The Somalia terrorist group al-Shabaab, which has close ties to al-Qaeda, has banned ringtones on cell phones in the areas it control in southern Somalia.
This is part of an attempt to impose their version of Islamic law. Al-Shabaab already runs sharia law courts that impose floggings and amputations on those who violate its edicts.
Besides the [...]

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Al Shabaab is an extremist Muslim group imposing a strict version of sharia law on the parts of Somalia that it controls.
They treat women like chattel, ban sports, many consumer electronic items, Western clothing, movies, dancing and even musical ringtones.
They want Somalia children well-educated, though. Al Shabaab even staged a school contest which five neighborhoods [...]

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Respect for women?
That is something you won’t find from the Islamic fundamentalists in Somali.
In their never ending battle against immorality, Al Shabaab, a group of hardline Islamists, are sending gunmen into the streets of Mogadishu to wage war against bras.
I’m not kidding you.
These guys round up women who have firm and full breasts and inspect them to [...]

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