Islamic Courts Union

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Islamic_Courts_Union

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	Islamist organization
gptkbp:activePeriod	2000-2006
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Somalia
gptkbp:dissolved	2006
gptkbp:goal	Establish Islamic law in Somalia
gptkbp:headquarters	Mogadishu
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Islamic Courts Union
gptkbp:ideology	gptkb:Islamism gptkb:Sharia_law
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Arabic Somali
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:Sharif_Sheikh_Ahmed gptkb:Sheikh_Hassan_Dahir_Aweys
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:War_in_Somalia_(2006–2009) gptkb:Battle_of_Mogadishu_(2006)
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:United_States gptkb:Transitional_Federal_Government gptkb:Ethiopian_National_Defense_Force
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Islamic_Sharia_courts
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Al-Shabaab gptkb:Alliance_for_the_Re-liberation_of_Somalia
gptkbp:women's_wing	gptkb:Al-Shabaab
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Islamism gptkb:Somali_Civil_War gptkb:Operation_Enduring_Freedom_–_Horn_of_Africa
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5