Islamic Courts Union

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The Islamic Courts Union was a coalition of Islamist sharia courts that emerged as a powerful political and military force in Somalia in the mid-2000s, briefly controlling much of the country including the capital, Mogadishu.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamist political organization ⓘ
Somali organization ⓘ
armed group ⓘ
alternativeName Islamic Court Union ⓘ
Union of Islamic Courts ⓘ
linked to: al-Shabaab
basedOnLaw Sharia ⓘ
capitalControlled Mogadishu ⓘ
conflict 2006–2007 Ethiopian intervention in Somalia ⓘ
War in Somalia (2006–2009) ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Somalia ⓘ
dateOfDissolution late 2000s ⓘ
dateOfEstablishment early 2000s ⓘ
goal establishment of order based on Islamic law in Somalia ⓘ
hasPart armed militias ⓘ
local sharia courts ⓘ
headquartersLocation Mogadishu ⓘ
ideology Islamism ⓘ
political Islam ⓘ
influencedBy Somali clan structures ⓘ
local Islamic scholars ⓘ
lawEnforcementRole operated Islamic courts to resolve disputes ⓘ
notableCommander Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys ⓘ
Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed ⓘ
notableEvent defeat by Ethiopian and TFG forces in late 2006 ⓘ
rapid expansion across southern Somalia in 2006 ⓘ
seizure of Mogadishu in 2006 ⓘ
operatingLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Somali ⓘ
opposedBy Ethiopian Armed Forces ⓘ
Transitional Federal Government of Somalia ⓘ
United States ⓘ
origin coalition of local Islamic sharia courts in Mogadishu ⓘ
partiallySucceededBy Al-Shabaab ⓘ
linked to: al-Shabaab
politicalPosition Islamist ⓘ
socially conservative ⓘ
politicalWing Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia ⓘ
precededBy fragmented clan-based warlord rule in Mogadishu ⓘ
region Horn of Africa ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
securityRole provided relative security in Mogadishu during its rule ⓘ
shortName ICU ⓘ
significantPeriod mid-2000s ⓘ
status defunct organization ⓘ
successor Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia ⓘ
territoryControlled large parts of southern Somalia ⓘ

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Somali Civil War → hasParticipant → Islamic Courts Union ⓘ
al-Shabaab → formedFrom → Islamic Courts Union youth wing ⓘ
linked to: Islamic Courts Union
Sharif Sheikh Ahmed → movement → Islamic Courts Union ⓘ
Islamic Courts Union → alternativeName → Islamic Court Union ⓘ
linked to: Islamic Courts Union
Horn of Africa conflicts → involvesNonStateActor → Islamic Courts Union (historical) ⓘ
linked to: Islamic Courts Union