al Qaeda-linked militant seized Holy Quran Radio station in Somalia

Saturday in the Capital of Somalia an al Qaeda-linked militant movement has taken control of a radio station. The radio station was taken by the militants early this week and the weak central government claims the group is spreading propaganda from at least two radio stations, including Mogadishu’s Holy Quran radio, a private FM station,

Abdirahman Omar Osman, Somalia’s minister of information verbalized that “Al-Shabaab earlier this year looted private radio equipment to use in a station, We strongly condemn these acts. They want to silence the independent media with brutality and intolerance” Al-Shabaab, which has pledged allegiance to al Qaeda, controls much of southern Somalia and portions of Mogadishu.

The transitional government announced “Somalis in remote areas are not educated in the detail of Islam, They are vulnerable to radicalization and Al-Shabaab is intent on using radio as a means to impose their views and extreme interpretation of our faith and to brainwash the young men, women and children, especially in rural areas, where the number of educated people is limited. This is a serious issue as we see that the recent forced recruitment of young men and boys is occurring outside the capital Mogadishu” The Militants taking over the Holy Quran Radio station was labeled as “blatant crime.”

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