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Kenya: Muslims Urge Action On Somalia
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The East African Standard (Nairobi)
27 April 2008
Posted to the web 28 April 2008
Beauttah Omanga
Nairobi
Muslims have urged President Kibaki to rally African leaders in seeking a lasting solution to the mayhem in Somalia.
The leaders accused the African Union and the UN of failing to take action as innocent citizens were killed in the Horn of Africa nation.
National Muslims Leaders Forum Chairman, Mr Abdulahi Abdi, claimed foreign troops had held captive 40 Somali citizens whom they were torturing.
In a signed statement, the officials, who had called a press conference at Nairobi's Jamia Mosque, accused the Ethiopian army of abusing the rights of Somali Muslims by bombing and storming mosques.
"Last month, the Ethiopian army stormed a mosque in Somalia and killed 21 people including eight sheiks. Their acts are a desecration of holy places of worship," said Abdi.
"The soldiers also stormed a hospital and killed patients before looting drugs and other medical equipment. They further ambushed a madrassa and abducted 40 children."
The leaders demanded the immediate withdrawal of the Ethiopian troops from Somalia to give room for dialogue between the warring communities and political forces.
He said the Somali should be given an opportunity to determine how best they wanted to govern themselves.
Abdi said the "killers" should be arrested and charged in The Hague.
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They also called for the unconditional release of allegedly abducted children.
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