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|goals = Turn Somalia into a [[Jihad|jihadist]] state (ongoing) | |goals = Turn Somalia into a [[Jihad|jihadist]] state (ongoing) | ||
|crimes = [[Terrorism]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>[[Sectarianism]] | |crimes = [[Terrorism]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>[[Sectarianism]] | ||
|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 | |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]]. | '''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]]. | ||