Saturday, October 14, 2006

Editorial - Silencing the watchdog
By Bashir Goth

After banning music, concerts, cinemas, home videos, mixed gender singing in wedding ceremonies and even watching international sports on satellite television, the Islamist clerics in Mogadishu have now decided to deprive the Somali people of their last window of freedom, the free press.

In an attempt to create a supine media that applauds their onslaught on the freedoms of the people, the Wahhabist-oriented Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) have proposed draconian regulations aimed at purging the press of telling the truth. The war-weary and famine ravaged Somali people could not help but to turn a blind eye to the Islamists initial encroachments on their personal freedoms. Well, yes, singing is the nemesis of hunger in Africa, it alleys fear at times of war and entertains the hungry at times of famine, but the Somali people may have thought that relinquishing their right to sing might not be that disastrous if the Islamists were going to bring them real peace and real food. READ MORE On Awdalnews Network.

1 comment:

  1. Anonymous8:53 AM

    Dear Sir! My name is Bostjan Videmsek, journalist from Slovenia. I'm writing an article about Somalia and would like to make a short interview with you tonight or tomorrow morning. I really like your work. Hopefuly it is possible.
    Tnx,
    Bostjan mobile: 0038631446514

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