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10 May 2009 Mogadishu — Hizbul Islam Islamist
group, the wing that Sheik Mohamed Hassan Amey leads
met with Somali president and his prime minister in
the presidential palace, officials said on Thursday.
The spokesperson of the Islamist group Sheik Daud
Mohamed Abtidon told Shabelle Media that they had a
meeting with President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed, his
Prime Minister Omar Abdirshid Ali Sharmarke, and some
government ministers in the presidential palace and
said they agreed many issues including the
implementation of the Islamic Sharia.
He said the security of the capital is crucial and
it needs all sides to work it together. He added that
there is no reason to oppose the government since it
took the Islamic Sharia.
The chairman Sheik Mohamed Hassan Amey and the
defense secretary of the group Sheik Yusuf Mohamed
Siyad Indho Ade met president Sharif Sheik Ahmed in
the presidential palace.
It is yet unclear whether the group will join the
government or not, but they had declared that they
will work and defend the government if it implements
the Islamic Sharia.
Calm Returns to Mogadishu
Calm has returned to Mogadishu on Friday after one
day of violence and fighting that killed more
civilians in the capital.
Al-Shabab and pro government Islamists fought in
Mogadishu on Thursday after al-Shabab officer was
attacked in Mogadishu and two of his security guards
were killed in an attack.
The two sides are amassing troops and there is fear
that fighting could erupt at any time in Mogadishu.
The circulation of people and traffic restarted
again but the situation is still tense.
Hawiye clan elders have called the different sides
of the society to mediate the warring sides.
The spokesman of Hawiye clan elders Ahmed Derie Ali
called for the two sides to stop the fighting and
solve their differences through negotiation.
It is unclear how the warring sides would listen to
the calls from the elders and the intellectuals since
the Islamists are struggling for power. |
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