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Somalia Bans Christmas, New Year Festivities by Johnbosco77(m): 3:27pm On Dec 23, 2015 |
Somalia’s government has banned celebrations
of Christmas and New Year in the Muslim
majority country, saying the festivities might
attract Islamist attacks. “All events related to
Christmas and New Year celebrations are
contrary to Islamic culture, which could
damage the faith of the Muslim community,”
the director general of the religious affairs
ministry told reporters on Tuesday.
Sheikh Mohamed Khayrow said security forces
had been ordered to break up any such
celebrations. “There should be no activity at
all,” he said. Sheikh Nur Barud Gurhan, of the
Supreme Religious Council of Somalia, said
that non-Muslim festivities might provoke the
ire of the Shebab, East Africa’s Al-Qaeda
branch, which is headquartered in Somalia.
“We are warning against the celebration of
such events which are not relevant to the
principles of our religion,” Gurhan added,
saying it could provoke the Shebab “to carry
out attacks”. Last year Shebab militants
launched a Christmas attack on Mogadishu
airport that killed at least 12 people.
Somalia is at least the second Muslim majority
country to ban Christmas this year, after Brunei
announced a similar prohibition. Somalia also
issued a previous ban in 2013. Somalia also
follows the Islamic calendar that does not
recognise January 1 as the beginning of the
year. There are almost no Christians left living
in Somalia, although a bombed-out Italian-
built Catholic cathedral remains a city
landmark in the capital Mogadishu. Foreign
diplomats, aid workers and soldiers living in
the fortified airport compound are permitted to
hold private parties. www.vanguardngr.com/2015/12/somalia-bans-christmas-new-year-festivities/ |
Re: Somalia Bans Christmas, New Year Festivities by Nobody: 3:43pm On Dec 23, 2015 |
Re: Somalia Bans Christmas, New Year Festivities by feedthenation(m): 3:45pm On Dec 23, 2015 |
Once again...another news from the proponents of Islam as a peaceful religion!!! |
Re: Somalia Bans Christmas, New Year Festivities by vooks: 6:58pm On Dec 23, 2015 |
Somalia is very fragile with alshabaab controlling large swathes of the country after over 20 years of civil war/ anarchy. Right now the biggest enemy of Somalia is al shabaab not political correctness. Let them be. In any case al shabaab may be planning massacre |
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