December 7, 2006
World Briefing | Africa
Somalia: Pray or Die, Town Tells Residents
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Residents of Bulo Burto who do not pray five times a day will be beheaded, an Islamic courts official said. The edict, which takes effect on Saturday, also orders the closing of shops and tea houses in the town, 124 miles northeast of the capital, during prayer time. Violators “will definitely be beheaded according to Islamic law,” said Sheik Hussein Barre Rage, chairman of the town’s Islamic court.