SOMALIA: Al Shabaab Forces Women to Listen Their Addresses

Date: 
Friday, January 14, 2011
Source: 
All Africa
Countries: 
Africa
Eastern Africa
Somalia
PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes: 
Human Rights

Mogadishu — Al shabaab movement continued imposing their strict orders on Somali women in IDPs camps just out side of Mogadishu.

Al shabaab fighters, who recently took over Afgoye corridor where hundreds of thousands of displaced Somali families, live, on Thursday imposed on Somali women to come to squares just out outside of Mogadishu city to listen their addresses talking about what they called the ongoing jihad in the capital.

A woman, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Shabelle media Network that al shabaab ordered all women to come out Fridays and Thursday in order to take part in listening Islamic lectures shedding a light on holly war against what al shabaab call invading African Christians and apostate government

She also indicated the women should wear full-length body coverings and yashmaks when coming to the lecture squares.