Somalia is best identified as a country with the term “Third World” doggedly attached to its status amongst the nations of the world and the African continent. Located at the most eastern edge of Africa, Somalia could actually move itself off of this lowly “Third World” designation amongst African nations due to the key role it could play in the shipping industry. Because of its prime location, strategically located between the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean the current, or any, future government of Somalia, if they were to attempt to develop the port facilities along its coastline for commercial purposes by providing substantial services to the shipping industry, would then likely spur an economic boom and resultant prosperity which would
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Al Shabaab wants to create a pure form of Islam which has been the goal of most Islamic organizations in order to completely rid themselves and those that they force their practices on, of westernized influences. It wants to completely oppose the infiltrations of other ideologies and institute a strict Islamic law which will practice the strict codes of the Karan and the behaviors that their leaders believe is right. In order to establish this Islamic Emirate Al Shabaab has vowed to takeover land from non followers, in this specific case, Somalia, and then enforce their version of Islam on the indigenous peoples. Rejection of the efforts being propagated by Al Shabaab has only one acceptable conclusion in their minds for the people that are being taken over; they are …show more content…
They continue to expand their influence and are certainly more dangerous than originally thought. Current events involving Al Shabaab indicate an activity timeframe of terrorism that is contemporary with major ISIS events happening in the Mid-East. On Tuesday, October 25, 2016, Al Shabaab claimed responsibility for an attack on an African Union base in Somalia. For anyone who dismisses this radical fundamentalist terror group as anything but expanding and enlarging they need just look more carefully at the news coming from this strategic region where they are certainly Africa’s version of
Al Shabaab wants to create a pure form of Islam which has been the goal of most Islamic organizations in order to completely rid themselves and those that they force their practices on, of westernized influences. It wants to completely oppose the infiltrations of other ideologies and institute a strict Islamic law which will practice the strict codes of the Karan and the behaviors that their leaders believe is right. In order to establish this Islamic Emirate Al Shabaab has vowed to takeover land from non followers, in this specific case, Somalia, and then enforce their version of Islam on the indigenous peoples. Rejection of the efforts being propagated by Al Shabaab has only one acceptable conclusion in their minds for the people that are being taken over; they are …show more content…
They continue to expand their influence and are certainly more dangerous than originally thought. Current events involving Al Shabaab indicate an activity timeframe of terrorism that is contemporary with major ISIS events happening in the Mid-East. On Tuesday, October 25, 2016, Al Shabaab claimed responsibility for an attack on an African Union base in Somalia. For anyone who dismisses this radical fundamentalist terror group as anything but expanding and enlarging they need just look more carefully at the news coming from this strategic region where they are certainly Africa’s version of