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No need to levy taxes

Islamists receive money from business people

Mohamed Abdi Farah

(SomaliNet) The council of Islamic Courts in the Somalia capital Mogadishu is receiving financial support for restoring the sanitation of the rubbish-filled city and also to secure peace and stability in the capital.

The business people in the Somalia capital Mogadishu have on Saturday donated around 300,000 dollars to council of Islamic Courts to speed up the establishment of security in the capital after 16 years of anarchy.

In large meeting held in Mogadishu today, the union of business people in Banadir province agreed to give financial support to Islamic Courts to help them paying the salaries of Islamic troops.

The leader of Banadir business union Abdikarin Gabeyre told the local media that the money contribution will be collected within 3 days.

He said today’s meeting was about to hearing reports by a business board designed for the tasks of collecting the contributions.

Meanwhile, the spokesman of the sanitation and beauty board of the Islamic Courts, Sheikh Suleiman revealed that businessmen of the communication companies in the capital have denoted 30,000 dollars to the Islamist authority in Banadir province.

In a news conference held in Mogadishu on Saturday, Sheikh Ahmed said the three biggest telecommunication firms, Hormud, Telcom and Nation Link offered cash to the board of city’s sanitation.

The spokesman thanked these business firms for their support to boast the public service.

On Friday, the committee of Somali outside community had donated 1,800 dollars to sanitation board to help cleaning in the capital.

Mogadishu peace march in pics:

This isn't a picture we're likely to see in our local newspapers. You'll understand what I mean if you read this article.

pictures of peace

Sheik Sharif vows to train young men for arms

pics

Somali Islamists seize key port

"We did not capture it, but we reached the people of Hobyo to bring them our message of peace," the officer told Agence France-Presse on condition of anonymity.

"The courts were welcomed by the people of Hobyo. This is a great gift from the mighty Allah, we thank him," a second senior Islamist official said.

Anecdotal evidence that the city of Marka might be very peaceful (?) though some posters on the somaliaonline say that the local warlord, Indho Ade, is a brutal tyrant. It seems that most of the posters on somaliaonline live in the diaspora.

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I was in Marka last summer & witnessed that they did have a Sharia court. I was amazed by how calm & peaceful the city was. Absolutely no gun totting criminals walking around, no looting or shooting. All thanks to Indhacade.

From the archives, this article shows a different aspect of Indho Ade's rule:

Somalia: Forcible demolition of business premises in Merca.

Marko - 29 Jan. 06 ( Sh.M.Network) Traders in the main market of Merca town have been forced to demolish their business premises after an order to do that was issued by the authority in what they call a drive to revamp the town.

This has caused a stand still in the whole business in Merca.
The traders in Merca have feared for the safety of their properties after they had been threatened with arrests, fine and forcible destruction to those who don't heed the order, by the authorities if not with their own hands with two days to go to the deadline, which ends 1st of January.

There is no replacement place for these traders to move their business.

Lower Shabelle Authority headed by the self styled governor, Yusuf Indho Ade issued a decree earlier this month which was ordering the illegal business stalls to be destroyed, mentioning that those with legal papers be spared.

The situation in Merca is tense with ongoing efforts by the business people to negotiate with the authority.

People in lower Shabelle region were already fed up with what the authorities term as a tax but people in the region and analysts believe that it is extortion money imposed on people by the warlords such as Yusuf Indho adde who rules fiefdoms in lower shabelle Region.