Date of source: Saturday, February 3, 2007
Hundreds of Somali women responded to the call of the Islamic Courts Union and volunteered to defend their country against the Ethiopian occupation.
Date of source: Friday, August 11, 2006
In an interview during a recent visit to Egypt to drum up political
support, two officials from
the Somali Islamic sharī‘ah courts denied links with al-
Qā‘idah and the
Afghan movement the Taliban. They pointed out that the courts enjoy a great
deal of popularity after the "unjust
warlords who...
Date of source: Monday, July 3, 2006
In this article the author deals with the growing role of
Islamic courts
in Somalia, having stolen the limelight from the warlords and managed to impose control over the
capital
Mogadishu and then over nearly all of the country.