Somalia’s Religious Affairs Ministry Prohibits Use of The Name Al-Shabaab, Asks Public to Refer Militant Group as ‘Khawarij’

Somalia’s Religious Affairs Ministry issued a statement prohibiting the use of the name Al-Shabaab that means ‘the youth’ in Arabic. Instead, the Religious Affairs Ministry it asked Somalia citizens to refer to the callous militant group as ‘Khawarij’, a derogatory term meaning a deviant sect. The Somali government through the order of President Hassan Sheikh...