Too little too late for Somalia

On Saturday I asked if a fatwa could solve Somalia's problems. The consensus among those commenting seemed to be that it couldn't and, after hearing scholarly debate on the subject in Dubai, I must concur. But the devil is in the detail. A fatwa – especially one validated by the great and good of the clerical world – could go some way to shoring up political support and influence in nations hitherto uninterested in stopping the chaos and destruction raging through the Horn of Africa.Read More