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Islamists Lift Curfew On Mogadishu

Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)
NEWS
November 19, 2006
Posted to the web November 20, 2006

By Aweys Osman Yusuf
Mogadishu
The curfew imposed on the capital Mogadishu on Thursday was finally over as
Islamists' information secretary Abdiahman Mudey has announced the end curfew
on Mogadishu Sunday.
The curfew came after demonstrations staged against Islamic Courts in the
capital by Khad (a narcotic leaf) consumers and sellers who opposed burning
Khad worth nearly two hundred thousand dollars.
One person was dead in the demonstrations.
Abdirahman Mudey accused president Abdulahi Yusuf and Premier Ali Mohammed Gedi
of orchestrating the protests that took place in Mogadishu Bar Ubah
neighborhood after bundles of Khad filled in sacks were set on fire by
Islamists.
"The Islamic Courts managements have met and agreed to lift the curfew on
Mogadishu", Mudey said, adding the Khad was like the wine which is taboo in
Islam. "Khad can not be sold, consumed or transported to all areas administered
by the Islamic Courts".
He harshly blamed president Yusuf and premier Gedi for paying funds to
destabilize the capital under Islamist control. "Abdulahi Yusuf and Gedi were
to blame for the Khad imported at Mogadishu's airport after we burned the first
one", he said.
Conflicts of the government and Islamists have mounted following the collapse
of peace talks that were supposed to open in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on
30 October but failed before it opened after both groups couldnot compromise
conditions over who would mediate the talks.


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