Category Archives: Minnesota | Diaspora
The Latest News about Somalis in Minnesota.
Wararkii ugu danbeeyay ee Soomaalida ku nool gobolka Minnesoota.
Soomalida degan gobolka Minnesota ayaa tiradooda lagu qiyaasaa in ay ka badan yihiin ilaa todobaatan kun oo qof, hadana aan lahayn ururo siyaasadeed oo badan. Xaflad si qurux badan loo soo agaasimay ayaa ka dhacday maanta 05/30/09, saacada markay ahayd afartii galabnimo, qolka shirarka ee Taj-Mahal ee ku yaala Ceder iyo Lake Street meesha ay iska gooyaan. Xafladan oo ay...Continue reading »
 by Laura Yuen, Minnesota Public Radio — A federal terror investigation into a dozen missing Somali men from Minneapolis has dominated recent headlines. But gang-related street violence remains a much more common trap for troubled Somali-American youth. Many of these young refugees live in poverty and are struggling to adjust to American life. Minneapolis,...Continue reading »
(Twin Cities) By Mara H. Gottfried — St. Paul police are investigating a juvenile prostitution ring run by gang members, according to a search warrant filed this week. A juvenile female told an investigator four males had sexually assaulted her in Brooklyn Park in April, according to an affidavit in support of a search warrant. St. Paul police are involved in the...Continue reading »
Zuhur Ahmed, radio host of "Somali Community Link" on KFAI, works the controls during a show on the missing Somali-American men. Her guests include Taneeza Islam from the Council on American-Islamic Relations, writer/community-clinic case manager Ahmed Yusuf, and Special Agent in Charge Ralph Boelter of the Minneapolis FBI office. (MPR Photo/Laura Yuen) by Laura...Continue reading »
Event Date: May 20, 2009 Event Type: NPC Newsmaker Time: 10:00 AM Sponsored by: Newsmakers Committee Event Location: Broadcast Center Studio A Details: Ambassador ROBERT OAKLEY, Former two-time U.S. Special Envoy to Somali and Mr. OMAR JAMAL, Executive Director, Somali Justice Advocacy Center, will discuss THE TARGETING OF YOUNG SOMALI IMMIGRANTS IN THE U.S. BY TERRORIST...Continue reading »
Minneapoli, MN Shir lagu qabtay magaalada Minneapolis, MN oo loogu magac daray Codadka Somalida Minnesota, Shirkan waxaa soo qabanqaabiyey ururada dhalinyarada ee ka jira Minnesota muhiimada shirkani waxay ahyd in ay Somalidu meel uga soo wada jeedsata dhibta ay saxafada goblku ku hayso Somalida. Sidaan ognahayba waayadan dabe waxaa il xun lagu fiirinayey bulshada Soomaaliyeed...Continue reading »
Several hundred people went to the Minneapolis Convention Center on Saturday hoping to dispel myths about the community. By JANET MOORE, Star Tribune— Several hundred people, mostly of Somali descent, gathered at the Minneapolis Convention Center on Saturday in a show of solidarity for a community that is often misunderstood by many Minnesotans. The town meeting...Continue reading »
by Laura Yuen, Minnesota Public Radio St. Paul, Minn. — One of the organizers is Augsburg College student Hindia Ali. She said she wants to help demystify her community. “The past six months, the Somali community has been getting a bad representation in the media here,” Ali said. “We just want to shed light on the positive side...Continue reading »
by Laura Yuen, Minnesota Public Radio — It’s been five months since the spiritual leader of Minnesota’s largest mosque learned he was on the U.S. government’s terrorism watch list. Since then, Sheikh Abdirahman Ahmad been a reluctant newsmaker. He let his lawyer do the talking at the onset of a media storm surrounding his Minneapolis mosque. A...Continue reading »
 By JENNA ROSS, Star Tribune — Augsburg has long reached out to the immigrants in its midst, and, as Somali children reach college age, they’re enrolling close to home. Not so long ago, Fadli Mohamed would not have fit the mold of typical Augsburg College students: She’s no white Lutheran kid from the suburbs. But change has come rapidly...Continue reading »
MINNEAPOLIS — Attorneys for a man held in solitary confinement on terror charges for more than five years asked Tuesday that he be released while he awaits trial, saying his pretrial incarceration has gone on so long it has become punitive. After U.S. District Court Judge John Tunheim said he would take the request under advisement, Mohammed Warsame stood up in...Continue reading »
His remains lie a few hundred yards from a bustling highway, in a section of the Burnsville cemetery reserved for Muslims called the Garden of Eden. There is no marker. Only dirt and small rocks cover the final resting place of Shirwa Ahmed, who lived most of his life almost as anonymously. But the manner of the 26-year-old Minneapolis man’s death has put him at...Continue reading »
By AMY FORLITI , Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS – Attorneys for a Minneapolis man held in solitary confinement on terror charges for more than five years are asking he be released while he awaits trial, saying Mohammed Warsame’s pretrial incarceration has gone on so long it has become punitive. After U.S. District Court Judge John Tunheim said he would...Continue reading »
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) Mohammad Qatanani’s mosque was full of FBI agents the night before he was to find out if he would be deported. But even though the federal government was trying to link Qatanani to foreign extremists, the agents weren’t there to keep an eye on him. They wanted to show their support for a Muslim leader they considered a valued ally for the...Continue reading »
by Scott Russell — April 16 was “open mosque†night at the Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center at 504 Cedar Ave., the former home of Bedlam Theatre in the building that houses, at the other end, Palmer’s Bar. At around 5:30 p.m., there was lots of activity around the center as both Somali Muslims and others from the neighborhood filed in for this, the...Continue reading »
"You wouldn't think that something like that would happen in America where someone who has not done a crime, someone who serves their community, someone who always tries to be positive and tries to add something positive to the community," said Farah. CBS (WCCO) —Since last summer, dozens of young Somali men have disappeared from the Twin Cities. And...Continue reading »
