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Somalia’s Islamist Militia Bans Soccer

Somalia’s Islamist Militia Bans Soccer

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May 23, 2011
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Somalia’s militant Islamist militia has ordered youth in a town near the capital Mogadishu to stop playing soccer and watching matches on television and to attend mosque prayers and lessons about jihad instead, according to Africa Review.
The publication quoted a resident in Afgoye, 30 kilometers southwest of Mogadishu, as saying that youth were afraid o…

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