Somalis dig up graves and throw out human remains

[Beard]

Bismillah,

I think this is very disgusting.

Human remains should be buried with dignity.

They can destroy the tombs but the human remains should not be interfered with. The Islamic courts are doing a good job but they are wrong on this one.

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Militias from the Islamic courts set up in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, are destroying a colonial Italian cemetery.

 

They say that Islam does not allow tombs and are digging up the graves and discarding the human remains.

 

The BBC's Mohammed Olad Hassan in Mogadishu says that children have been seen playing with human bones.

 

Somalia has not had a functioning national government since 1991 and rival militias have divided it into a patchwork of rival fiefdoms.

 

Local radio reports say that there are thousands of graves at the cemetery, of which some 700 have been destroyed.

 

The Islamic courts were set up by businessmen in Mogadishu to bring some semblance of law and order to a city without a police force.

 

A new Somali government has been named in neighbouring Kenya and it is due to start relocating to Mogadishu on 1 February.

 

During the 14 years of anarchy, much of the city has been destroyed by looters, who recycle and sell anything they can find - even the metal rods used to reinforce concrete.

 

The looters mostly work for one of the warlords who takes a cut of their profit.

[Coloow]

Nin dhintay kabtiisa ayaa ka roon.

Gaal dhintay ma lafihiisa ayaa ka roon?

 

This is classical bililiqo of land. Many have twisted this event to give our wadaads a bad name- and I hope we don't fall into that trap.

 

I read somewhere the Doofaarey president made a pilgrimage to qabri-gaalo- subxaanalah!

[Sakina]

Bismillah,

I think this is very disgusting.

Human remains should be buried with dignity.

They can destroy the tombs but the human remains should not be interfered with. The Islamic courts are doing a good job but they are wrong on this one.

Which Islamic court are we talking about? The only Islamic court that destroys tombs are the Wahhabi/Salafis. Look what they have done to the tombs of the sahabas while building a museum to their so called "keepers of the two Holy Mosques". By the way why the famous somali salafi sheikh "Omar Farooq" didn't condemn these awful actions? These people all work for the Saudis and get their paycheques from their king so whatever is happening in Somalia it has already happened in Mecca and Medina. As long as the Salafis are managing the Sharia in Somalia there will be no hope for a peaceful Somalia.