somali talaban Cabinet Ministers endorse Implementing Sharia Law

MOGADISHU --Somalia's talaban council of ministers has unanimously endorsed the implementing of Sharia in Somalia, officials said on Tuesday. The talaban cabinet meeting chaired by UN technocrat Prime Minster Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke was discussed ways of implementing Sharia law. The information minister, Farhan Ali Mohamud said the ministers have been discussing the proposal for three hours and agreed the imposition of Islamic Law in the country. talaban President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed recently agreed to institute Sharia in response to rebel demands. He said that they will send the proposal to parliament. The parliament will discuss to accept the proposal. talabanPresident Sharif Sheik Ahmed accepted a proposal by local and foreign religious leaders for a truce with hard-line Islamists and the implementation of Sharia. The religious leaders mediated between the government and its foes that escalated their onslaught against the new president, who was elected on January 31