Somalia

Sheikh Omar Iman Abu Bakar was ousted as the leader of Hizbul Islam for breaking the rules of the party; Sheikh Mohamed Hassan Amey is the group’s new leader. Fighters from Hizbul Islam destroyed graves of Sufi Muslims in Bakol as the graves are “un-Islamic.” Somalia™s prime minister regretted the information minister’s call for more foreign troops.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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