Bashir Goth: A Giant among dwarfs
By Hassan Rirash
These days, like our varied militias, many of us seem to be touchy and irritable, jumping quickly to a poise with their guns in a shooting mode. This is particularly so when the topic of discussion approaches the " Arena of Religion". A few individuals are employing such tactics as finger-pointing, blind criticism and character -assassination in the name of Islam to silence or even intimidate people like Bashir Goth who speak up for the good of their People. In my opinion, Somalis and Muslims should be showering Bashir with praise. More

Bashir Goth: A Much-needed Voice in a Society Where There is None
By Ali Bahar
Even when he is praying to his own Allah as most Moslems do, some radical Islamists will mistakenly assume that Bashir is attacking Islam or will accuse him of being un-Islamic these days. Give the guy a room to operate, will you? He is a much-needed voice in a society where there is none. More

It is time to rescue Islam from the Talibani Courts in Mogadishu
by Bashir Goth
When the Taliban zealots destroyed the 5th century statues of Buddha in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, in March 2001 the world watched with derision and disgust at the barbarism of such primitive hordes but did nothing to stop them. It took a human and civilizational tragedy of Sept11 to make the world realize how unstopped evil could spillover even to distant lands in today’s global world. More

It is time to rescue Islam from the Talibani Courts in Mogadishu
by Bashir Goth
Presently the world was outraged at the scene of Somali Militant Islamists unearthing the remains of bodies in an Italian cemetery in Mogdishu, dumping the skeletons in the most disrespectful way at a garbage dump and building a mosque in the middle of the cemetery and on top of whatever remains of the dead bodies. One has to wait and see what tragic consequence this also has to bring before the world acts to move against such barbarism. More