SOMALIA BANS CITIZEN FROM CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS

The Somali Government has banned celebration of Christian festivities in the country, reports GHANA WEB.

The Director General of the Somali Ministry of Justice and Religious Affairs , Sheikh Mohamed Khayrow Aden, and the Director of the Religious Matters, Sheikh Ali Sheikh Mohamud alias Sheikh Ali Dhere, held a press conference on Tuesday in the capital Mogadishu, to make the announcement.

“We alert fellow Muslims in Somalia that some festivities to mark Christian Days will take place around the world in this week,” said Sheikh Ali Dhere. “It is prohibited to celebrate those days in this country,” he added.

Mr Aden also stated that all security and law enforcement agencies had been instructed to counter any such celebrations.

It is the first time that a Somali government bans the celebrations since the last central government collapsed in 1991.

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