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In Divided Loyalties: Young Somali Americans and the Lure of Extremism, Joseph Weber examines the cases of the more than fifty Somali Americans, mostly young men from Minnesota, who made their way to Somalia or Syria, attempted to get to those countries, aided people who did, or financially backed terrorist groups there. Throughout the book, Weber asks why people join violent extremist movements like al-Shabab, al-Qaida, and the Islamic State when so many of those who do end up dead, missing, or imprisoned.

The book also considers those who rejected the temptations of terrorism with a close look at one man from Minneapolis, the American-born son of a couple who fled Somalia, who came dangerously close to answering the ISIS call. From 2014 to 2016, Abdirahman Abdirashid Bashir and a dozen friends—some still in their teens—schemed to find ways to join Bashir’s other friends and cousins with ISIS in Syria. Some succeeded. In the end, Bashir made a different choice. Not only did he reject ISIS’s call, he decided to work with the FBI to spy on his friends and ultimately to testify against them in court. Drawing on extensive interviews for Divided Loyalties, Joseph Weber explains why.

JOE WEBER is the Jerry and Karla Huse Professor of News-Editorial and an Associate Professor of Journalism at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He worked for thirty-five years in daily and weekly journalism, including twenty-two years in several posts across North America for BusinessWeek, departing as the magazine's chief of correspondents.

Divided Loyalties: Young Somali Americans and the Lure of Extremism, is available at msupress.org and other fine booksellers. You can connect with the press on Facebook and @msupress on Twitter, where you can also find me @kurtmilb.

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On this episode of The Qonnect, Qali speaks with Ladan, the founder of Takow network, a platform for young women to advocate for international women's causes. Ladan is also an established social media influencer, who uses her broad platform to champion Human Rights causes and women's issues. She  empowers young audiences and engages them in public affairs and activism and breaking down barriers. Ladan is currently working on her own online Coffee brand Takow Coffee

During this conversation, Ladan and Qali are talking about the power of creating community & sisterhood, engaging in activism and her love of coffee.

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Welcome to our Anime 2020 review where we discuss this year’s Anime. We'll talk about shows that we’ve watched and what our highlights were. This time, Dethna and Angie are joined by the lovely Anakito. Brace yourselves for this very long talk at the edge of 2021. Don't skip the first 4min as we announce the future of this podcast!

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Since this is a rather lengthy episode, feel free to navigate through it with these timestamps:

(04:24) Interspecies Reviewers
(17:47) Toilet bound Hanako-kun
(26:01) Pet
(34:21) Dorohedoro
(41:12) Keep your Hands off Eizouken!
(51:04) Somali and the Forest Spirit
(57:19) Beastars
(1:05:01) Kaguya-sama Falls in Love! S2
(1:09:50) My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
(1:19:00) Aggretsuko S3
(1:22:17) No Gun's Life
(1:29:31) Jujutsu Kaisen
(1:42:18) Hypnosis Mic
(1:58:21) Taiso Samurai
(2:11:53) Haikyu! To the Top
(2:23:55) Outlook to the Winter 2021 Season

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Restauranteurs Alberto Denegri and Farxaan Jeyte joined forces to bring Peruvian and Somali food to the residents of Columbus, Ohio. Listen to them tell the story of how traditional dishes of Peruvian roasted chicken and Somali camel became popular in this Midwestern college town.

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In light of recent events that have transpired on social media regarding sexual assault in our community, we sit down to discuss the ramifications of shame culture in the Somali community and create an open dialogue on a topic that's so heavily brushed under the rug. Above all else, we want to say we proudly believe, support, and stand with survivors. 

Resources:

RAINN, 24-hour National Sexual Assault Hotline, 1-800-656-4673. 

Crisis Text line: Text HELLO to 741741 

Rapehelpmn.org 

Cornerstonemn.org and  CornerstoneMN crisis hotline at 1.866.223.1111

For 12 years, the US denied any civilian casualties from its air strikes in Somalia. But monitoring groups tell us that doesn't match the reality on the ground — air strikes are increasing. We hear from one Somali journalist who laid that disconnect bare at the feet of the US military, and from two researchers working to uncover the human toll.

In this episode:

Mohamed Osman Abdi (@MohamedOsma4), journalist at Somalia National News; Abdullahi Hassan (@abdullahisom1), researcher for Amnesty International in Nairobi, Kenya; Chris Woods (@chrisjwoods), the founder and director of Airwars.

For more:

US admits killing civilians during air attacks in Somalia

A family mourns as US drone attacks in Somalia continue

US air strike kills telecom worker in Somalia

Connect with The Take: Twitter (@AJTheTake), Instagram (@ajthetake) and Facebook (@TheTakePod).

Ahoy there mateys! Hop aboard this here ship... Or episode twenty two of the Wheel of Crime Podcast. Whatever you want to call it. On todays episode Jenn & Em talk about Pirate Crimes... And no, not Johnny Depp or Pirate Bay. Today we're talking about pirates of the high seas. Em talks about the Flying Dutchman, a ship that is eternally damned due to the crimes committed by the crew many moons ago. Jenn talks about the real life story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama. 

Imagine if conservatives had attacked freshman Congress member Ilhan Omar by questioning her loyalty to the United States and suggesting that she cared more about her Muslim faith or her Somali homeland than she did about America.

Democrats along with all right-thinking people would have been outraged at the bigoted nature of such an assault, but Omar herself has repeatedly slammed her pro-Israel colleagues on a similarly unacceptable basis. Her most recent comments claim that Israel supporters “push for allegiance to a foreign country.”

This is no more appropriate than prior slanders against Catholic Americans for “allegiance” to the Vatican over loyalty to America, or potential claims against Omar and Muslim colleagues for giving devotion to Islam above the Constitution.

It’s always okay to challenge the judgment of Jewish or Christian supporters of Israel, but it’s never appropriate to question their patriotism.

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Imagine if conservatives had attacked freshman Congress member Ilhan Omar by questioning her loyalty to the United States and suggesting that she cared more about her Muslim faith or her Somali homeland than she did about America.

Democrats along with all right-thinking people would have been outraged at the bigoted nature of such an assault, but Omar herself has repeatedly slammed her pro-Israel colleagues on a similarly unacceptable basis. Her most recent comments claim that Israel supporters “push for allegiance to a foreign country.”

This is no more appropriate than prior slanders against Catholic Americans for “allegiance” to the Vatican over loyalty to America, or potential claims against Omar and Muslim colleagues for giving devotion to Islam above the Constitution.

It’s always okay to challenge the judgment of Jewish or Christian supporters of Israel, but it’s never appropriate to question their patriotism.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Independence? Growth? Bills, bills, bills? When times get hard, who's the one to help us out? Welcome to the prerequisite course titled "Misadventures of the Twenty-Somethings". This syllabus includes surviving independency, advice to your early 20s, relationships and much more. As always come sit down with ya pals on this special episode of PTRT.

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