
Somali Islamists issue blanket ban on movies
MOGADISHU (AFP) – Islamists controlling southern Somalia on Saturday banned watching DVDs or movies on television and said raids would be conducted to catch offenders, who would then be severely punished."Watching films is totally banned, even indoors," Sheikh Mowlid Ahmed, a security forces commander in the port city of Kismayo said in a statement.
"People are allowed to use their home televisions only to watch news on such channels such as Al-Jazeera," he added.The Islamists have already shut down cinemas in 2006 in areas under their control."Raids will be carried out on homes of people suspected of illegally watching films and if found guilty, they will face punishment," Ahmed said...more..http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090613/ennew_afp/somaliaentertainmentbanfilm_20090613191437
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