When the man who killed the former president of Egypt Mohamed Anwar Saad was brought to court the judge asked him Why did you kill President Saad? He replied Was he a secular? He asked further What is Islam? He replied I don't know

The Egyptian writer Najib Mahfoud asked the court judge who tried to stab the man who tried to kill him with a dagger Why did you unite the writer? What he answered Because of his book  Awlad Haratinaa The judge asked Have you read the book Awlad Haratinaa? What he said No

The terrorist killer who killed the Egyptian writer Faraj Fowdah was asked by the court Why did you kill Faraj Fowdah? He replied Because he was an infidel. He asked further How did you know that he was unfaithful? What he said I found out about his books. He further asked And whose book did you read and you found out about his disbelief? He said I don't read his books. It was further asked What do you mean? He replied I neither read nor write

The three stories take place in Egypt in 1981 1992 and 1994

These events written by the Somali writer Ibrahim Hawd show that the men who committed the serious murders committed their actions because of their ignorance and were used

It is said that ignorance is the enemy and also darkness and knowledge is light

The point is that our society especially the Somali youth, should not be taken advantage of by ignorance and commit serious crimes such as murder

There is a need for the youth to learn the religious and material sciences and improve their knowledge so that they do not make mistakes

Iam abdullahi Hassan