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21 April 2009 Somalia — Hundreds of people took
to the streets of Mogadishu on Sunday to show support
for the Sharia enforcement passed by the Somali
parliament.
The Somali parliament unanimously endorsed the
Islamic Sharia on Saturday.
The demonstration which Banadir Administration
organized took place in Stadium Konis in Mogadishu.
Government ministers and some lawmakers attended
the rally and showed their support for yesterday's
approval of the implantation of the Sharia by the
parliament.
The demonstrators were carrying posters and
portraits of president Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed. The
minister for justice of the Somali government Sheik
Abdirahman Janaqow who spoke to the demonstrators said
all the people should support the government since it
took the Islamic Shria.
The interior minister Sheik Abdulkadir Ali Omar who
also spoke to the demonstrators called for the Somali
clerics, clan elders, and the intellectuals to urge
the society of practicing the Islamic Sharia.
In Beledweyen town in central Somalia, hundreds of
people also gathered in the administration centre of
Beledweyn in favor for the decision of the parliament.
Sheik Abdirahman Ma'ow, the leader of the Islamic
Courts Union in Beledweyen spoke to the people and
told them the decision of the parliament would bring
solution to the country.
The demonstrators were chanting slogans to support
the implementation of the Islamic Law in Somalia.
The Somali parliament unanimously endorsed the
Islamic Sharia on Saturday.
The demonstration which Himan& Heb Administration
organized took place in the centre of the town.
The demonstrators were carrying posters and were
chanting slogans to support the decision of the
parliament. They were also carrying the portraits of
the Somali president Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed.
Dr. Abdi Elmi Guled, the governor and Sheik
Abdirahman Adawe, Adado District commissioner spoke to
the demonstrators and called for the government to put
in action the decision of the parliament.
Several thousands more are reported to have staged
more demonstrations around the country, chanting
slogans to support the implementation of the Islamic
Law in Somalia and the peace. |
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