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Somalia: Dissension in the Al Islah group 24 May 2013
An end is in sight to the deep gulf that since last year has grown between two rival groups in the Al Islah movement, the Somalian counterpart of the Muslim Brotherhood. The faction led by four of Al Islah`s five founders, namely the group`s leader Sheikh Mohamed Ahmed Nur aka Garyare (Sheekhal), Mohamed Yusuf Hassan (Sheekhal), Ahmed Rashid Hanafi (Hawadle) and Abdallah Mohamed Abdallah (Reer Aw-Hassan), merged with the Islamist group Damul Jadid on 21 April. The latter is itself the fruit of a split in Al Islah in 2004 and is very influential with the current government in Mogadishu...
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