HARGEISA(Wajaalenews);Matters which should be off-limits are no longer off limits in Somaliland these days.

Undesirable things come from all sides, from the opposition as well as from the government. Calling a Somaliland citizen Mr. Bashe Awil ‘Morgan’ is unsettling and beyond decency.

Decency is about morality, responsibilities, culture, religion and well thought-of behavior

Decency is defined as “the behavior that obeys the rules of customary standards of morality or respectability. Decency can as well be described as the requirements of accepted norms and/or honorable behavior”

To call some one of our own ‘Morgan’ is indeed cruel. It is a complete disregard of human decorum and not only that, it is a trivialization of what the criminal Morgan has inflicted to the people of Somaliland. It is an insult to Somaliland as a whole. When it is all that and more, imagine how some of us casually and carelessly call one of our own ‘Morgan’!

The name Morgan is synonymous to murder and ethnic cleansing. Morgan was the son- in-law of Siyad Barre not the son-in-law of Mr.Siilanyo He was the author and the executioner of the ethnic cleansing scheme documented in the infamous “letter of death.”

Is citizen Bashe Cawil who happened to be the son-in-law of a president democratically elected deserves to be called ‘Morgan’? Can our morals allow us to criminalize some one for what some one else did? The fact that murderer Morgan happened to be the son-in-law of Siyad Barre and Citizen Bashi Cawil happened to be the son-in-law of the president of Somaliland does not add up.

Bashi Cawil did not commit genocide/ethnic cleansing. He does not have any governmental responsibilities; therefore we must not liken him with the scum-General Morgan

The difference between the two is the difference of evil and innocence.

I am not saying Mr. Bashe is a good guy neither do I say he is a bad guy either. I don’t have evidence to support either case. What I am saying is that the brother is NO Morgan and we better not call him ‘Morgan’ a name no one of us accepts to be called. Would any one of us accept to be called ‘Satan’ for ‘Morgan is Satan and worse? I don’t think so. Therefore we must cease calling Bashe or any body else with that name, in the name of decency. We can criticize Mr.Bashe where criticism is due but let us call him by his name

What does the name ‘Morgan’ the son-in-law of Dictator Siyad Barre mean to Somaliland? It means cruelty, Crime against humanity, it means ethnic cleansing, genocide and the rest of all evil. For these reasons and more it is absolutely repugnant and not appropriate to call Citizen Bashe Awil the son-in-law of President Siilanyo ‘Morgan’! Citizen Bashe and his family were among the victims of the cursed ‘Morgan’ atrocities therefore how one can call him Morgan!?
I am not defending Bashe Awil because I agree with what the government does and how they run the Republic. That is not the case. I utterly oppose the corruption and the abuse Mr. Siilanyo’s administration practice, diametrically, however Mr. Bashe is not a member of the government, therefore it is wrong and immoral to call Mr. Bashe ‘Morgan’. Bashe is the son-in-law of Mr. Siilanyo he is not the son-in-law of Siyad Barre and Siilanyo is NO Siyad Barre. If some one knows some misconduct and unlawful activities attributed to Mr. Bashe which deserves to shed light on it, we can criticize his actions but we must address him and call him by his name. In the name of fairness and decency stop calling Bashe Awil‘Morgan,’ a name which none of us deserves to be called.

In my opinion it is not right to hold accountable or criticize a person for what other person did by extension of being related. No other person bears the burden of another person “Walaa taziro waaziratun wazra okhraa–from the Quran”. It is therefore unfair for Mr. Bashe Cawil and inappropriate and indeed wrong to accuse or criticize him for the (deplorable) actions of the administration of his father-in-law, knowing that he is not a member of the administration. However if he has done wrongs of national interest, well, criticize him like we criticize the government but call him by his name and not Morgan, that is my point We better not be extravagant in dispensing horrible names unwisely as the government of Siilanyo is in overseas trips (seedhawayn) and well come back activities (soodhawayn)

Every body must come back to his or her sense. We have to reflect and rationalize what we want to say and how to say it. We have to establish a sane atmosphere. We don’t have a sane atmosphere these days. We have to be kind to our country, to our cause and to our selves.

However peace and prayers

Ibrahim Mohamed Mead

Kingmead1@yahoo.ca