Topic: Somalia
A hardline Islamist militia pledged on Monday after seizing control of one of Somalia's main pirate hubs to end piracy in the region by imposing Islamic sharia law.A day after the Hezb al-Islam captured Harardhere town in the north of the lawless ...
Somalia's Al Qaeda-linked militia on Thursday banned the ringing of bells in schools because Christian churches also sound bells.The Shebab rebels in Jowhar, a town located 90 kilometres (55 miles) north of the capital Mogadishu, termed bell-ringing "un-Islamic.""The bell they ring to ...
William Shakespeare was French, Google has changed its name to "Topeka" and Barack Obama ordered a takeaway from Indonesia -- at least that's what the world media wants us to believe.Newspapers and broadcasters teased audiences with a string of mostly good-humoured April ...
Americans suspected of terror-related activitiesAmericans who have been charged or suspected of terror-related activities over the past year include:_Young Somali men from Minneapolis who left the U.S. in waves from December 2007 through November 2008 to join a Somalia-based terror group with ...
Conflict between European artists and Muslims fuels concern about a clash of civilizations With the West locked in conflicts across the Muslim world, why would anyone throw fuel on the fire?Swedish artist Lars Vilks says he was defending freedom of speech when ...
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish police have released three of the seven people arrested on Tuesday in connection with an alleged plot to murder a Swedish cartoonist over a drawing depicting the Prophet Mohammad with the body of a dog.A security source confirmed ...
Irish court extends custody of 7 Muslims over alleged murder plot against Swedish artist Seven Muslims in Ireland allegedly linked to a plot to assassinate Swedish artist Lars Vilks should remain in custody for at least three more days while police investigate ...
Somalia's fragile government tries to counter propaganda blitz from militants Last year Somalia's Radio Warsan was a pro-government station that vilified al-Qaida-linked insurgents.Al-Shabab has taken most of southern Somalia and most of the capital.In the southern coastal town of Kismayo, al-Shabab runs ...
A constitutional battle to expand the scope of Islamic courts in Kenya threatens to ignite religious tensions at a time when authorities are on high alert against Muslim extremists with ties to Somalia.. Muslim leaders are striving to expand the scope of ...
Custody extended for Somali man accused of attacking creator of Muhammad cartoonProsecutors say a Somali man accused of trying to kill a Danish cartoonist who caricatured the Prophet Muhammad has had his custody extended by four weeks.The 28-year-old man faces a preliminary ...
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KDF: Two key Al Shabaab centres ...
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Fault Lines - Horn of Africa Crisis ...
In part one of a two-part series, Fault Lines goes ...2011-11-29
