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Beremx:
that's your headache. We Igbos are very proud of it. The Yoruba men who are the husbands of the women are not ashamed of their wives association. Why are you ashamed on their behalf?

Why are you responding to that guy that says Igbo women don’t have a culture ?
You’re validating his arrogance and derogatory attitude

My God

Islah Abdur-Rahman was taken away by soldiers, and says his experience was an insight into what it's like to be silenced

Saudi Arabia is detaining worshippers displaying shows of solidarity for Gaza and praying for Palestine at holy sites in Mecca and Medina.

A British actor and presenter who was on a religious pilgrimage with his family in Mecca said he was detained by soldiers for wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh.

Islah Abdur-Rahman decided to go on the Islamic pilgrimage in late October, and has raised concerns over the crackdown on any symbols or displays of solidarity for Palestine in Saudi Arabia.

“I was stopped by four soldiers for wearing a white keffiyeh around my head and a Palestinian coloured tasbih [rosary beads] around my wrist,” he told Middle East Eye.

“I was escorted to an off-site location where they detained people for possible crimes or offences. Once I was detained, there were other soldiers who interrogated me and asked me about my nationality, why I’m here, where I travelled from, how long I’m here for.”

The soldiers then asked Abdur-Rahman to replicate how he was wearing the keffiyeh, while they discussed it and took his visa.

“It was evident that the scarf was the issue,” he said. “They were talking in Arabic but they kept saying 'Palestinian keffiyeh' and looking at the scarf.

“Eventually, when I was let go, a worker came up to me, picked up my scarf and said, ‘This is not good, Israel-Palestine is not good, so don’t wear it, it’s not allowed.'”

Abdur-Rahman was then made to sign a release form and give his fingerprints, after handing in the keffiyeh.

‘Fear turned into heartbreak’
The last place Abdur-Rahman expected to find himself in was a detention centre, during what was supposed to be a spiritual religious pilgrimage. The experience was a complete shock.

“At first, I was really scared, because I was in a country that’s not mine, I have no rights and they could do anything to me and I would not have a say, so I was afraid,” he explained.

“Then, my fear turned into heartbreak… the heartbreak got worse when I realised that this is just an ounce of what Palestinians must go through.”


Abdur-Rahman described the experience as “upsetting”, especially as it happened in a place of worship, and during Israel’s relentless bombing of Gaza, which, since 7 October, has killed over 11,000 Palestinians, including more than 4,000 children.

“It made me realise how Palestinians in Gaza and in their country must feel being treated by the Israeli government, and the abuse they get just for being Palestinian. If anything it broadened my empathy even further than it already is,” he said.

Abdur-Rahman decided to share his experience on Instagram, saying that he did “not want to give the wrong impression of Mecca, which is a beautiful place,” but rather he wanted to shed light on how Palestinians “don’t have a voice”.

Since sharing his experience, he says he has been on the receiving end of online hate messages from Saudi Arabians, who defended what happened and said that no displays of flags or symbols are allowed in places of worship.

“There is a universal Muslim understanding that this is not a random country and that Al-Aqsa in Palestine is one of the holiest sites in Islam… so I thought it would be OK. I have also received stories from people who have gone through what I’ve gone through and they got in trouble,” he said.

Detained for praying for Gaza
Abdur-Rahman’s story is similar to other testimonies shared online.

In one video shared on social media on 10 November, an Algerian man who was taking part in a pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia describes being arrested by Saudi authorities “for sympathising with Palestinians and praying for them”.

“I was detained for more than six hours for supplicating for our brothers in Palestine,” he says in the video.

“I am not sharing this just for the sake of it, I would like to warn people everywhere, especially those who are coming to the holy sites in Mecca and Medina. I was not talking about politics or regimes.

“In Medina, I did my prayers and I took the opportunity to supplicate for the children and victims in Palestine… is it a crime to pray for the oppressed? I did not know that this was forbidden in the holy sites.

”I had not even finished my dua [prayers] before soldiers came and took my phone and they made me delete a video where I was praying for people in Gaza.”

The man said that he was taken to different police stations and that he tried to explain he was simply praying, and that he deleted the video as soon as he was asked to.

