Amina Ali (center) in front of MN Federal Court, May 16. (Fight Back! News/Staff) Minneapolis, MN – About 200 Somalis, mainly women, converged on the Federal Building here, May 16, for the sentencing hearing of two Somali humanitarian workers. Amina Ali and Hawo Hassan were convicted of ‘material support for terrorism’ in October, 2011. Judge Michael J. Davis handed down a 20-year sentence for... 

A short, yet heart wrenching documentary on the situation in Bangladesh. The documentary highlights the reality on the ground as well as the oppression and tyranny of the Bangladeshi government. InshaAllah the suffering in Bangladesh and elsewhere in the Muslim world will come to an end soon. Allah سبحانه وتعالى says: فَإِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا إِنَّ... 

Bayaan kasoo baxay Mu’assasada Al-Kata’ib oo ah garabka warbaahineed ee  Xarakada Al-Shabaab Al Mujahideen oo nuqul ka mid ah lasoo gaarsiiyay Shabakada wararka ee SomaliMeMo ayaa markii ugu horreysay looga hadlay qoraallo dhowr ah oo maalmihii lasoo dhaafay mareegaha qaarkood lagusoo daabacayay kuwaasi  oo lagu sheegayay in Jihaadka Soomaaliya uu burbur halis ugu jiro sababo ku aadan dhibaatooyin... 

Walaalkeen Abdinasir Abdi Oo Soomaalida Iyo Ciidanka Booliiska Kala Hagaya. الحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله وعلى آله وصحبه، أما بعـ  وَلَمَّا رَءَا ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ ٱلۡأَحۡزَابَ قَالُواْ هَـٰذَا مَا وَعَدَنَا ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ ۥ وَصَدَقَ ٱللَّهُ... 

By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS May 19, 2013 (AP) Wide-ranging sentences handed down in the yearslong federal investigation into recruiting and financing for the terrorist group al-Shabab have kindled a mix of outrage, confusion and relief among members of Minnesota’s large Somali community. Some say the 10- and 20-year prison sentences for two Minnesota women who sent money to... 

الحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله وعلى آله وصحبه، أما بعـ  وَلَمَّا رَءَا ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ ٱلۡأَحۡزَابَ قَالُواْ هَـٰذَا مَا وَعَدَنَا ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ ۥ وَصَدَقَ ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ ۥ‌ۚ وَمَا زَادَهُمۡ إِلَّآ... 

Sadiq Warfaa Iyo Saxafi Dalboon MINNEAPOLIS:-  Waxaan Idiin soo gudbinaynaa Muuqaaladii aan qaadnay Maalintii Isniinta iyo Talaadada ahayd, sidoo kale waxaan Idiin soo gudbinaynaa Waraysi kooban oo aan ka qaadnay Sadiiq Warfaa oo kamida Qurbajoogta dagan Gobalka Minnesota iyo Wiil la dhashay Wiilka lagu xukumay 20 ka Sano. Horay ayaan Idin kugu soo gudbinay Warbixintii Isniinta iyo Talaadadii, laakiin... 

Kay Fate, kfate@postbulletin.com MINNEAPOLIS — Two Rochester women were sentenced to long prison terms Thursday in U.S. District Court for raising money and sending it to a terrorist group in Somalia. Amina Farah Ali, 36, was sentenced to 20 years in prison, followed by supervised release for life, on one count of conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and... 

GOB-ISLAM:- Somali American Islamic Media reporter Abdiwali Warsame (Dalboon) had interviewed Mr. Charles Swift  professional defender. Mr Swift represented Sister Nimo Ali Yusuf who is currently serving jail time in West Virginia .  Mr. Swift has visited us here in Minneapolis, Minnesota and met with the Somali Community of Minnesota. Mr. Swift met with the largest Somali crowd in the United... 

AT THE end of the colonial era Somalia was arguably in ethnic terms the most homogeneous country in sub-Saharan Africa. The nearest to it was probably Botswana, which is four-fifths Tswana—and turned out to be peaceful and prosperous, suggesting to some that countries populated and run by a single big tribe have a better chance of stability than those with a hotch-potch of smaller ones. Somalia,...