Good article on draft Somalia constitution

[Voltage]

Very objective and informative writing from the Voice of America

Drafting Somalia's constitution opens debate on religion, law
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Voice of America

In a country torn apart by civil war, piracy and terrorism, many hope a new constitution will bring some amount of stability to Somalia....

http://reliefweb.int/node/486391

[qoraxeey]

[SOM1960]

Dr. J. Peter Pham

Before he became a so called "expert" on Somalia

[Shirib]

A gurti of elders assembling and dealing with issues of murder, rape, etc. and deciding on what should be a payoff and what not, is Islamic law. It's not something Somali's came up with on their own. Its Islamic law, diya is Islamic law.

[Cirwaaq]

"It is not our constitution and it's never going to be."