MOGADISHU, March 23 — The Hezbul Islam (Islamic Party), one of the two major insurgent groups in Somalia, on Monday sacked its leader Dr. Omar Iman Abu Bakar after accusing him of incompetence and going against the recent edicts of the pro-government Islamic scholars.
After being formed early in February by a coalition of Islamist insurgent groups against the Somali government, the Hezbul Islam soon waged a two-day deadly clashes against government forces and African Union peacekeepers in Mogadishu late last month.
Senior leaders of the group said the fighting by its forces was contrary to the edicts issued by influential prominent Islamic scholars in Somalia, which stipulated that violence should be stopped to give the government time to implement the Islamic sharia law in Somalia and to ask AU forces to withdraw from the country. ...more..http://somaliswiss.wordpress.com/2009/03/23/islamist-group-in-somalia-sacks-leader-dr-omar-iman-abu-bakar-after-accusing-him-of-incompetence%E2%80%A6/
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