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| Africa: West |
| Somali Muslim group bans condoms |
| 2003-12-22 |
| The umbrella Somali Ulema Council has said it will use Sharia (Islamic) Law, including flogging, to punish those selling or using condoms. The council is responding to a United Nations-funded campaign to raise awareness about Aids being aired by a local radio station. Sheikh Nur Barud, the chairman of the Ulema Council, told a public meeting that the use of condoms will increase adultery and those promoting its use deserve punishment. The BBC’s Mohammed Olad Hassan in Mogadishu says residents are divided over the declaration by the religious leaders. Some are in favour of the use of condoms as a protective measure against HIV/Aids while others are not. Condoms are freely available in medical institutions in Mogadishu. Due to the fighting, there has been little research into the prevalence of Aids in Somalia but the UN Aids agency says some 70% of young Somali girls have not heard about the disease. Aid agencies working in Somalia fear that Aids is on the increase as a result of cross-border movements between Kenya, Djibouti and Ethiopia. |
| Posted by:TS |
| #10 Note to NGO's everywhere: there is nothing to be gained by trying to help poor Muslim populations. Since it appears their religious leaders think they know better, then leave them to solve their own problems, regardless of what those problems may be. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-12-22 11:58:11 PM |
| #9 That is that much fewer Muslim radicals we have to kill later on. Works for me. The idiots are culling themselves out. |
| Posted by: badanov 2003-12-22 10:56:53 PM |
| #8 Looks like they're increasing their bomb production. |
| Posted by: BH 2003-12-22 2:35:20 PM |
| #7 I wonder if aids can cure Sharia. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-12-22 2:16:43 PM |
| #6 alaskasoldier---where are you based? I scan fatwas from Eagle River. Heh heh. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-12-22 1:55:04 PM |
| #5 ARE fat-wahs issued by fat-heads? |
| Posted by: alaskasoldier 2003-12-22 1:43:06 PM |
| #4 Sterile isn't in most peoples vocabulary in Somalia, RC. If they don't want to use them, fine. They can die from HIV if they want too. |
| Posted by: Charles 2003-12-22 1:40:50 PM |
| #3 "will use Sharia" Did the Prophet come down on condoms? They were already around long before Islam. "70% of young Somali girls" and we know they're already vulnerable by 9. Speaking of young girls, when will the Ulemafascists do something genuinely humane and fatwa against female |
| Posted by: Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-22 1:40:34 PM |
| #2 First polio shots, now this. What's next? Antiseptics? Sterile instruments? |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2003-12-22 1:22:38 PM |
| #1 "...it will use Sharia (Islamic) Law, including flogging, to punish those selling or using condoms." So I take it that they are against condoms, but a little S&M is ok with the mullahs. I want to see the fatwa issued on this one. We haven't had a good fatwa for a few days. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-12-22 1:16:52 PM |