(SomaliNet) A new Islamic Courts has been announced on Tuesday in north part Galkayo (Galcaio) city, the capital of Mudug region in central Somalia by one of Majerten sub-clans of Darod tribe. Badbado Islamic Court was declared in north Galkayo, which under control of Puntland semi-autonomous region. Local official of the sub-clan that announced the court said they will soon open the Islamic Court and indicated that this court is under the rule of Islamic Courts union in Mogadishu.
The move came as Puntland regional government had banned the Islamic movements in Puntland cities and ordered to arrest any cleric who is suspected to link with Islamic Courts in southern Somalia. It was the first Islamic Court announced in Puntland, with some of the people in Galkayo welcomed the declaration of this Islamic Court. Earlier Islamic clerics from Puntland regions had arrived in Somalia capital Mogadishu for talks with Islamic officials over how to spread the Islamic law to Puntland in northeast Somalia.
| Map here. I didn't realize the Puntland claim went that far south. |
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