In Somalia, playing and watching soccer is a dangerous game

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Trent
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Under threat of violence, Somalis play soccer — or watch — at their peril

Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/10/AR2010071002033.html?wprss=rss_world

Al-Shabab, a hard-line Islamic militia that is waging a campaign of terror across Somalia, has banned playing soccer in many areas it controls. The al-Qaeda linked militia, along with Hezb-i-Islam, a rival extremist group, prohibited broadcasts of the World Cup, describing the sport as “a satanic act” that corrupts Muslims.