Somalis Urge Muslims Worldwide To Join Jihad

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Somali Islamists urged foreign Muslim fighters today to join their "holy war" against Ethiopia after days of heavy fighting between Islamist and pro-government troops (hat tip: Jihad Watch). The Islamists and pro-Somali government fighters have been firing artillery and rockets at each other across frontlines since Tuesday, killing dozens and wounding hundreds. "Our country is open to Muslims worldwide. Let them fight in Somalia and wage jihad, and God willing, attack Addis Ababa," said Islamisti defense chief Yusuf Mohamed Siad "Inda'ade". The most sustained fighting to date between the two sides has heightened fears of a major regional war that would suck in Horn of Africa rivals Ethiopia and Eritrea. Diplomats fear the Somali conflict could also trigger suicide bombings in east Africa.

Ethiopia poured scorn on the Islamists' call for international support from foreign jihadists, saying it proved the "extremism" of a movement that the Ethiopian government accuses of being run by militants linked to al Qaeda. The African Union added its voice on Saturday to U.N. and Western condemnation of the fighting and urged both sides to resume peace talks.

This week's combat started after Tuesday's expiration of a deadline that the Somalia Islamic Courts Council (SICC) had given Ethiopian troops protecting the government to leave the country or face war. The SICC accuses Christian-led Ethiopia, a U.S. ally in its war on terrorism, of invading Somalia and has said it would wage holy war against the Horn of Africa power.


My response: It is bad enough that Arab Muslims occupy vast tracts of Africa - a longtime occupation that very few folks will highlight, while folks whine bad nauseum about Israel's tiny sliver of real estate in the Middle East. Now black Muslims are advancing the interests of Arab Muslim jihadists and forcing Arab Muslim cultural values on black folks (e.g., Somalia's new entertainment rule, with no dancing or music....that is definitely foreign to black cultures), on our ancestral continent. Wonderful.

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