Editing Al-Shabaab (section)

{{Evil Organization
|Box title    = Evil Organization
|Image        =ShababLogo.png
|size   = 
|fullname = Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen 
|alias = Al-Shabaab<br>Mujahideen Youth Movement<br>Movement of Striving Youth
|origin = Somalia
|foundation = 2007
|headquarters = Barawa, Lower Shebelle, Somalia (believed)
|commanders = [[Ahmad Umar]]<br>[[Mukhtar Abu Zubair]] (former)
|agents = [[Mukhtar Robow]]<br>[[Fuad Mohammed Khalaf]]<br>[[Hassan Dahir Aweys]]<br>[[Mohamed Said Atom]]
|skills = Military training
|goals = Turn Somalia into a jihadist state (ongoing)
|crimes = [[Terrorism]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>[[Mass murder]]<br>[[Sectarianism]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>Human rights violations<br>[[Kidnapping]]
|type of villains = Terrorists}}{{Quote|We will talk about jihad, we will believe in jihad. Jihad is part of our religion. They will kill us all, we will die, but we will never leave jihad. God is the greatest!|Unidentified Al-Shabaab militant at a rally in the mid-2010's.}}
'''Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen''' (HSM) ("Movement of Striving Youth"), more commonly known as '''al-Shabaab''' ("The Youth") is a [[Militant Islam]]ist insurgent group fighting to overthrow the government of Somalia. As of summer 2010 the group is said to control most of the southern and central parts of Somalia, including "a large swath" of the capital, Mogadishu, where it is said to have imposed its own "harsh" form of Sharia law. Estimates of al-Shabaab's strength, as of December 2008, vary between 3,000 to 7,000. They are allies with [[Al-Qaeda]].

Al-Shabaab's current ''de facto'' capital is believed to be the port town of Barawa Southwestern Somalia.

Al-Shabaab has been designated as a terrorist organization by Australia, Canada, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States. It's reported that members of the International Bounty Hunter Union are actively hunting several of the groups leaders including an American Jehad Serwan Mostafa. As of June 2012, the US State Department has open bounties on several of the group's senior commanders.