Here's an interview with a high-ranking official of the Islamic Courts who lived for a time in Canada.

And here's a story about Mogadishu and the courts.

Ahmed, like Aweys, answers each question with a smile first — a knowing one that seems to say he anticipated what would be asked. "We're very sorry to say we don't know very much about the Taliban, so cannot say if we're like them or dislike them. We just know we've changed the way it is here."