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> Another alternative is one that the United States and other western states are reluctant to endorse: encouraging Sharia courts inside the clan territories. Islamic Sharia courts could be a useful, vital instrument in combating piracy.

Yiiiikes.


You understand Islamic law was a huge advance in the territories where it took hold, right?


I understand that Al-Shabaab funds itself via piracy.

https://www.reuters.com/article/somalia-piracy-idUSLDE7650U3...

As the Taliban funded itself with heroin in Afghanistan.




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