Thursday, February 26, 2009

Somalia: Al-Islah Calls for Somalis to Stop Fighting

Sheik Abdirahman Mo'allin Ali, the spokesman of the Islamic Organization of Al-islah has Wednesday called for the warring sides to stop the fighting which is going on in the Somali capital Mogadishu.

Sheik Abdirahman who is in the Kenyan capital Nairobi suggested for both warring sides to end their differences through dialogue saying to exchange weapon is better that to talk to gather to reach peace and solution.

"It is very important to support the peace process going on in Mogadishu and it is wrong to look the bleeding civilians of Somalia. So we are saying to the Somali people to support the peace process and reconciliation," the spokesman said.

On the other hand the chairman of Hawiye traditional elders Mr. Mohamed Hasan Haad also has called for the forces fighting in Mogadishu to stop the fighting and asserted that fighting is not important at the moment urging them to give full support to the peace efforts going in the country.

Mr. Haad said that they had a promise that the African Union peacekeepers AMISOM will leave from whole the country and suggested to the Somalis to respect the deadline and halt the fighting to save the civilians

The calls of both the Islamic Organization of Al-islah and Hawiye traditional elders comes as fresh fighting restarted in the Somali capital Mogadishu early on Wednesday morning.

Source: AllAfrica.com

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