Somalians ban Jedward and Crystal Swing...

Donkey Oaty

...and indeed all forms of music.

A couple of extracts from the BBC report:

Most radio stations in Somalia have stopped playing music, on the orders of Islamist Hizbul-Islam insurgents who say that songs are un-Islamic.

The stations said they had to comply with the ban as if they did not, they would be putting their lives at risk.
The BBC correspondent in Somalia says this latest order has strong echoes of the Taliban in Afghanistan.
In the past, militants in some areas have banned watching films and football and forced men to grow beards.
Somalia has not had a functioning central government since 1991 and the Islamist militants control large parts of its territory.
The transitional government - backed by African Union troops and UN funds - controls only a small part of the capital, Mogadishu.

"We are using other sounds such as gunfire, the noise of the vehicles and birds to link up our programmes and news" - Tusmo radio's Abdulahi Yasin Jama

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8617627.stm

MaybeLogic

You'll probably still get to hear them on pirate radio.

Good they're feckin mongs anyway.
Somalia leads the way!

wicklowwonder

Pirate radio......

Danbo!

only in somalia :rolleyes:

Stercus Accidit

The world is full of retards.

Riamfada

unislamic? How about un-human.

brummytom

We are using other sounds such as gunfire

A fine alternative...

fontanalis

The Afghanistan of Africa, what a sh*thole!

My name is URL

It's not even worth forming an opinion over this stuff anymore..

GLaDOS

brummytom wrote: »

A fine alternative...

I imagine it's supposed to blend in with the background noise

bonerm

Stercus Accidit wrote: »

The world is full of retards.

.... and now Somalia won't have to listen to them.

Yakult

The rest of the world should follow example.

Minstrel27

R_H_C_P wrote: »

The rest of the world should follow example.

Even the Red Hot Chilli Peppers? That would be a good idea.

ItsAWindUp

Do Ryanair fly to Somalia?

Rud

i wish Ireland would ban Crystal Swing and Jedward.....and Snow Patrol and Westlife and Glen Hansard and the whole Irish country western scene and the whole Irish trad scene

orourkeda

There was I thinking that Somalians were backwards.

Somalia I salute you.

RMD

ItsAWindUp wrote: »

Do Ryanair fly to Somalia?

Buy a ticket to Somalia and the airport would probably be in Kenya knowing them lot.

super_furry

Man seriously, **** organised religion.

donkey balls

ItsAWindUp wrote: »

Do Ryanair fly to Somalia?

no but they do have a lot of ships going into their port:D i heard

nehpets10

Rud wrote: »

i wish Ireland would ban Crystal Swing and Jedward.....and Snow Patrol and Westlife and Glen Hansard and the whole Irish country western scene and the whole Irish trad scene

Just don't listen to them?

amacachi

Sharia Law for Ireland is starting to sound like a good idea.

Thomas828

What can I say? TO HELL WITH RADICAL ISLAM AND TO HELL WITH ALL THE MEN WHO ENFORCE IT!

Sofaspud

In the past, militants in some areas have banned watching films and football and forced men to grow beards.

Is it just me, or did anyone else picture a militant holding a gun to a man's head, shouting "GROW BEARD NOW!!!"

old_aussie

Come on, those peaceful, kind, fun loving and caring Muslim Extremists wouldn't do something like stopping the Somali people from playing music. You people must be reading a misprint by the newspapers.

Now the pirates will operate with Islamic protection, after all they have to raise funds somehow. Virgins don't come cheap.