Somalis Protest Against Shabab in Mogadishu

[Jacpher]

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Hundreds of enraged protesters marched through the streets of Mogadishu on Monday to protest against the Shabab, a militant Islamist insurgent group, in one of the largest demonstrations in recent years.

 

Men, women and children flooded the rubble strewn center of town and shouted out slogans against the Shabab, who have steadily alienated the population by imposing amputations and digging up the graves of revered Islamic clerics.

 

“We don’t want grave diggers and we don’t want the Shabab!” the protesters yelled.

 

The protest was led by a moderate Islamist group of Sufi clerics who have driven the Shabab out of several towns in central Somalia. Sheik Abdulkadir Mohamed Somow, one of the Sufi clerics, told the crowd that their group, AhluSunna Wal Jama, “will not tolerate further the Shabab’s grave excavation activities in Mogadishu” and he called upon Somalis to wage holy war against the Shabab.

 

Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama recently signed a power sharing agreement with the transitional federal government, which controls only a small fraction of the Mogadishu, the capital. The agreement was intended to help the government go on the offensive against the Shabab in a planned upcoming military operation, which will most likely involve thousands of African Union peacekeepers.

 

The Shabab recently dug up at least seven graves of renowned Sufi clerics, according to Somali media reports. In 2008, the Shabab desecrated the graves of renowned Sufi clerics in areas under their control, pushing Sufi followers to take up arms. The Sufi version of Islam, which is more mystical and centered on an “inner jihad,” is one of the more popular sects in Somalia.

 

The recent grave desecrations in some of Mogadishu’s neighborhoods seemed to make more people turn against the Shabab, who were already losing popular support because of their harsh interpretations of Islam. The Shabab and their allies control more than half of south-central Somalia and have amputated the hands of thieves, stoned adulterers and flogged women for not being fully veiled. They have also killed many civilians, including students, with suicide bombs, and have recruited foreigners, including Americans, to fight for them.

 

Somalia has been mired in chaos since 1991, when clan militias toppled the central government and then turned on each other.

 

Mohamed Ibrahim reported from Mogadishu and Jeffrey Gettleman from Nairobi, Kenya

[ANWAR]

good news run shabab run

[Maaddeey]

^You condone Shirk?, this is what they are protesting about, they want back the graves they used to worship!

[Sherban Shabeel]

Their graves never cut nobody's hand, nor stoned anyone to death

[Maaddeey]

^That act is in the Book of Allah, its the punishment prescribed by Allah to the Thief and Adulturer respectively, Monsieor Shabeel! any thing else?

[Jacpher]

^You ain't their lord. And He ain't ask you to rob them of their lives. No where does Allah ask you to gun down a MUSLIM for political disagreements.

 

People know to rise up against the most brutal organized criminals disguised in religious outfit and choose rather a peaceful

No brainer.

[ANWAR]

Originally posted by Maaddeey:

^You condone Shirk?, this is what they are protesting about, they want back the graves they used to worship!

I will not support those who are grave Worshipers

and SOMALIA will not support Thos Who think their way is the right way!!!

[Sherban Shabeel]

Originally posted by Maaddeey:

^That act is in the Book of Allah, its the punishment prescribed by Allah to the Thief and Adulturer respectively, Monsieor Shabeel! any thing else?

only people of God can carry out God's punishments Monsieur Maddey

 

I don't believe former bandists, former rapists and drugged teenagers suddenly transform into people of God as soon as they pick up a rifle and a scarf.

[Maaddeey]

Former! thats ur keyword!

 

Jacfar, sow iga har kuma dhihin?? cantarabaqashkaaga igala tag waryaa! did I say: I'm their Lord!, did I ever 'listen carefully' mention here or any where else that killing Muslims is OK?.

 

Now, haddaad iga leexan weyday, and having read the link provided by Kashafa! ur problem with The Mujaahideen is personal, marka intaad halkan ku cabaadin, maxaad Mooriyaanta & tuugta aad wax isu tihiin lacag ugu diri weyday si ay ciyaalkooda u korsadaan, inteysan Muslimka shiddeyn, Gumeysiga tigree-gana u naageyn, khaatumadoodana noqon in Seefta mujaahidiinta leefto??

[Jacpher]

^Shalom Maaddeey.

[xiinfaniin]

lool@Shalom

 

Waa lasoo fah-fahmaayyaa dhalinyarada wareersan

 

ilaahow hadee

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

irhaabigu dadki wa dhibay waleh, umad aan mudaharad iyo qax iyo barakac ka dhamaan la

Alla ha u sahlo.