Here yet again we see the governments of Africa either powerless against jihad groups, or unwilling to stop them. The Somali government launched “total war” on al-Shabaab last year. Yet this just happened, and it was only one of the recent jihad attacks. “A car bombing struck a meat market in central Somalia. Six people […]
Somalia: 10-year-old girl dies after female genital mutilation, Islamic groups oppose criminalizing the practice
Lawmakers are “afraid of losing their political clout among the all-powerful conservative traditional and religious groups bent at retaining the practice.” Who are these “religious groups” that are bent on retaining the practice? They are Islamic groups. FGM is mandated in Islamic law: “Circumcision is obligatory (for every male and female) (by cutting off the […]