Mogadishu — Al-Shabaab, one of the Islamist movements opposing the Somali government yesterday decreed a total ban on Somali-speaking Universal TV.
The group accused the London-based broadcaster, widely viewed in Somalia, of showing cartoons negatively depicting Prophet Mohammed.In the decree issued in Mogadishu, the top Council of Al-Shabaab quoted verses of the Koran (Muslims' Holy Book) explaining the punishment to be faced by anybody undermining Prophet Mohammed a result, the movement described Universal TV as a tool used by non-Muslims to undermine Islam.
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