July 20, 2006

Blockbusted in Somalia

From The People's Daily:

Somalian Islamic militiamen arrested some 60 people for watching videos in several overnight raids in the capital Mogadishu, an Islamic court official and residents said yesterday.

Tuesday's arrests follow several cases of the Islamic militiamen who are the new rulers of the Somali capital forcefully applying their strict interpretation of Islamic law. Some worry they want to remake Somalia into a nation resembling Afghanistan under the Taliban including offering a haven to terrorists.

Militiamen, armed with assault rifles, raided five halls in the northern Sinay neighbourhood late on Tuesday and arrested women and men who had paid to watch videos, said Dahir Ali Wehliye, a resident in the area.

In one incident, 20 militiamen in a pickup mounted with a machine-gun raided a video hall in the neighbourhood and detained those found watching a video, said Yusuf Ali, who witnessed the raid.

"They will be rehabilitated and then we will release them after they are told the disadvantages of watching such films and what Islam says about watching such films," said Moalin Shire, an official of the Islamic court whose jurisdiction includes the video hall that was raided.

Well, now that the Islamic crazies have their own little Disneyland to play in, maybe they'll stay busy & leave us alone, right?

Posted by: Ragnar at 06:24 AM | Comments (3) | Add Comment
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1 I agree, watching DVD's and jerking off all day is just a national safety issue!
All those horny Somali’s wandering the streets with their dick in their hand. No burka will be safe!

No, don’t want that!

Posted by: Dan at July 20, 2006 07:54 AM (Z2OsI)

2 If it requires electricity it must be bad....

mohamad did without it.

Posted by: Fred Fry at July 20, 2006 04:58 PM (bYlKZ)

3 African Taliban.

Posted by: Howie at July 20, 2006 09:45 PM (Jybiq)

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