affairs and furthermore are radicalised by the actions of neighbouring nations add to that the lack of economic opportunity leaving them with practically no other options. Shia ideology would be demonised simply because Somalia are very stubborn and difficult to change. Christian missionaries during the colonial era practically had 0 success, this would probably mimic that scenario.

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[Ashraf]

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There would have to be a very large financial incentive in order for them to join. And this would probably cause a war with al kebab. I don’t think they would have much success with recruits if they positioned themselves as anti UAE, Somali society is polarised but there’s so many militias and men ready to die an organisation of this sort would be a drop in the ocean. I can only see an issue if Tehran gives them significant financial and military support, but Uncle Sam would never let that happen they’d sooner support al kebab if it meant getting rid of Iranian influence in Somalia. They’re already struggling with Shia influence in the Middle East they wouldn’t let it reach africa