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Al-Shabaab Clan Politics

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Well, i wont post the info here since its got 2 many clan names in it (ama law abidding sol citizen..lol) so u check it down at the link below.

 

lil summary: Clan identity and Islam are central pillars of Somali society, with clan dynamics and inter-clan rivalries magnified by decades of state collapse. Al-Shabaab - the dominant Islamist militia controlling much of southern and central Somalia - claims to “transcend clan politics,” yet reality on the ground belies this claim, revealing that al-Shabaab seeks to manipulate local clan alliances and remains deeply influenced by clan politics. This analysis shows that despite al-Shabaab’s hard-line Islamist identity and pro-al-Qaeda rhetoric, many aspects of the group’s past and current behavior remain deeply rooted in Somalia’s local dynamics. Moreover, clan rules apply even to Somalia’s most feared Islamists

 

 

 

http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=38628&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=7&cHash=a0666c03f5e415a6625cd6b5c28e146b

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