SOMALIA. OFFICIAL THREATENS BEHEADINGS FOR NOT PRAYING 5 TIMES DAILY

December 6, 2006: residents of a southern Somalia town who do not pray five times a day will be beheaded, an official said, adding that the edict will be implemented in three days.
Shops, tea houses and other public places in Bulo Burto, about 200 kilometres northeast of the capital, Mogadishu, should be closed during prayer time and no one should be on the streets, said Sheik Hussein Barre Rage, chairman of the town's Islamic court. Those who do not follow the prayer edict after three days have elapsed, ``will definitely be beheaded according to Islamic law,'' Rage told The Associated Press by phone.
``As Muslims we should practise Islam fully, not in part, and that is what our religion enjoins us to do.'' He said the edict, which covered only Bulo Burto, was being announced over loudspeakers throughout the town. (Sources: Ap, 06/12/2006)