Somali police officers ride the back of a pick-up truck during a celebration on April 19, 2009 marking the fact that Somalia's parliament unanimously approved Saturday a government proposal to introduce Islamic sharia law in the country, in a move aimed at appeasing Islamists waging a civil war since 1991. Somalia's cabinet last month endorsed the plan to introduce sharia, a key demand by hardline Islamists who are opposed to the government and who made its application a precondition to stop fighting. Getty Images logo Getty Images 9 months ago

Somali police officers ride the back of a pick-up truck during a celebration on April 19, 2009 marking the fact that Somalia's parliament unanimously approved Saturday a government proposal to introduce Islamic sharia law in the country, in a move aimed at appeasing Islamists waging a civil war since 1991. Somalia's cabinet last month endorsed the plan to introduce sharia, a key demand by hardline Islamists who are opposed to the government and who made its application a precondition to stop fighting.

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