Sharia Alert, and Somalia Jihad Update from Shabelle Media Network: “Somalia: We Accept No Constitution Other Than Islamic – Islamic Courts”
Somalia’s Union of Islamic Courts has indicated on Wednesday that the Islamists are never intending to make a deal with the Somalia federal government led by President Abdulahi Yusuf over [a] non-Islamic constitution.
This comes during what are ostensibly “peace talks” being held in Khartoum (of all places), though the Union of Islamic Courts is clearly not there to seek a compromise.
Islamic Courts’ first vice chairperson A/Rahman Mohomood Jinikow said, “We will only approve a constitution based on theology, because an Islamic constitution is the only one that serves all of us justly”.
Mr. Jinikow told Shabelle Radio in Mogadishu the government’s current man-written constitution has nothing to do with Islam
“Secular constitution, whether it is democratic or any other, is never fair and right, and Muslims have only one constitution which is entirely based on Allah’s Kora’n that will avail all Muslims in the world now and the Hereafter”, Sheik Jinikow
said.
The Union of Islamic Courts has always stated that they would govern Somalia with the Islamic Shara’ih.
The Islamic Courts supreme council leader Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys previously said an agreement with the Somali government depends on their acceptance of the Islamic constitution.
The news came when the Islamists and the government had agreed on integration of their forces only if basic standing issues are in place in their second phase of talks.
The third phase of the talks is expected to take place on October 30, while the discussions are anticipated to concentrate on power sharing.