From Hobyonet:

Somalis are 100% Moslems. Their brand of Islam is Sufism. A Somali journalist Bashir Goth compares Wahabism and Sufism. “Sufism, however, which was the Somali way of Islam and which Wahhabism condemns as a heresy, reaches out to the heart and good sense of all mankind without distinction. Instead of shunning all other faiths and branding them as bogus religions, Sufism sees all faiths as equally valid, following directly God's words "wheresoever ye turn, there is the face of God.” Where Wahhabism sows hatred and rancor even among Moslems, Sufism preaches sulh-e kull (universal peace) and Mahabbat e-kull (universal love).”

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The Somali people have romantic memories of the good America. The first widespread contact with Americans was in the 1960’s when the Peace Corps came to Somalia. The Americans were a new type of white men and women and blacks of course. Unlike the European colonial administrators the Peace Corps mingled with the local people, rode the public transportation, went to the cinemas, played basketball with local youth and made friends with the townspeople. The Somalis sipped Coca-Cola and danced with the American rhythms of James Brown, Michael Jackson and others. They loved the American movies of the Wild West. Somalis do not hate America or American way of life. On the contrary they love America and the Americans. Shakira is a big hit in Mogadishu now.

Actually, Shakira is from Colombia, but the main idea is unchanged.