The Life and Death of Abdinasir Dirie (Part 1 of 4)

Who really killed Abdinasir Dirie? A heart-rending story from inside Canada's Somali community.

In the 1990s, Abdinasir Dirie's parents fled civil war in Somalia for the apparent peace and safety of Canada. Years later, G Baby, as his family called him, made his own way from the rough streets of Toronto's Jamestown Cres. (Doomstown) neighbourhood to the oilfields of Alberta looking for riches and good fortune. There, he died and his murder remains unsolved, like so many other murders of young Somali-Canadians. The extra twist in this case: some members of his family are convinced they know who committed the crime.

Hear from the family of Abdinasir Dirie as the fifth estate explores the searing pain of their struggle and peels back the layers of a story even more complicated than anyone originally expected.

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[yossihahatul]

that girl is drop dead gorgeous!

[MsBlackstarsz]

@tharris411 im not trying to be rude but they cant take over something thats not theres

[MsBlackstarsz]

they want drama with ghana jamicans they wanna over drug dealers no one likes it so they go to go

[Hamdiabdul25]

@fuscian yea u do ur wudu but if u are outdoor .. and ur shoes are clean then u pray with it .. because we do the opposite of the jews and they pray with no shoes on .

“Be different from the Jews, who do not pray in their shoes or in their leather slippers (khufoof).” (Abu Dawood, 652; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood, 607).

[fuscian]

@Hamdiabdul25 I dont believe so, Prophet Muhammad salah allahu alayahi wa salam, i think prayed with shoes off as it is compulsory to do the wudouu.

[Hamdiabdul25]

@fuscian praying with shoes on is sunnah

[fuscian]

praying with shoes on? never seen this in my life, everyting fake in toronto

[tharris411]

PEOPLE DONT GET SHOOT FOR NO REASON... HE WAS IN TO DOPE..THAY CALL IT FORT CRACK FOR A REASON .. WHATEVER NO BIG DEAL..SEEMS LIKE THAT WHOLE FAMILY IS RETARED AND STUPIED

[TheGangstaogloc]

@d3go ARE YOU A NIGGA OR A MUSLIM JUST ASKING

[urethane22]

yo fuck these somalis my cousin caught 1 in the back from one of you jamestown clowns