balanbalis
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I have also noticed that hijab is absolutely mandatory in Omalia which many Arab countries don’t even enforce themselves. But I think this modern move towards Arab culture is just Somalis thinking they’re becoming ‘closer’ to IslamI think there was an element of Arabisation with the rise of Salafism. Even if people say it is religious based, the jalabeeb styles are Khaleeji. Also, discarding the Shafici madhab which Somalis followed for a thousand years, does seem lowkey like a kind of Arabisation. The Somali scholars don’t really have their own opinions and they even reference Albani, a modern Saudi scholar as verifying Hadith. We even ditched our own way of reciting the Quran East African style (with the exception of Abdulrashid Cali Sufi) for a similar style to Saudi/Yemen. Somali men rarely wear turbans anymore as they do in Sudan.
This used to be considered modest. Now some people say you have to wear jalabeeb at all times. View attachment 361836
Somali names are changing to sound more gulf like Rayaan, Ahlam etc. As we have discussed here already, we barely have any more girls being named Nadiifo, Cibaado, Maryama, etc, all still Arabic names with a Somali twist.
Ps. Forgot to add, putting on hijab on toddlers was something Somalis never use to practice. I don’t think even Saudis do that.