Mukhtar Robow, Addressing a rally in Baidoa after al-Shabaab seized the city, January 2009

Author
Mukhtar Robow
Date
Jan. 2009
Name of Author
Mukhtar Robow
Quote URL
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7854527.stm
Body

“We are informing all Somalis we want to rule with justice, and the almighty Allah's sharia law...We are informing Somalis we will not accept any man-made constitution. We will not accept it. We shall fight with anyone who opposes it." "Sharia Imposed at Somali MPs Base," BBC, January 27, 2009, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7854527.stm.

Rhetoric Category
Pro-Islamism
Threat
Al-Shabaab

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