”I have high blood pressure and I’m diabetic, but was held for six hours. I was treated like a criminal and told that I was detained for ‘sympathising and praying for Palestine’ and my fingerprints were taken,” he said.

He ends the video by warning people to be careful when visiting the holy sites, and that he was told he was lucky he was released, and that he has heard that others were held for much longer. He also noted that an Indonesian woman, who had a Palestinian flag on her hijab, was also detained.

Prominent sheikhs have also hinted that people should not make explicit comments or gestures regarding the war.

On 10 November, the head of Saudi Arabia’s religious affairs at the Grand Mosque, Abdul Rahman al-Sudais, suggested that people should not interfere or get involved in what is happening in Gaza.

“You are seeing what is happening to our brothers and sisters in Palestine, what else should we do towards them, other than pray for them,” he said.

“Muslims should not give in to these provocations and let the events divide them. They must refer back to their guardians and authorities, their scholars, and not engage in what they have no right to engage in.”


https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-war-saudi-arabia-detains-worshippers-praying-gaza

abdeefggh:
Nigeria Population: 1921 CENSUS.
1] Yoruba ---------- 2,113,000
2] Igbo ------------- 3,927,000
3] Edo ----------------- 472,000
4] Ibibio --------------- 960,000
5] Ijaw ----------------- 174,000

It’s still the same today
If ethnicity was included in the census today, you’ll see that Igbo is still the largest tribe in the south .

Ruke1989:
Everything in the bracket is explaining the category of people from Caribbean being referred to. Yoruba slaves are the dominant slave population in the Caribbean. Read it this way:
1) African,
2) blacks,
3) Afro-american or
4) Caribbean blacks (including Yoruba)
The fact that a Yoruba man in the Caribbean is mixed race or light skinned because of inter-racial marriage doesn't make them white. So the emphasis on Yoruba could mean Yoruba Caribbeans are fond of trying to gum body with the white to boost their self esteem. But the whites are stylishly telling them that "we no be mate". Hence, the emphasis on Yoruba pointed out explicitly as black just to put the Yoruba back to where they belong

I know this doesn't please your narrative. Because you intentionally screenshot this because of a mental disorder called superiority complex. And you were expecting me to validate your thought process so your body can release some hormones of excitement

Wow
That’s deep insight
It’s the kind of response befitting that diseased individual .

Stoplying:
I don't dwell in fairytales of which oranmiyan, ogiso, igodomigodo, oduduwa... oral history ...are examples.
The only truth is Benin empire. I understand why people with no history would be making fake history, aka "oral history". But Benin has a real history and doesn't need a fake one.
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And who said Benin empire was not real ?
What’s the argument exactly and why did you jump on my conversation with another individual to drop the word “stupidity” ?

Stoplying:
Oh, and here they go...both talking fairytales and agreeing with each other on their fairytales...😓
The African mind is amazing. It is as if intelligence is not allowed to enter. You guys have an antivirus in your heads, but for intelligence. Only stupidity can enter your heads.
There is no proof of Ife being an old kingdom and certainly no proof of ife being older than Benin empire.
And Ife doesn't even have the size of a kingdom, if anything it was a very small village and insignificant village.
In the Nigerian Psyche, kingdom and town are synonymous. But in reality, a kingdom has many towns in it.
Benin empire is all that is proven to have been the major power in the region. All the rest are fairytales.

Calm down bro
Not everyone here is stupid .
I did point out that Igodomigodo existed thousands of years before ile ife .

In both Benin tradition and yoruba tradition, they both agree that Oranmiyan returned to Benin at a crucial period , during the transition phase between the last of the Ogiso dynasty and the start of the Oba dynasty .

According to Benin tradition , Oranmiyan met Eweka at Benin and accepted his rule

According to yoruba tradition , he was the father of Eweka who was the first oba of Benin.

But at least both agreed that Oranmiyan visited and that he was sent from Ile-Ife by his father Oduduwa . This simply means that Ife was an existing kingdom at that time

Whether his father Oduduwa was an exiled prince from Benin or not is another story

opamoses1:
it's still older than Benin.
A kingdom is a town with a king. Ife has a king? Yes.

