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Tribal Islamic courts booming in Somalia capital |
2006-06-10 |
Yusuf Mohamed Siad known as ‘Indha-ade’, the chairman of self styled authority in lower Shabelle region in southern Somalia, who has been several months in Mogadishu for enforcing the Islamic militiamen, has announced late on Thursday an Islamic court in Bulo-Hubey village of Wadajir district in southwest of the capital where Islamic fighters took over its control from warlords of anti terror alliance early this week. Sheik Nor Hassan Ibrahim was nominated the chairman of the new Islamic court in Bulo-hubey which has the backing of Indha-adde who is not belong to Islamic Courts’ Union but supports them for clan purpose. Yusuf Indha-ade delivered speech at opening ceremony saying the new court is part of union of Islamic courts who had succeeded over the warlords after 15 years of gun-rule. “It is necessity to establish Islamic courts in the places warlords were removed like Bulo-hubey village and other settlements in the capital,” Indha-ade said adding “also it is ought to exclude the remaining warlords in north of Mogadishu and form Islamic courts in their bases Insha-Allah (if Gold wills),” Yusuf Indha-adde also said when establishing Islamic courts you should be very careful of what he called “the human devils to disturb you’. Meanwhile, another Islamic court was announced in south of Mogadishu by intellectuals of Sarur sub-clan of Habar-gidir clan, it is the fourth clan based Islamic court declared its establishment in the capital after Islamic courts captured the city. Sheik Ali Salad Jele, was nominated for the chairman of the Islamic court, while Dahir Ali Qeyre was named for commander of the court’s militia. |
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