Ceyr (or Ayr) is a Somali clan, part of the Habar Gidir group (itself a Hawiye subclan). See also Somali clan The Habar Gedir ( Habargidir) is a Somali clan, part of the larger Hawiye group See also Somali clan The Hawiye ( Hawiiye, هاويي is a Somali clan whose members live in central and southern Somalia, in the Ayr is the largest subclan in Habar Gidir, and said to be the most powerful in Mogadishu. Mogadishu ( Somali: Muqdisho, popularly Xamar, Hamar; مقديشو Maqadīshū ^[1]

Relations with the Islamic Courts Union

Members of the Cayr have been leaders or supporters of the Islamic Courts Union which rose to power over much of Somalia in 2006, and were defeated in December 2006 by the forces of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Ethiopia. The Islamic Courts Union ( ICU, Somali: Midowga Maxkamadaha Islaamiga Arabic: اتحاد المحاكم الإسلامية Ittihād al-mahākim The Advance of the Islamic Courts Union is the period in the Somali Civil War that began on May 2006 with the Islamic Courts Union 's (ICU conquest of Mogadishu Somalia ( Soomaaliya; الصومال) officially the Somali Republic ( Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya, جمهورية الصومال) and formerly known The War in Somalia is an ongoing armed conflict involving largely Ethiopian and Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG forces versus the Somali The Transitional Federal Government (TFG of the Somali Republic ( Dowladda federaalka kumeelgaarka) is the present internationally recognized government of Somalia NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page ^[2]

Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys helped establish the Islamic Courts Union and is one of its most influential and fundamentalist leaders, strenuously advocating for an Islamic government to end the chaos in Somalia. Sheikh, also rendered as Sheik, Cheikh, Shaikh, and other variants ( Arabic:, shaykh Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys ( Sheekh Xasan Daahir Aweys) (born in 1935- aged 71 in 2006, was the head of the 90-member Shura council of the Islamic Islamic Republic is the name given to several states in the Muslim world including the Islamic Republics of Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Mauritania However, the U.S. government maintains he has ties to terrorist activities. The federal government of the United States is the central United States Governmental body established by the United States Constitution. Terrorism is the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion

Ayr clan elders met June 15, 2006 with the former U. Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. S. Ambassador to Kenya, William Bellamy, in Nairobi, Kenya. An ambassador is the highest ranking Diplomat who represents their country Nairobi (naɪˈroʊbɪ is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south Ayr clan elders made an agreement with the US ambassador to capture Al-Qaeda terrorists in their ranks if the U. Al-Qaeda, alternatively spelled al-Qaida, al-Qa`ida or al-Qa`idah, ( Arabic:; ar-Latn ''al-qāʿidah'' Translation: The S. could "tell us exactly where these men are in Somalia. ". ^[3]

Since the defeat of the Islamic Courts of December 2006–January 2007, the government remains wary of the ties and sympathies of the Ayr to the Islamic Courts. January 2007 is the first month of that year It began on a Monday and 31 days later ended on a Wednesday. On January 15, 2007, the TFG closed the radio stations for Shabelle Radio, Horn Afrik, Holy Koran Radio (Idaa'ada Qur'aanka Kariimka - IQK), and the Al Jazeera television station in Mogadishu, without issuing a reason why. Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. For the English-language channel see Al Jazeera English Al Jazeera (الجزيرة al-jazīrah,, meaning "The Island" Mogadishu ( Somali: Muqdisho, popularly Xamar, Hamar; مقديشو Maqadīshū ^[4][5] Later, it was said the radio stations had ties to the Ayr clan, which supported the Islamic Courts, and, according to government spokesman Abdirahman Dinari, had broadcast reports about government soldiers: "They said our soldiers were looting the markets and harassing people, which was totally untrue. . . They are using the media to undermine the government. They have been doing this for months. "^[6]

Prominent figures

• Abdiqasim Salad Hassan, President of Trasitional National Government of Somalia from Oct. Abdiqasim Salad Hassan ( Cabdiqaasim Salaad Xasan, عبدي قاسم صلاد حسن born in 1941 is a prominent Somali politician 2000 to Oct. 2004
• Aden Hashi Farah "Eyrow", former leader of the Hizbul Shabaab, the youth movement of the Islamic Courts Union
• Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, head of the 90-member shura council of the Islamic Courts Union
• Magool, (Halima Khaliif Omar), Somali singer and musician
• Yusuf Mohammed Siad Inda'ade, head of security affairs for the Islamic Courts Union

References

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