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Somalia: Islamic Courts Council Breaks Up MB Religious Rally
The Somali Islamic Courts Council banned a religious rally organized the Islah( reform) Movement( Muslim Brotherhood) on Thursday August 17, 2006, in the Somali capital Mogadishu, marking its 28th anniversary of the commencement of the movement in 1978. In a press release a copy of which was posted to Ikhwanweb, the group said that the Islamic Courts Council banned the religious rally although
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The Somali Islamic Courts Council banned a religious rally organized the Islah( reform) Movement( Muslim Brotherhood) on Thursday August 17, 2006, in the Somali capital Mogadishu, marking its 28th anniversary of the commencement of the movement in 1978. In a press release a copy of which was posted to Ikhwanweb, the group said that the Islamic Courts Council banned the religious rally although invitations were extended to the Islamic Courts officials as well as a host religious scholars, tribes heads and prominent figures in the capital, besides civil society agencies. The group in its statement expressed its disbelief over banning this rally and extended apologies to all the officials invited. The statement criticized the decision, saying that this cancelled religious rally would not pose any threat to security or stability, depicting the decision as a flagrant encroachment on the public freedoms sought after by the Somali people for long years. The group concluded its statement with a message to the Islamic Courts Council reminding it that the decision banning public assemblies does not work in favor of religion the nation.” Rather, it mars the Islamic Courts reputation and runs counter to the great hopes the people attach to the Islamic Courts.”, the statement said. Islah Movement In Somalia, Press Release While Islah Movement was organizing to commemorate its 28th anniversary in Shamo Hotel in Mogadishu on 17th August, 2006, Islamic Courts Council (ICC) has issued an official order banning this festivity. To this occasion, our movement has invited leaders of (ICC), religious scholars, clan elders, civil society organizations and prominent personality in Mogadishu. |
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