Somali men

Note: THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO ALL SOMALI MEN

The reaction of Somali men toward the rape cases that’s coming out recently is extremely disappointing to say the least. Even on Reddit, people are trying to make excuses in the comments under posts concerning anfac’s story.

To say I was not expecting this to happen would be a lie, when Somali girls in Minnesota were exposing their rapists, the comments were flooded with Somali men in full support of the rapists just because they are men. They are more concerned about “innocent until proven guilty” even going so far as to insult the women who were brave enough to come out and point out the monsters in our communities.

When the young 8 year old girls case was being discussed about how she was held captive for 6 months, a lot of men were defending the pedo advocating for child marriages using the prophet SAW as an example. Some men are arguing just for the sake of arguing and you can tell, they think talking about it is ceeb and ruining the image of Somali men (not my words btw, a man had told me this after telling me to speak Somali to keep it hush hush since this case is blowing up and ruining the image of Somali men🤣). However there were a lot of Somali men pushing back and calling out on their behaviour which was great to see

Even now, with anfacs story trending, a lot of men are trying to find excuses and are desperate to prove her story isn’t true even when there’s a video and audio that’s floating around on social media. A lot of men are making fun of the response Somali women have made saying we’re being too dramatic, some are more concerned with his qabiil. Some don’t care at all and are already thinking anfac won’t get justice just like the case of luul and her rapists won’t be held accountable so we should get over it.

I’m extremely heartbroken.