Radio Mogadishu Voice of Somali Pacification in Somali 1630 GMT

A huge demonstration was held today in Mogadishu in protest of an attack on the grand Islamic Congregation Mosque by [Muhammad Farah] Aideed’s faction in which a number of religious leaders attending the Eid al-Adha prayers were killed and their property looted.

The demonstration was held on the morning after Eid al-Adha prayers in other mosques and was composed of religious leaders and ordinary people.

The demonstrators, showing extreme anger over the attack, carried placards with slogans such as “We do not accept enemies of Islam”, “We will not tolerate attacks against Islam” and Koranic verses critical of the faction’s actions against praying religious leaders.

_{FBIS-AFR-96-083, 29 Apr. 1996, p. 9}