Somali militias may execute Muslims who skip prayers.Islamic militias are stepping up their efforts to bring strict religious law to war-ravaged Somalia. After ousting warlords Warlords may refer to:
In June, not long after the Islamic militias captured Somalia's capital of Mogadishu, Mohamed All Aden told The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times that an Islamic state would be created. "We've neglected God's verses for so long," Aden said. "We want our women veiled and we want them at home. We men have to grow our beards." In early July, Agence France-Presse reported that a top official with the Supreme Islamic Council of Somalia issued an edict A decree or law of major import promulgated by a king, queen, or other sovereign of a government. An edict can be distinguished from a public proclamation in that an edict puts a new statute into effect whereas a public proclamation is no more than a declaration of a law that those who did not pray five times a day in accordance with a strict reading of the Koran would face the death penalty. "He who does not perform prayers will be considered as infidel INFIDEL, persons, evidence. One who does not believe in the existence of a God, who will reward or punish in this world or that which is to come. Willes' R. 550. This term has been very indefinitely applied. and Sharia law orders that that person be killed," said Sheikh sheikh or shaykh Among Arabic-speaking tribes, especially Bedouin, the male head of the family, as well as of each successively larger social unit making up the tribal structure. The sheikh is generally assisted by an informal tribal council of male elders. Abdalla Ali, a founder of the Islamic Council. |
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