Just to be clear , you’re not including the preceding Igodomigido in your definition of the Benin empire .
Cos that one existed in the BCE era and was ruled by the Ogiso kings.

Or are you referring to the Benin empire that existed after the Ogisos ? If so yes you’re correct . But it’s not really much older. Less than 100 years difference

opamoses1:
I did not type the history myself nor did I pull the history out of my black arse. I got them from National Goographic. What is your own source?

All historical sources have pinpointed the founding of Ike-ife as being in the 1st millennium AD/CE. This is around 1000 AD. I.e 10 century CE not BCE

No where has Ile ife empire/kingdom ever been mentioned in the BC/BCE era.

I can cite numerous sources for you but I’ll refer you to study the works of two professors of Yoruba extraction. I specifically mention yoruba scholars so the issue of bias is eliminated.
These are the men. You can search for their books.

opamoses1:
In addition. Ife is much older than Benin.

This is revisionism of history . Stop it .

Raskimonojendor:
One fine Ibo girl at a time till you are left with all the yam leg muscular and hairy ones in alaibo 😂😂😂

That's why your men are crying all over twitter 🤣

I have no problem with that .
I’m okay with having in-laws in all the government houses and traditional palaces across yoruba land .

Alaafin is good 👍🏾 . Ooni is next 😎. I hear he is already claiming a historical kinship with igbos in Ile-Ife. Even though I know it’s not true but let a man cook. He’s just preparing an excuse to marry an Igbo woman . He can’t wait to father kids with one 🤣🤣 .

waternogetenemy:
That is a short and clear way to let you know Oba is from ILE IFE, the word for King in Idu was Ogiso.


Oba was imported by invaders that came from ILLE iFE.

You’re denigrating the great Benin Empire .

Raskimonojendor:
By the 3rd generation/4th generation they will be fully yorubanized.

As per the bolded and other trash you typed in your first paragraph, go and teach your kith and Kin in Alaibo

What ??

Haha how will that happen when they’ll keep marrying Igbo women along the line 🤣🤣🤣.

There no hope . It’s the Great Replacement Theory all over again . Except in this case it’s like a nuclear reaction . Century-long, yes but sustained and self-replicating nonetheless.

Raskimonojendor:
LMAO. The one below are the nicer ones the Yoruba demons are fucking. Not that ugly thing. They give birth to babies like Governor Adeleke of Osun State. A true Omoluabi to the core.

Listen carefully you half-educated nitwit
What you’re seeing as beautiful is what is on the outside . It’s just a superficial arrangement of facial features hence you can have both an ugly and beautiful person from within the same family.
The real DNA is on the inside and that’s what matters . And that’s what we’re transferring


Your Adeleke speaks Igbo fluently btw . He’s 50% Igbo. . Davido is 75% Igbo as he has an igbo mother and grandmother. Yes he speaks yoruba but trust me he knows what he is .

You’re a leaner and you will learn today.

Goodvibes007:
So you deliberately set up a trap to derail the thread.
Well, there is quite a few of us. Thanks for the invite.

Okay I’m done.
I just wanted to have a little fun with that guy.
He likes to be very derogatory towards Igbos and needs putting in his place.

Peace to you ✌🏾

Raskimonojendor:
That's rich. An iboman calling others monkey

That’s a beautiful baby boy.
More importantly his dna is the one that is diluting and replacing the yoruba dna in the southwest.

opamoses1:
Igbos would look for trouble and start crying. They detailed what could have been a good thread by their own hands.

I’m not a trouble maker bro but there’re some monikers here that’s been asking for it.

I deliberately drew one of them out and he fell for the bait.

Raskimonojendor:
Only in the imagination of retards 😂
When your men are crying all over social media over Ibo girls and their promiscuous ways.

You can run from pillar to post and attach different unrelated pictures which you were doing in the other thread before it was closed down .
But the bitter truth awaits you, ringing in your head like a bell as you lay down to sleep at night .

waternogetenemy:
The funny thing about Igbo slave trade is, the minority tribes that surround us were used against us, not so much Igbo selling but rather Igbo kidnap.

