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11 Jun 2006 10:23:57 PM |
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Two die as hardline Islamists ban World Cup |
Two die as hardline Islamists ban World Cup
Jun 11 12:25 PM US/Eastern
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/06/11/060611162437.7450zyd1.html
Hardline Islamic courts shut cinema halls and barred residents from
watching the World Cup, prompting scores of civilians to protest the
ban in which two people were killed, court officials and residents
have said.
The gunmen loyal to the Joint Islamic Courts (JIC), cut electricity,
cleared cinema halls and warned residents against watching the
football tournament in areas they control, forcing a violent protest
late on Saturday in which two people were killed, residents said
Sunday.
The JIC deputy chairman AbdulKadir Ali Omar said the Islamic tribunals
would crackdown on halls that defy the order to show western films and
video, including the World Cup.
"This is war against all people who show films that promote
pornography, drug dealing and all forms of evil," Omar told AFP.
"We shall not even allow the showing of the World Cup because they
corrupt the morals of our children whom we endeavour to teach the
Islamic way of life," he added.
Islamic courts officials said they were against some elements of World
Cup, notably the advertisements for alcohol.
On Sunday, residents said Islamic gunmen were roaming in Sukahola and
Huriwa neighbourhoods in northern Mogadishu to ensure that the ban was
enforced.
A strict interpretation of Islamic taechings often bans Western films
and television as immoral.
"The Islamic courts have ordered the closure of three cinema halls,"
said Sukahola resident Abdulaziz Hanad told AFP. "They want to make
sure that nobody in Mogadishu watches the World Cup."
"Since the Islamic courts took control of Mogadishu, we knew they
would not allow us to watch football," said a dejected Dahir Abubakar
Hassan, a resident of northern Mogadishu.
Last year, the courts started to forcefully close cinema halls,
arguing that they were showing steamy Bollywood and Hollywood films,
which have been translated into the Somali language, to children,
which is an apparent violation of the Islamic teachings.
Last Monday, the Islamists defeated the warlords and seized control of
most of Mogadishu, sparking fears of a Taliban-like takeover, with the
forcible imposition of Sharia law, but the court's leader Sheikh
Sharif Sheikh Ahmed said he would not impose the laws unless civilians
called for them.
Somalia pulled out of international sporting events after the country
plunged into anarchy following the violent ouster of dictator Mohamed
Siad Barre in 1991.
But residents in other pockets of Mogadishu still under control of the
warlords gathered in makeshift cinema halls and watched the tournament
that was being relayed from Germany through satellite dishes.
In the remaining warlords' stronghold of Jowhar, about 90 kilometres
(55 miles) north of Mogadishu, residents gathered in public cinema
halls to watch the 32-nation tournament, an AFP correspondent said.
"If only they can hold the peace for one month and allow us to watch
football," Hassan Omar, a teenager in Jowhar told AFP.
In the seat of the impotent and fractured Somali government in Baidoa,
about 250 kilometres (155) miles northwest of the capital, residents
were not allowed to watch the 10.00 pm (1900 GMT) World Cup match
because of a curfew.
Information Minister Mohamed Abdi Hayir said anybody who violates the
curfew -- which runs from 9:00 PM (1800 GMT) to 5:00 am (0200 GMT),
shall be sentenced to one to three months in jail with a fine of
between 1,500,000 Somali shillings (1,080 dollars) and 3,000,000
shillings (2,160 dollars).
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Joseph R. Darancette
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| User: "Political Pagan" |
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| Title: Re: Two die as hardline Islamists ban World Cup |
12 Jun 2006 12:17:36 AM |
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Captain Compassion <daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net> wrote in
news:0fnp821heu59hj9479g6qomoks0lu43ef6@4ax.com:
"Since the Islamic courts took control of Mogadishu, we knew they
would not allow us to watch football," said a dejected Dahir Abubakar
Hassan, a resident of northern Mogadishu.
Hmm, I thought we gave Afghanistan freedom......
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servile, but is morally treasonable to the American
public." - Theodore Roosevelt
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| User: "Captain Compassion" |
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| Title: Re: Two die as hardline Islamists ban World Cup |
12 Jun 2006 12:34:59 AM |
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On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 05:17:36 GMT, Political Pagan
<pookinpnub@allthewrongplaces.biz> wrote:
Captain Compassion <daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net> wrote in
news:0fnp821heu59hj9479g6qomoks0lu43ef6@4ax.com:
"Since the Islamic courts took control of Mogadishu, we knew they
would not allow us to watch football," said a dejected Dahir Abubakar
Hassan, a resident of northern Mogadishu.
Hmm, I thought we gave Afghanistan freedom......
Mogadishu is in Somalia.
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/so.html
--
"Science is the record of dead religions." -- Oscar Wilde
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance
"Civilization is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net
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| User: "can_o_worms" |
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| Title: Re: Two die as hardline Islamists ban World Cup |
12 Jun 2006 12:47:03 AM |
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On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 22:34:59 -0700, Captain Compassion
<daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net> wrote:
On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 05:17:36 GMT, Political Pagan
<pookinpnub@allthewrongplaces.biz> wrote:
Captain Compassion <daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net> wrote in
news:0fnp821heu59hj9479g6qomoks0lu43ef6@4ax.com:
"Since the Islamic courts took control of Mogadishu, we knew they
would not allow us to watch football," said a dejected Dahir Abubakar
Hassan, a resident of northern Mogadishu.
Hmm, I thought we gave Afghanistan freedom......
Mogadishu is in Somalia.
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/so.html
;-)
And our warlords aren't doing well there.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33517
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Two die as hardline Islamists ban World Cup |
11 Jun 2006 10:34:28 PM |
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northern Mogadishu????
Let me guess, the African blacks in a city AMERICA ATTACKED are mean
and crazy - sooooo
LETS NUKE IRAN!!!!!!
Hahahahahaha
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| User: "jimpgh2002" |
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| Title: Re: Two die as hardline Islamists ban World Cup |
11 Jun 2006 11:13:52 PM |
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On 11 Jun 2006 20:34:28 -0700, wrote:
northern Mogadishu????
Let me guess, the African blacks in a city AMERICA ATTACKED are mean
and crazy - sooooo
LETS NUKE IRAN!!!!!!
Hahahahahaha
You seem especially high tonight...musta got your hands on
some good pot.
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