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Somalia: Top Sheikhs Under Fire Over Women's Basketball Ban
Radio Dalsan, 23 December 2016
An Islamic Fatwa banning a women's national basketball tournament that kicked off in Garowe on Thursday has raised protests on social media. Somalis on Twitter criticised the… Read more »
Somali Clerics Under Fire for Women Basketball Ban
The banning of a womens national basketball tournament that kicked off in Garowe has sparked protests on social media, with citizens criticising the Council of Islamic Clerics for issuing a fatwa with no base in Islamic Shariah.
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Somalia: Clerics Warn Women Against Playing Basketball
VOA, 23 December 2016
A group of an influential Somali clerics have warned women against playing basketball, describing it as, “unIslamic" and a "threat to their faith." Read more »
