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Hundreds of Somali women responded to the call of the Islamic Courts Union and volunteered to defend their country against the Ethiopian occupation.
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...
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.
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