According to a friend who lived among the Rendille, let me tell you what they said about abandoning, burying or burning the Qur'aan in the past. The assumption that they were forced to burn the Qur'aan by a new ethnic group that hosted them around Korondile or Qur'aan Dile is wrong.
Instead, they have a credible claim. Since the books got old or torn apart or got eaten by rats after years and years of lack of replacement, republishing or "replenishment", they had no other option but to bury them or burn them.
After mentioning all the places he has been to such as the settlements that were exclusive to the Rendille, my friend had nothing to hide about their generosity especially to Somalis on transit to other regions or those engaged in carrying out humanitarian services within their territories.
One thing he noted was that the camels they kept were smaller than the normal Somali dromedary. When hosting guests, they are known to roast or barbeque the goat after cutting it into three or four pieces or sections. Other than smearing it with ghee, they do not add anything else to the meat, not even salt.
"They are coming back to reclaim their lost identity." For identity reclamation, he meant reclaiming their lost Somali glory of the past and reverting to Islaam. Any Somali man who asks for the hand of a Rendille bride is given one without any livestock or monetary payment attached. Instead, the to-be bridegroom is given free livestock.
Instead, they have a credible claim. Since the books got old or torn apart or got eaten by rats after years and years of lack of replacement, republishing or "replenishment", they had no other option but to bury them or burn them.
After mentioning all the places he has been to such as the settlements that were exclusive to the Rendille, my friend had nothing to hide about their generosity especially to Somalis on transit to other regions or those engaged in carrying out humanitarian services within their territories.
One thing he noted was that the camels they kept were smaller than the normal Somali dromedary. When hosting guests, they are known to roast or barbeque the goat after cutting it into three or four pieces or sections. Other than smearing it with ghee, they do not add anything else to the meat, not even salt.
"They are coming back to reclaim their lost identity." For identity reclamation, he meant reclaiming their lost Somali glory of the past and reverting to Islaam. Any Somali man who asks for the hand of a Rendille bride is given one without any livestock or monetary payment attached. Instead, the to-be bridegroom is given free livestock.
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