It’s Tech-NO Tuesday – Why Al Qaeda nem rading ringtones ?
It’s Tuesday and as promised – more bs. this is still about musicrap. After Watching This I’m not sure if these Pirates have gone too far; This is Reeeealllly Bad Mr Bean
Now imagine you are sitting at the bus stop waiting for your coach and watching a lil Mr. Bean music vid on your celly; and all of a sudden these guys pull up and WHAM ! you get a fast 50. cal to the keyboard. somehow I think this may help keep people in Somalia from making bs ringtones.
Today alot of people don’t use video ringtones; and or play videos on their phones. However alot of people who are in more techno challenged societies utilize whatever method they can; to enjoy as much of the rest of the world as possible. somefolks however think that’s not such a great idea. to prove their point I submit the video below from Current Tevee – Supernews and Weird Al Yankovic. if this does’t make you want to slap somebodys celly, then you are tone dead.
I know I don’t want the Al Qaeda Censors rating my ringtone
How About You ?
4:46pm UK, Wednesday November 04, 2009
Huw Borland, Sky News Online
Hardline al Shabaab insurgents who seized the southern Somali port of Kismayu have banned “corrupt” musical ringtones.
A Somali militant talks on his phone in Rabdure district, west of Mogadishu
Sacdiyo Sheeq, 25, used to love listening to Bollywood movie songs on her mobile telephone in the failed Horn of Africa state.
But she told reporters: “Al Shabaab wants our ringtones to be only a Muslim cleric reading the Hadith or Koranic verse.
“I used to listen to my favourite Indian songs on my cell phone, but now I have just thrown that memory away.”
I am still suffering from the 25 lashes. They accused me of rejecting religion.
Mr Yusuf was whipped because of music on his phone
Al Shabaab, which America says is al Qaeda’s proxy in Somalia, wants to topple the country’s UN-backed government and impose its own strict version of Sharia law.
The heavily-armed group controls much of the south and parts of the capital Mogadishu.
Courts run by its clerics have ordered executions, floggings and amputations in recent months.
Al Shabaab has also banned movies, dancing at wedding ceremonies and playing or watching football in the areas under its control.
View Al Shabaab In Somalia in a larger map
“We do not tolerate anything that may corrupt the people,” al Shabaab’s spokesman in Kismayu, Sheikh Hassan Yaqub, said.
“We don’t allow anything that goes against our religion, especially music and sexy videos.”
Ali Mahamud Yusuf, 19, fled his home in Kismayu after he was whipped in public last week by al Shabaab gunmen who had caught him listening to music and watching videos on his phone.
He said: “I am still suffering from the 25 lashes. They accused me of rejecting religion. I don’t want to tell you where I am now for security reasons. I am scared.”
Fighting has killed 19,000 Somalis since the start of 2007.
While some civilians credit the insurgents with restoring a semblance of order in various areas, al Shabaab’s strict rules have alienated many Somalis who are traditionally moderate Muslims.
Somali Terrorists Ban Musical Ringtones [Terrorism]
By Danny Allen on Terrorists
Seriously, how messed up is this. Al Shabaab insurgents in Somalia (Al Qaeda’s proxy in the region) are going around flogging teenagers for listening to music and watching videos on their phones. Not to mention the senseless killings and amputations.
Fighting has killed almost 20,000 Somalis since 2007, and though some semblance of order has been restored, the imposed Sharia law has banned even regular moderate muslims from dancing at weddings, or even playing and watching soccer. If you’re having a bad day today, take a moment and remember just how good you actually do have it. [Reuters]
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