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“Somalia, one of the most impoverished countries in the world, has seen a number of radical Islamist groups come and go in its decades-long political tumult [since 1991]” (Masters, “Al-Shabab”). In recent years and still today, an al-Qaeda-linked group, Al-Shabab, has grown into a full-fledged movement for establishment of Somalia under Islamic Rule and still continues to enforce their own harsh interpretation of Sharia Law. Also in recent years, the United States, UN forces, and local authorities has made attempts to stop Al-Shabab, which weren’t very successful: What other leadership principles of Gandhi’s could the Somalia Government and Non-Government Organizations adhere to, to lead Somalia and neighboring countries to peace?
During the 1990s a radical group named Al-Ittihad Al Islamic (AIAI) formed from a group of Middle Eastern Somali extremist. They were funded and armed by chief of Al-Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden. Many of their fighters went over to the country and fought in Afghanistan after the Ethiopian army got rid of them. Later in 2003, AIAI decided to create a new political front and youth militia, Al-Shabab, in which they then joined forces in alliance with the sharia courts, also known as Islamic Courts Union (ICU). Simultaneously, the youth militia was in battle in efforts to conquer Mogadishu’s, capital of Somalia, rivals. Finally in June 2006, Al-Shabab and the sharia courts gained control of the capital. Out of fear, its neighboring country, Ethiopia, led forces to invade Somalia and remove the Islamic Courts Union from power. In retaliation, al-Shabab remained in the south where it began organizing strategic attacks such as bombings and assassinations on Ethiopian forces. “During these years” “the group morphed ...
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