Today in HISTORY: Ten sheikhs executed by Siad Barre gov't for opposing secular family law

[Deeq A.]

Mogadishu (HOL) - On January 23, 1975, ten religious clerics in Somalia were executed in Somalia's capital by the government of President Siad Barre for protesting against a newly enacted Family Law (Xeerka Qoyska). The law, which was part of the government's revolutionary socialist agenda, aimed to modernize and secularize Somali society by making significant changes to traditional Islamic family structures and practices.

Source: Hiiraan Online