Editorial
Somlian Situation All thing Are In Flux
Internationsl new papers and internet have suf-ggested that Sonalian Parliament has declared itself has declared itself s Islamic state Somali members of parliament have unanimously voted infavor of the implementation of Islamic Sharia law in the Horn of Africa country.
In a morning session held Saturday in the Somali capital of Mogadishu,the 343 members passed the motion officially making Somalia an Islamic state, a Press TV correspondent reported.Deputy speaker of parliament Osman Elmi Boqore, who presided over the debates in the absence of speaker Aden Mohamed Nur, said none of the members had any objections to the new law."No one had objections about the motion that automatically makes Somalia an Islamic state," Boqore said.The proposal suggested by Somali Ulama was endorsed by the cabinet last month as a bargaining point between the newly-formed government in the lawless country and insurgents whose key demand has been the Islamic governance of the country.Al-Shabaab fighters have already imposed the law in the areas of the war-torn country under their control.In February, Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed urgedthe implementation in a bid to stop violence in the country that has not enjoyed a functioning central government since 1991 when warlords toppled the regime of former President Mohammed Siad Bare..Somalia has seen lawlessness for bout 40 years ,After the coup of Aidit, things have never been happy.US hs intervened several times, lately through Ethiopia There was much blood letting.
In this situation whether going for this declaration of Islamic state will be successful only Allah knows.There is a very dangerous trend anong less educated Isamists that Islamic law id criminal law and punishment.Where as ninety five percent of Islamic law is law of finance, economy, investment, commerce, moral and social laws, matrrigeand divorve and family laws, internsyional lws ( war and peace, amsn of foreigj citizens) and so on.Criminal laws is a mall part.We hope the people now in control realse this.They should contact OIC Fiqh academy for any clarification.
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