Islamist's Defeat Is Somalia's Loss ?
Consider this analogy. Mogadishu, Somalia and surrounding areas are like an American slum or blighted-urban area. The warlords in Somalia are like the rival gangs in American crime hot spots. They both deal in drugs, commit murders, rob, rape and sell protection to the "civilians" caught in the crossfire. These dismal facts have persisted in Somalia since 1991.
In 2006, The Somalia Islamic Courts Council ran the warlords out of Mogadishu. The ICC then administered Islamic Sharia Law. Drugs were banned. Rapes, murders and robberies nosedived because of the law's enforcement. Businessmen and residents liked and supported the legal paradigm. Now the ICC is gone because of C.I.A. backing of Ethiopia.
But absent the terrorist wing of Muslim law, couldn't criminal hotspots in America benefit from Sharia Law or some such discipline?
In 2006, The Somalia Islamic Courts Council ran the warlords out of Mogadishu. The ICC then administered Islamic Sharia Law. Drugs were banned. Rapes, murders and robberies nosedived because of the law's enforcement. Businessmen and residents liked and supported the legal paradigm. Now the ICC is gone because of C.I.A. backing of Ethiopia.
But absent the terrorist wing of Muslim law, couldn't criminal hotspots in America benefit from Sharia Law or some such discipline?
Labels: blighted urban areas, law enforcement by way of religion, sharia law
posted by Barry Leonardini at 8:35 AM
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