Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed

Shariah in Lawless Somalia

Abukar Arman | Posted 10.13.2009 | World

Read More: Al-Shabab, Shariah, Governance, Somalia, Hizbul-Islam, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Religion and Politics, Islamic Law, Tfg, World News

Can lawless Somalia be governed by Shariah? It depends! The Somali people are desperate for a government and indeed a system of governance that they can invest their trust in.

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Somalia, Al Qaeda Haven, To Be Obama's New Afghanistan: CSM

Christian Science Monitor | Posted 09.07.2009 | World

The Horn of Africa is a hotbed of pirates, Islamic radicals, warlords, refugees, and, lately, foreign armies trying to influence this killing field. T...

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Somalia's "State" of Emergency An International Affair

Andrew Belonsky | Posted 07.26.2009 | World

Read More: Religion, Islam, Al-Qaeda, Pakistan, Somalia, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Pirates, Al Shabaab, Siad Barre Yemen, Terrorism, State Department, Kenya, State of Emergency, World News, World News

Somalis are given two alluring choices: join the Islamists' fight or head to the high seas. There's no state to either welcome them or be aligned with.

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Somalia Refugees Flee Mogadishu By The Thousands

Al Jazeera English | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

Read More: Somali Insurgents, Somalia Violence, Somalia Insurgency, Mogadishu, Somalia Insurgence, Somali Insurgency, Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Somalia Terrorists, Somalia, Somali Refugees, Somalia Refugees, Advocacy, World News

Thousands of people have fled the Somali capital Mogadishu amid escalating fighting between government forces and opposition fighters....

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Ethiopian Troops Back In Somalia

Christian Science Monitor | Posted 07.23.2009 | World

Read More: Somali Insurgents, Somalia Violence, Ethiopia, Somali Insurgency, Ethiopian Troops Somalia, Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Somalia Terrorists, Somalia, Advocacy, World News

With or without an international mandate, Ethiopian forces have entered Somali territory to back up a fast-failing Somali government....

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Somalia State Of Emergency Declared By President

AP | Posted 07.23.2009 | World

Read More: Somalia, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Somalia State of Emergency, Somalia Violence, Somali Insurgents, Somalia Terrorists, World News

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A court run by an extremist Islamic group sentenced four Somali men on Monday to each have a hand and a leg cut off for all...

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War in Somalia: Protecting Somaliland's Peace Should Be a Priority

Nicole Stremlau | Posted 06.15.2009 | World

Read More: Dahir Aweys, Al-Shabab, Hisbul Islam, Mogadishu, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Somaliland, African Union, Al Qaeda, World News

Somalilanders rightly pride themselves on succeeding without international intervention and they do not take their accomplishment of peace lightly but they may yet face one of their greatest tests.

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Somali President Ahmed Enacts Islamic Sharia Law; Insurgency Continues

Voice Of America | Posted 06.14.2009 | World

Read More: Religion, Somalia Government, Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Somalia Islamic Insurgents, Somalia Islamist Insurgents, Somalia, Advocacy, Sharia, Somalia Sharia, Mogadishu-Somalia, World News

As Islamist insurgents continued an assault on government forces in Mogadishu, President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed signed a bill late Wednesday enacting Isl...

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Somali Insurgents Vow To Topple Government

AP | MOHAMED SHEIKH NOR | Posted 06.13.2009 | World

Read More: Somalia, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Somali Insurgents, Somali Insurgency, Somalia Government, Al-Shabab, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Mogadishu, Somalia Violence, Somalia Islamic Insurgents, Somalia Islamist Insurgents, World News

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Pro-government militias and Islamic insurgents battled in Somalia's capital Wednesday for a fourth day, as an insurgent lea...

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The Perils of Intervening in Somalia

Nicole Stremlau | Posted 05.17.2009 | World

Read More: Foreign Aid, Al-Shabab, Minnesota, Islamic Courts Union, Somaliland, Somalia, Africa, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Mogadishu, US Foreign Policy, Pirates, Djibouti, Abdullahi Yusuf, Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia Pirates, Somali Pirates, World News

International collaboration and mutual understanding are key, as Somalia's concerns are best addressed from a Somali perspective.

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Somali Cabinet Backs President's Plan To Implement Sharia Law

BBC | Posted 04.10.2009 | World

Read More: Shariah, Somalia Government, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Somalia, Sharia Law, Sharia, Somalia Sharia, World News

The cabinet in Somalia has endorsed a proposal by President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed to implement Islamic law in the country....

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Somalia's Online Identity Crisis

Nicole Stremlau | Posted 04.07.2009 | World

Read More: Al-Shabab, Ethiopia, Somalia Government, Somaliland, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Youtube, Somalia Websites, Somalia, US Foreign Policy, Puntland, Media, World News

As the internationally recognized leader of Somalia, Sheikh Sharif has the major communications challenge of selling his government both internally and externally.

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