Tag Archives: Sharia
By Stig Hansen Harakat Al Shabaab is an organisation that has, for many years, been misunderstood. This is perhaps most clearly illustrated by the frequent predictions concerning its fragmentation and imagined demise. These predictions first occurred in 2008 and have … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Op-ed, Somali
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Tagged Abu Mansoor Al-Amriki, Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, Baidoa, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, Shabaab, Sharia, Somalia
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by Maryline Dumas (tripoli) Inter Press Service TRIPOLI- In Libya, a dose of LSD or the painkiller tramadol costs 78 cents, and a joint of cannabis is 7.80 dollars. Here, drugs are affordable to the poor for a simple reason. … read more »
Posted in Article, Libya, North Africa, Op-ed
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Tagged European Commission, IndepthAfrica, Libya, Libyan, Libyan Navy, Ministry of Defence, Muammar Gaddafi, Sharia, Tripoli
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An allegedly gay man Mohamed Ali Baashi was buried in the ground up to his chest and stoned to death on 15 March in Barawe some fifty miles form the Somali capital of Mogadishu. According to reports, Al-Qaeda linked Al … read more »
Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia — A militant official and a Somali resident say al-Shabab fighters have stoned to death a man for carrying out a homosexual sex act. The resident, Yusuf Abdi, said the group buried a blindfolded man to … read more »
A lack of qualified swordsmen may relegate the barbaric Saudi practice of public beheadings to the historical ash heap, although such a change is unlikely to slow down the swelling numbers of people being put to death in the Saudi … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Global Issues, Kenya, Middle East, Nigeria
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Tagged al-Beshi, Capital punishment, Decapitation, Execution by firing squad, IndepthAfrica, Muhammad Saad al-Beshi, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Sharia
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By Awol K Alo, Al Jazeera On February 5, 2013, Ethiopia’s only and publicly funded Television Station, ETV, aired a controversial documentary during prime time in violation of an outstanding court injunction. Oddly subtitled “Boko Haram in Ethiopia”, Jihadawi Harekat … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Al Ahbash, Al-Shabaab, bokoharam, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islam, latest ethiopian news, Muslim, news ethiopia, Sharia
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BY Justine John DYIKUK The Malian crisis has precipitated reactions and counter reactions from without and within the African continent. This conflict is one of great concern as many have bared their minds about its impending danger. The situation is … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Justine John DYIKUK, Mali, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Associated Press, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mali, Nigeria, Nigerian, rivers state, Sharia, West Africa
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*40 million orthodox Christians must join the revolution (By Getahune Bekele-South Africa) “We are Kamil Shemsu, We are Yasin Nuru, and we are Ahmed Mustafa…Allah Waa Akbar!” “Release our venerated leaders now, Allah Waa Akbar!” “Let our voices be heard…” … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Getahune Bekele
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Eastern Orthodox Church, ethio media oromo, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, IndepthAfrica, Islamophobia, latest ethiopian news, Meles Zenawi, Muslim, news about ethiopia, news ethiopia, news for ethiopia, news from ethiopia, news in ethiopia, news of ethiopia, news on ethiopia, Sharia, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
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Boko Haram Republic of Kano, Boko Haram Republic of Borno, Boko Haram Republic of Yobe, Boko Haram Republic of Minna, Boko Haram Republic of Arewa and Sharia Republic of Nigeria are all possible names for the new extremist Islamic Republic. … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Nigeria, Obinna Akukwe
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Tagged Boko Haram Republic, bokoharam, IndepthAfrica, Kano, Kano Emirate, Katsina, Koboko, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, Nigerian news, Sharia
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Twelve people, including polio vaccinators, have been killed in two shootings at health centres in northern Nigeria, witnesses have told the BBC. In the first attack in Kano four polio vaccinators were shot dead by gunmen who drove up on … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged bbc, bokoharam, IndepthAfrica, Kano, Kano Emirate, Nigeria, Nigeria newspapers, Nigerian, Nigerian news, nigerian shooting, Northern Nigeria, Poliomyelitis, Sharia
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Three suspected Jihadists who were arrested in the liberation of Timbuktu have said they were tortured by Malian soldiers who used a method similar to waterboarding. There are also reports of child soldiers being used by the Malian army. The … read more »
Posted in Mali, West Africa
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Tagged Human Rights Watch, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Libya, Mali, malian news, Military of Mali, Sévaré, Sharia, Timbuktu
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There is yet another Islamist-backed war going on, this time in Mali. While it has a faction seeking to impose Sharia law, and whose leader is a cousin of the head of Al Qaeda in the region, it also is … read more »
Posted in Article, Mali, West Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, German, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, Mali, Niger, Sharia, Tuareg, Tuareg people, Volkswagen
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By Zainab Sandah Ethnicity and religion are not predetermined; we are not born, do not possess an innate sense of ethnic or religious affiliation, we become Yoruba, Christian, Hausa or Kataf largely as a factor of geographical, ancestral, and societal … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged bokoharam, Hausa, IndepthAfrica, Kaduna, Kano, Kano State, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian news, Northern Nigeria, Sharia
