Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region to adopt Sharia law-(ahh the anti hearts and minds)

monsters and critics ^ | Nov 22, 2006 | na

[Flavius]

Mogadishu - The authorities of the semi-autonomous region of Puntland in north-eastern Somalia have agreed to adopt Islamic Sharia law, claiming they have not bowed to pressure from the country's powerful Islamists, Puntland's president said late Tuesday.

Regional officials made the declaration after intense pressure by religious leaders who met with the president of Puntland, Adde Muse Hersi, and suggested he enforce Sharia law in the region.

'The Islamic courts in the south claimed that they forced us to implement Sharia law, but they didn't. They attacked us two times and we resisted them. It is our decision to implement the Sharia law here,' Hersi said.

Somalia's Islamists control most of south and central Somalia, including the capital Mogadishu, and in their bid to create a 'united Somalia,' have been pressuring Puntland to join it or implement Sharia law in the region.

There have been several unconfirmed reports that Islamist militia attacked Puntland forces.

Puntland hasn't agreed to join because of its allegiance to the president of the transitional government Abdullahi Yusuf, who is a native of Puntland. Its decision to enforce Sharia law might be a ploy to repel the Islamists from attacking the semi-autonomous region, analysts said.

Abdurahman Mohammed Bankah, Puntland's information minister, said a committee will study how to implement Sharia law in the region. He criticized the Islamists' interpretation of the religious law, which has seen people beaten and executed for violating the rules.

'The question now is what kind of Islamic law do we enforce. We can't take the Islamic way of the Islamists in Mogadishu that wants to amputate hands of hungry people who steal something to survive, or flog the vulnerable.'

[Flavius]

no candies for the little ones

no music for anyone

people control on the cheap very efficient

[stevem]

We can't take the Islamic way of the Islamists in Mogadishu that wants to amputate hands of hungry people who steal something to survive, or flog the vulnerable.

How about amputating the arms and legs of the imams just on general principles then flogging them? Then instead of executing them, again on general principles, hang 'em on the wall and change all their names to Art.

[Dallas59]

I see wars between Islamic countries coming in the near future on major scale.

[Flavius]

well they again certainly have the economic advantage

sheer terror and ak47s trump sewage rebuilding projects

but what the h.l do i know just a keyboard commando