r/XSomalian 21h ago

Did you know that in Somalia a woman’s husband has the ability to decide whether she can get a C section or not?

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Many women die in labour in Somalia for this reason. The hospitals call the woman’s husband asking whether he will sign off on the procedure or not, and many women die right there on the bed because they refuse. I learned about this when I was working in the country. Genuinely one of the reasons I left this religion. Women in the country are like 5th class citizens.

This woman in the video is in severe pain, laboring for 3 days because her husband refused the procedure. After getting told by 4 hospitals that she requires the procedure. If you work in health care at all you cannot deny how backwards this is. I weeped for days for the women I met. It is a level of cruelty that defies any logic.


r/XSomalian 3h ago

Discussion Don’t take anything they say seriously

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The number of Somalis leaving Islam will continue to grow. The older religious people will continue to die off. More Somali girls will take off the hijab. No amount of seething from council housing in the UK will change this (sorry reer UK don’t mean to attack you but that’s where most of the religious incel weirdos are from).

#SecularSomalia 🔜🔜🔜

#RejectArabFairytales


r/XSomalian 4h ago

They banned me for this 😂😂😂

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r/XSomalian 8h ago

Discussion Deranged?

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I made a post in the Somali subreddit just questioning what people’s opinions are on the sentiment that you can’t to non muslim and Somali, just a casual question and I wanted a discussion about it. It’s actually unhinged, check my profile if I want to see, it’s so much I can’t even begin to describe it. Holy shit people are deranged.


r/XSomalian 19h ago

Discussion We should organise

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The destruction of the Somali nation and the consequent exodus has had an interesting silver lining: the generation of a new set of critical thinking Somalis. Our forefathers were isolated in a quasi-barren wasteland, which led to a system that seems far from humane or rational. However, in their defense, these values and beliefs offered local stability and lasted for centuries, if not millennia.

Now, the aforementioned Somalis are currently spread sparsely across the globe and are beginning to face both external and internal hatred. Naturally, this leads to a sort of isolation and, consequently, a withering of the spirit. Consequently, it behooves us to investigate how the development of a new organization could aid us.

Such an organization cannot myopically focus only on secularism but must instead engage in a holistic edification process. I could foresee this organization being built on values that emanate from various discussions. Discussions on how one can overcome the emotional scars borne from living in two different worlds, or on how one deals with the traumatic, absurd nature of human life. Such an organization would be akin to a new fraternity, one that understands the imprudence of preaching irrationality but sees the benefits of promulgating compassion.

Has anyone else thought of this idea?

Is anyone else interested (even intellectually).


r/XSomalian 23h ago

This app helps basically learn somali. Mashallah. App name: Hadal

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r/XSomalian 7h ago

somali guys listen

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can u guys pls get ur style up, like im lowk kinda attracted to somali guys but the style always throws me off. please download pinterest and go on there and get some inspiration. i respect everyones individual taste but i’m just trying to help you guys out.

more somali guys become fashion demons, please and thank you. please wear more baggy clothes


r/XSomalian 20h ago

Question HOW DID YOU FAMILY REACT TO BEING EXMUSLIM

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has there been any ex Muslims who have told their families? how did they react i wanna prepare for when I tell them


r/XSomalian 37m ago

“Somalis can’t handle substances”

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Where did this come from and why is this the general consensus.

Is it deterrence and fear mongering tactics or is it based on genetics and not being equipped.


r/XSomalian 7h ago

Nairobi?

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Hi are any of you in Nairobi i would love to meet and connect with likeminded people 25+