Somalia’s Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs on Thursday officially reinstated the public holiday of Mawlid al-Nabi, which celebrates the birthday of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad. The holiday was effectively driven underground by Islamist militants decades ago, because followers of certain Muslim traditions consider the observance to be distasteful or heretical.
Mawlid is a popular tradition with Sufi Muslims, who were the majority in Somalia until warlords and Islamist militias killed and displaced them. The Sufis are especially loathed by al-Shabaab, the ultra-violent al-Qaeda-linked group that terrorizes Somalia.
The Sufi have several…
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