Somalis live on Tuesday with a ban in a long list imposed by the regime of terror of Al Shabab, the acolytes of Al Qaeda in Somalia. Islamic radicals who control the central and southern Somalia have just banned the Somalis who smoke cigarettes or chew qat (like hallucinogenic leaf of the coca leaf which is widely spread throughout the country) in the district of Afgoye, a few kilometers south of Mogadishu, the capital, an area controlled by Al Shabab.
Any person who violates the new rule, or engaged in the sale of snuff or other products, will face 30 days in jail and a fine that could reach three million Somali shillings (1,500 euros), said on Monday Sheikh Aby Ramla, head of information department of the radicals, Afgoye market. Local media say the ban also includes the use of qat, a local road that is highly prevalent among ordinary Somalis and among other criminals such as pirates, who control the Somali coast and parts are allied with the Islamists to the distribution of millionaires rescues international shippers forced to pay to release their boats.
It is not the first time the radical Al-Shabab which could reach a thousand in all Somalia-Somali surprise the ban completely everyday realities and events in the country. Last summer, after the conclusion of the World Cup in South Africa, the banned Islamist Somalis see football matches at the West consider it a distraction contrary to the precepts of Islam.
In the past, the Islamists have banned music, dance or wear a bra, a garment-regarded western-only serves to seduce the opposite sex. The Al Shabab, which the United States says has ties to the international network of Al-Qaeda has managed to control large areas of territory in southern Somalia, where it faces the Somali transitional federal government since the fall of the Islamic Courts in 2006.
Even nearly half of the districts of Mogadishu, the capital, are controlled by radicals who allegedly would receive help from foreign fighters. The group, which has imposed a radical version of Islamic law or sharia, the state seeks to impose a radical Islamic Wahhabi cutting across the Horn of Africa, without effective government for two decades. 
Any person who violates the new rule, or engaged in the sale of snuff or other products, will face 30 days in jail and a fine that could reach three million Somali shillings (1,500 euros), said on Monday Sheikh Aby Ramla, head of information department of the radicals, Afgoye market. Local media say the ban also includes the use of qat, a local road that is highly prevalent among ordinary Somalis and among other criminals such as pirates, who control the Somali coast and parts are allied with the Islamists to the distribution of millionaires rescues international shippers forced to pay to release their boats.
It is not the first time the radical Al-Shabab which could reach a thousand in all Somalia-Somali surprise the ban completely everyday realities and events in the country. Last summer, after the conclusion of the World Cup in South Africa, the banned Islamist Somalis see football matches at the West consider it a distraction contrary to the precepts of Islam.
In the past, the Islamists have banned music, dance or wear a bra, a garment-regarded western-only serves to seduce the opposite sex. The Al Shabab, which the United States says has ties to the international network of Al-Qaeda has managed to control large areas of territory in southern Somalia, where it faces the Somali transitional federal government since the fall of the Islamic Courts in 2006.
Even nearly half of the districts of Mogadishu, the capital, are controlled by radicals who allegedly would receive help from foreign fighters. The group, which has imposed a radical version of Islamic law or sharia, the state seeks to impose a radical Islamic Wahhabi cutting across the Horn of Africa, without effective government for two decades.
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