{"id":24596,"date":"2014-06-13T11:03:21","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T11:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=24596"},"modified":"2014-06-13T11:03:21","modified_gmt":"2014-06-13T11:03:21","slug":"somalias-al-shabab-militants-impose-dress-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=24596","title":{"rendered":"Somalia’s al-Shabab militants impose dress code"},"content":{"rendered":"

Somalia’s al-Shabab militants have rounded up around 100 women and ordered them to comply with a strict Islamic dress code or risk being whipped.<\/p>\n

The women were arrested in Buale, about 300km (185 miles) south-west of the capital, Mogadishu.<\/p>\n

BBC Somali analyst Mohamed Mohamed says it is rare for al-Shabab to carry out such mass arrests.<\/p>\n

The al-Qaeda-linked group controls much of southern and central parts of Somalia.<\/p>\n

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The women were arrested in the market, taken away and warned before being released.<\/p>\n

Because it was their first offence, they were not punished but they could be whipped in public if caught again.<\/p>\n

Our analyst says the temperature can reach 35C (95F) at this time of year and so many women preferred to wear lighter, traditional clothes than those approved by al-Shabab.<\/p>\n

The women were told to wear a\u00a0niqab, which covers all of their body and face, leaving just a small slit for their eyes.<\/p>\n

Al-Shabab, whose name means “The Youth” in Arabic, advocates the strict Saudi-inspired Wahhabi version of Islam.<\/p>\n

They have stoned to death people accused of committing adultery and amputated the hands of thieves.<\/p>\n

A UN-backed government, aided by African Union forces, has pushed al-Shabab out of the country’s main cities but it continues to stage deadly attacks there.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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