The minister for justice of the Somali government has opposed the idea of reopening clan Islamic courts again in the capital Mogadishu, officials said on Sunday.
Lawmakers and clan elders from Haji Suleyman clan announced on Saturday they were planning to reopen Shikole Islamic court in Mogadishu.
The minister for justice of the Somali government, Sheik Abdirahman Mohamud Farah Janaqow, who held a press conference in his house in Mogadishu, said it was not a good idea to reopen clan Islamic courts in Mogadishu this time since the government is implementing the Islamic Sharia.
Minister for justiceJanaqow(file)
Sheik Abdirahman said opening courts is the work of the ministry for justice and that the ministry would soon start opening district courts in the country.
Separately, Imam Omar Moalin Abshir who attended Saturday’s meeting of Haji Suleyman clan said that the people had misunderstood the idea and that the government and the clan have the same aim of implementing Islamic Sharia in the country.
amsomalia@mareeg.com
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