Islamist extremists have banned music

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15 April 2010 (Islamist extremists have banned music)

The Islamist extremists in Somalia have banned music on the radio.

If the radio stations of the "government" and the UN are the only ones with some music, they might gain some popularity from this. If so, it would be the first time the "government" ever had any. What the US achieved by having the Ethiopian army intervene in Somalia was to replace peace under the Islamic Courts Movement with war and the danger of something more extreme.