Viewing Of World Cup Banned In Somalia
| World Cup fever is all over Africa, but not in war-torn Somalia, where Islamic insurgents have declared the ongoing FIFA tournament sacrilegious.
The Al-Qaeda linked groups of Al-Shabaab and Hizbul Islam, which control most of southern Somalia and parts of the capital Mogadishu, have banned both public and private viewing of the tournament.
“We are warning all the youths of Somalia not to dare watch these World Cup matches,” Hizbul Islam spokesman Mohamed Abdi Aros told the BBC.
“It is a waste of money and time, and they will not benefit anything or get any experience by watching madmen jumping up and down.”
Offenders will be given 30 strokes in public.
Already two fans have died in an attack and dozens others arrested when they were caught secretly watching the Argentina-Nigeria game last Saturday.
According to AfricaNews, some diehard Somali football supporters are risking their lives to sneak into the government-controlled territories where the directive does not prevail. |
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| Source: Goal |
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