The Oba of Benin showed up in the area from ile ife around the sametime dealing in Human Cargo.

Oba with the itsekiri conducted raids into Anioma.

On the otherside, we had the Obong of Calabar and Efik slave raiders that joined with Arochukwu to raid Igboland for slaves.

The Aro are mixed with Ibibio and they were the only igbo group involved in slave raids.

Then the British brought Ogoni's from Ghana to aid their access into Igbo hinterland and slave raid.

The Ijaws were kidnaping and active at slave ports, used for holding the slaves.


This is what happened in our region.

Bro , I don’t really gain anything from trashtalk . But some of these joneses mistake silence for weakness. It makes them think they have a monopoly of trashtalking others

Raskimonojendor:
I will continue to quote you if you continue to slander the yorubas with your filthy fingers.

In the next 50-100 years , the population of pure blood yoruba will be less than that of mixed yoruba/Igbo blood, while the pure Igbo stock remains untouchable

The early you accept that reality , the better for you.

Again your attached posts mean nothing . Did yoruba sell their own as slaves ? Yes or no

Are your elites all having children by Igbo women ? Yes or no
Answer the bloody questions

Raskimonojendor:
LMAO. Your DNA are being bred out, and you dey happy.

Attache my force and arse licking..

Why are you quoting me you pained and frustrated soul ?

Your post means nothing . Slave trade happens all over the world. How did yoruba slaves end up in Brazil if they were not sold by their own kith and kin ? Yea you sold your own people to the Portuguese .

You’re mad that your kinsmen are diluting their bloodline. Our DNA is all over your population whiles ours remain pure . So who is the master here ?

Yea you wanna talk , I’m ready for you . Some of you think you have a monopoly of trash talk . I’ll give you the reality check that’s long overdue

waternogetenemy:
How else did he win Rivers State?

All of them in Rivers State are Igbo or mixed Igbo.

Down to Asari Dokubo.

The fat pig Asari has already disowned Tinubu.
He doesn’t know that his enemies see all of them there as Igbo. Even the ones that are not. He’s learning the hard way.

These ones are even direct Igbo heritage from way back.
The ones in the southwest are from intermarriage . The way things are trending in the southwest and how they’re all hustling to marry Igbo ladies , by 2050 there’ll be no pure yoruba blood left in there . Even their Alaafin has an Igbo wife with her bride-price fully paid.

Anybody wey wan vex should head to the lagoon instead . I no get time

X

Go to court

FuckingMachine:
Bar head dey shine like egg.

Proof that women dgaf about your dreads & wears. Just have money and you will Bleep all of them.

Don’t mind the OP. That bald person is not the bf. That’s just one of the people at the event she went to and did her photoshoot with. Probably an executive at a food company .

The OP later posted different pics of the bf and he’s not bald

But anyway your point still stands. Who dreads help lol

How did Gusto miss that

CJStarz:
My Igbo brothers will still gather for the hangout. We no get problem with anyone. It's gon be fun, with Igbo vibes. Trust me.

Who eats that shit 🤮

Are this not who your boys supposed to be fighting ?

Instead you’re forcing Igbos to sit at home and fighting Nigerian army

MaziSimonEkpa

Those online here pushing for Niger delta Republic are not being realistic.
Cos nobody go wan accept Ijaw domination

And they’re the ones pushing for it mostly .
Na civil war dem go take scatter the republic of it ever forms

Philipponzaghi:
Fake news.

No one has seen the said Yacht. Even ndume self never see am.

OP just found one yacht pics online and he rushed to nairaland to show his people we being the actual yacht.

.

fk001:
My pigs and idiots.


Don't be surprise if you learnt that it was her parents that drive her out of their house to look for fortune while her brothers were busy developing Indonesia and Lagos.

Pigs and idiots republic

The way your father drove your mother out after she discovered he was sleeping with your sister . No ?

She was even lucky he didn’t mine her skull

Ogun state : the skull mining capital of the world.

Lagos : the forgery capital of the world; the only location on the planet where there’s a market for forgery-Oluwole

Oyo: the brown roof capital of the world