Christopher Holton [Vice President for Administration, Marketing & Development, Center for Security Policy]: "The imposition of Sharia in Somalia will not bring about stability, unless of course by ...

Ultimately Shari‘a, Inshallah’ s insights demonstrate how Sharia, like any form of religion or law, can be used to either uphold or struggle against systems of oppression. And international law ...

Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed said Saturday he will give in to a rebel demand that he impose Islamic law, or sharia, in an effort to halt fighting between Somali forces and Islamic ...

What drives Al-Shabaab in Somalia: foreign forces out, Sharia law in and overthrow the government In response to external, and at times internal, pressure, Al-Shabaab’s insurgency in Somalia has ...

Somali Islamists seized more territory near Mogadishu overnight, ... Tuesday, as their hardline Islamist leader said he was would negotiate with the government but it must accept Islamic law. ...

Responding to those who claim that sharia fuels much of Somalia’s violence and political instability, Massoud argues that Islamic law instead holds the key to rebuilding the political order in the ...

Hundreds of people rallied in support of the Islamic sharia law in the Somali capital on Sunday, a day after the parliament approved a measure to introduce it.

Mogadishu - Two French agents kidnapped in Somalia will be tried soon under Islamic Sharia law for aiding "the enemies of Allah", an official of the hardline Shebab rebel group holding them said ...

Somalia's hardline Islamist insurgent group al Shabaab introduced sharia law in Baidoa on Tuesday, a day after taking the town that had been a government stronghold and seat of parliament.

Commonly translated as Islamic law, Sharia is a broad set of ethical ... Muslims "can find support for almost everything" in Sharia, a Somali activist reminded me. It's just that women "have ...

Al-Shabaab additionally opposes the United Arab Emirates’ economic interests in Somali ports and military bases. Implementing its own version of Sharia (Islamic law) has remained a pillar of Al ...

Analysis - In response to external - and at times internal - pressure, Al-Shabaab's insurgency in Somalia has evolved over time. So have its motivations and goals.