Somali Rebels Ban Ringtones, Like Captain Pugwash
by Anorak | 7th, November 2009
MORE from those Somali gameshow fantatics and breast enthusiasts of al Shabaab – not Muslim:
Sacdiyo Sheeq used to love listening to Bollywood movie songs on her mobile telephone.
But since hardline al Shabaab insurgents seized the southern Somali port of Kismayu, the 25-year-old’s life has changed.
“Al Shabaab wants our ringtones to be only a Muslim cleric reading the Hadith or Koranic verse,” she told Reuters.
“I used to listen to my favorite Indian songs on my cell phone, but now I have just thrown that memory away.”
Can they read it in the style of Kenneth Williams reading the Shipping Forecast? Or this one, for all the pirates out there:
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