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A town in southern Somalia has banned men and women dancing together at weddings, a local radio station is reporting.
Barawe’s district commissioner cited Islamic law as the reason for the dancing ban.
It used to be common for the sexes to intermingle on dance floors in Somalia, until the Islamist militant group al-Shabab began to take over territory in 2007 - imposing a strict version of Sharia in these areas.
Barawe was under the occupation of the militants for five years until 2012.
https://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2018/...wn_bans_mixed_gender_dancing_at_weddings.aspx
Barawe’s district commissioner cited Islamic law as the reason for the dancing ban.
It used to be common for the sexes to intermingle on dance floors in Somalia, until the Islamist militant group al-Shabab began to take over territory in 2007 - imposing a strict version of Sharia in these areas.
Barawe was under the occupation of the militants for five years until 2012.
https://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2018/...wn_bans_mixed_gender_dancing_at_weddings.aspx