Prime Minister Hamza launches the National Conference on Countering and Combating Extremist Ideology

Mogadishu, Tuesday, 14 October: 2026 — The Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mr. Hamza Abdi Barre, today officially launched the National Conference on Countering and Combating Extremist Ideology, which was organized by the National Center for Tubsan at the Office of the Prime Minister.

The Prime Minister stated that the Somali government has focused on eliminating the Khawarij groups both in power and ideology, which has led the Somali people today to realize that the ideology of that group poses a threat to their national and governmental existence.

Mr. Hamza noted that on this day, 14th October 2017, the brutal groups carried out a major disaster in our country that affected thousands of civilians, while hundreds lost their lives, which showed the community that the group's actions have nothing to do with Islamic teachings, but instead serve the enemy of the Somali people.

“I was among those whom God saved, I was at the Soobe intersection, I went to a house that was 200 steps away from where the incident occurred, when the explosion happened I fell to the ground, and God spared me from a passing vehicle, the house collapsed, we are all survivors,” said the Prime Minister.

The Prime Minister pointed out that when this government took over the leadership of the country, it focused on clarifying the distorted views of Al-Shabaab, following a meeting of Somali scholars who issued a fatwa confirming that the terrorist groups have embodied the practices and actions of the Khawarij, and that it is obligatory to confront them ideologically, militarily, and in every possible way to eliminate them.

Finally, Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre, has called on the Somali people to unite in order to eliminate the misguided enemy groups that are located in limited areas of our country, while the government is engaged in a strong fight to eradicate them throughout the Somali region.