Somalia — Somali MPs and scholars from Haji Suleiman clan have agreed to reopen their former Islamic Court in Shirkole in Hodan district in the Somali capital Mogadishu, official said on Sunday.

Both the Somali transitional MPs and the scholars of Haji Suleiman tribe held a meeting in the centre of Shirkole Islamic Court in Hodan district in Mogadishu on Saturday and had agreed to reopen the court to work once again in the district adding that the court will be under the administration of the transitional government of Somalia.

Abdi Mohamed Abtidoon, a Somali MP from Haji Suleiman tribe told the media that many officers from the Islamic Courts Union had attended the meeting and said they agreed to restore all the centers of the Sharia laws.

Ahmed Dirie Ali, the spokesman of Hawiye traditional elders attended the meeting and called for the Somali people to end their differences through dialogue and solve the conflicts between the Somali people.

Shirkole Islamic Court was one the Union of the Islamic Courts that ruled much of south and central Somalia in second half of 2006 before they were routed by the Ethiopian troops.

Somali president Sharif Sheik Ahmed was the leader of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU).

The move comes as Hawiye Traditional Elders recently called for the people in the capital to form local security forces in every district in the Somali capital Mogadishu.

Source: Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)

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