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by ASSIST News Service Sudanese authorities rang in the new year by bulldozing a church building outside Khartoum because it belonged to Christians of South Sudanese origin and lacked a permit, a source said. According to a story by Morning … read more »
The current tensions in Egypt between the Muslim Brotherhood-led government and a fragmented populace that includes large segments of people who oppose the Islamization of Egypt—the moderates, secularists, and Christians who recently demonstrated in mass at Tahrir Square and even … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Egypt, North Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Allah, Egypt, Egyptians, Islam, Islamization of Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood, Sharia, Sudan
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On December 23 Islamists occupying northern Mali have destroyed again Timbuktu ancient mausoleums, promising to destroy all the tombs they consider places of “idolatry” . The European Union reacted by the voice of the chief diplomat Catherine Ashton, “deeply … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Mali, Said Temsamani, West Africa
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Tagged Allah, Ansar Dine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islam, Islamism, Mali, mali news, malian news, Sharia, Timbuktu
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Saudi men are now receiving automatic text messages from the government whenever their wives exit the country. It is part of a new program to electronically track women and ensure that they don’t leave the country without permission from their … read more »
Bruce Thornton The hope that democracy would bloom in Egypt following our collusion in removing Hosni Mubarak looks more and more delusional every day. Even our foreign policy wishful thinkers are no longer peddling the canard that the Islamist Muslim … read more »
Posted in Article, Egypt, North Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, IndepthAfrica, Islam, Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, Sharia, United States
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The title of a recent Al Akhbarreport declares: “Morsi summons 3,000 jihadis from Afghanistan, Chechnya, Bosnia, Somalia and Iran to be an Islamic army to strike the police and army forces” of Egypt. According to the report, Ibrahim Ali, a … read more »
Posted in Article, Egypt, North Africa
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Tagged Egypt, Ibrahim Ali, IndepthAfrica, Islam, Islamization of Egypt, Middle East Forum, Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, Sharia
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SINCE MARCH, no fewer than four crises have shaken the foundations of Mali, West Africa’s landlocked heart. First, a military coup toppled the country’s democratically elected government and ended the exercise of civilian authority. Second, Libyan weapons and resources spilling … read more »
Posted in Article, Mali, West Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Bamako, Coup d'état, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Mali, Sharia, United States, West Africa
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By: Arab News, Khalid Alnowaiser I realize that this is another very sensitive subject, but I would like to make two important points in order to dispel any confusion or misunderstanding. When I discuss a matter having religious implications, I … read more »
Military forces of the African Union are ready to enter the north of Mali to suppress Islamist uprisings. The plan of the operation aimed at restoration of legitimate authority must be submitted to the UN by November 27. So far, … read more »
Bayo Olupohunda, Nigerian Punch Bayo Olupohunda | credits: In 2014, Nigeria will mark the centenary of the amalgamation of the Southern and Northern protectorates which gave birth to present day Nigeria. As a former colony of the British, the country … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria
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Tagged Action Group, Ahmadu Bello, Biafra, bokoharam, House of Chiefs, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Sharia, United States
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Amidst the unprecedented degree of mayhem Egypt is in today some may question whether the revolution was a disillusion, or even a fallacy that led nowhere. Was this what Egyptians had desired and hoped for? Had they known that this … read more »
Victim of extremismStoning adulterers is not “extremist”; it is Islamic law. The caliph Umar, one of Muhammad’s closest companions, even maintained that it was originally in the Qur’an: ‘Umar said, “I am afraid that after a long time has passed, … read more »
Posted in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somali, Sudan
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, Allah, IndepthAfrica, Muhammad, Rajm, Sharia, Somalia, Stoning, Umar
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By Nasser Mussa rom remote villages in Somalia to the U.S. Federal Court in Minneapolis, al-Shabab has garnered attention throughout the world as a terrorist group from the Horn of Africa. rom remote villages in Somalia to the U.S. Federal … read more »
Loud explosions and gunfire have rocked Nigeria’s northern city of Maiduguri, which has seen growing violence by the militant Islamist group Boko Haram. Details are unclear, but reports said at least 10 people had been killed, including several soldiers. A … read more »
Najmuddin A. SHAIKH The appearance on You Tube of the trailer of a movie called “Innocence of Muslims” received little attention when it was first uploaded. Subsequently however a version was uploaded which was dubbed in Arabic and which was … read more »
[View the story "Libya to swept out Islamist Militia: Live Updates" on Storify] Libya to swept out Islamist Militia: Live Updates
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Benghazi, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, Sharia, Tripoli, United States
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LIBYA IS inadvertently in turmoil. The civil-strife torn country, which was gradually becoming a hub for private militias, witnessed a jiff of fresh air as protesters tore down the offices of a jihadi organisation that was allegedly involved in the … read more »
Posted in Article, Libya, North Africa
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Tagged Benghazi, Christopher Stevens, Demographics of Libya, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Libya, Militia, Protest, Sharia
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