Somalia: Parliament Ratifies Islamic Law As National Legislation (AllAfrica.com)
Somali lawmakers in the country’s national capital Mogadishu voted Saturday to implement Islamic law, or Shari’ah, as the national legislation, Radio Garowe reports.
Somalia: Top UN Envoy Deplores Latest Attacks On Elected Leaders (AllAfrica.com)
The United Nations envoy to Somalia today condemned the latest spate of violence aimed at members of the strife-torn nation’s fledgling Government after unidentified gunmen shot dead a lawmaker and attempted to kill a member of Cabinet this week.
Somali MPs vote to establish sharia law (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters MOGADISHU, April 18 (Reuters) – Somali members of parliament voted unanimously on Saturday to implement sharia law across the country in a move aimed at undermining hardline Islamist rebels who have …
Somali lawmakers endorse use of Islamic law (KWQC-TV 6 Davenport)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) – Somali parliamentarians unanimously endorsed a proposal to implement Islamic law in the Horn of Africa nation. Lawmakers say they hope the vote Saturday will help drain support from Islamist insurgents battling the U.N.-backed government.
Somali lawmakers approves Shariah law (Moldova.org)
Somalia’s transitional parliament Saturday approved the introduction of Islamic Shariah law, lawmakers in Mogadishu said.The unanimous approval will strengthen new President Sharif Ahmed’s efforts to defeat Islamic hard-liners, said Osman Elmi Boqore, deputy speaker of the Somali parliament,Calling us anti-Islamic lawmakers is now over, Boqore said.Shariah law, the legal code of Islam, is …
Somalia: Parliament Endorses Sharia (AllAfrica.com)
Mogadishu Somalia’s parliament has unanimously endorsed the Sharia Law to be ruled with the country, deputy speaker said on Saturday. Parliamentarians say they hope the vote Saturday will help drain support from Islamist insurgents fighting against the new government.
Somalia: Pirates Stage Daring New Attacks (AllAfrica.com)
Somali pirates hijacked a Belgian-owned ship off Somalia on Saturday but a Dutch naval frigate foiled an attack on a Greek-owned chemical tanker in the Gulf of Aden.
Somalia again on brink of major internecine conflict (People’s Daily)
The recent killing of a Somali lawmaker and a senior Islamist commander allied with the government in the capital Mogadishu has ignited a propaganda war between pro-government moderate Islamists and radical groups, which, analysts say, could be a prelude to a major inter-Islamist conflict. Somali National Security Minister Omar Hashi Aden said on Friday he received intelligence reports that …
Bring to book the Pirates of Somalia (The Times of India)
Piracy has risen dramatically in recent years with more than 100 incidents reported off the coast of Somalia in 2008.
Parliament approves Islamic law in Somalia (Channel NewsAsia)
MOGADISHU: Somalia’s parliament unanimously approved on Saturday a government proposal to introduce Islamic sharia law in the country, parliamentary deputy speaker Osman Elmi Bogore told AFP.
