Deeq A. Posted February 23, 2020 EDITORIAL. The SIDRA Policy Brief on youth radicalisation in Somalia contains an implausible theory about motivations of young Somalis who join Al-shabaab. SIDRA argues that youths from Puntland join the group for ideological reasons whereas Al-shabaab recruits young men from other parts of Southern Somalia for empowerment goals. Ideology is defined as a set of dominant ideas in society or a way to conceal how power is exercised. The distinction SIRDA draws between between the two sets of “motivations” pays no attention to what young recruits do once they join the proscribed group to advance interests of the terrorist organisation. Guled Salah Barre: Will he defend or retract SIDRA Policy Brief? New recruits gather intelligence, support assassination squads, assassinate identified targets, collect “tax” from businesses or identity potential recruits in the community. In 2016 Al-shabaab fighters who launched the foiled attack against Puntland recruited In South-central and Southern, inter-riverine regions. Mr Guled Salah Barre, the founder and the Executive Director of SIDRA, is the Chairperson of Transitional Puntland Electoral Commission. He was a Minister under the administration of Dr Abdiweli Mohamed Ali. It is the responsibility of Guled to defend or retract the misleading information in SIDRA Policy Brief about Puntlanders in general and Puntland youths in particular. Once a young man becomes radicalised there is no doubt that commitment to ideals and goals of the terror group he had joined is uppermost in his mind. © Puntland Post, 2020 The post SIDRA AND AL-SHABAAB IDEOLOGY appeared first on Puntland Post. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
