The Week in Twitter: Somalia, Mali, State, Nigeria and Islam

Twitter Highlights from the past few days

SOMALIA
Somalia's president shields pirate leader by issuing him a diplomatic passport: http://bit.ly/NHuAER 


Rushing to ‪#Hargeisa‬ book fair @hibf ‪#hibf‬. Don't want to miss launch of new book on ‪#Somali‬ Proverbs Don't Lie by man from‪#Russia‬


MALI
"The brutal force they are using is against the basic principles of Islam.” A useful stance from Mali's Muslim notables http://ow.ly/cibLf 


STATE DEPARTMENT
The State Department is running out of diplomats. Congratulations, America, for your foresight! http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/07/ …


NIGERIA
Need a good backgrounder on the current Jos crisis? Look no further than P. Ostien's 2010 report on the Jang admin http://www.sharia-in-africa.net/media/publicat …


FUNNY
I really recommend you check out this hacked Shell public ad competition before they get someone to take it down:http://cgd.to/M40QU9 

My observations:

Reuven Firestone is a smart dude. Just read first chapter of "Jihad: The Origin of Holy War in Islam." ‪#Islam‬ ‪#koran‬



Abrogate: to abolish by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act; repeal: to abrogate a law. ‪#importanttermsinislam‬