Eire, an update

Assalaamu Alaykum,

Although the idea is not totally dismissed from our minds, for the time being the plan of moving to Dublin has been put on the back burner.

This is because although it would be relatively to go there, there is little possibility of saving up money once there to make a further Hijrah onto the Muslim lands due to the high cost of living.

Therefore the time being we are continuing to reside in the UK until we can save up money to go the gulf to look for work, please make Du'a we are successful.

Assalaamu alaykum,
Abu Abdillah

Somalia...

Assalaamu alaykum,

the head of Ash-Shabaab (the youth), an Islamist group which now controls most of the south of Somalia has announced that ALL Muslims around the world are citizens of Somalia and anyone is free to go there and settle, if they choose joining in the efforts to establish the Shariah of Allah.

Here is a link to the story from Al-Jazeera news,

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2008/12/2008121994629889208.html

They have even said, unlike the more nationalistic clan loving Somalis, that they will marry their daughters to any brothers who come and share their wealth until people are established themselves and other than when the Taliban controlled Afghanistan, I have never heard of such generous help being offered to those wishing to make Hijrah.

On the down side, this is a country at war, which is likely to continue for several years to come so perhaps not the best destination for those brother with families, and there is no national infrastructure, i.e little hospitals or doctors, no currency, nothing really at all we would recognise as part of the modern world but perhaps that is a strength also but beware there is a serious famine in Somalia as well.

Assalaamu Alaykum,
Abu Abdillah