Luuq District

Luuq
Luuq
District
Country	Somalia
Regional State	Jubaland
Region	Gedo
Capital	Luuq
Population (2009)
• Total	200,000
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)

Luuq District (Somali: Degmada Luuq) is a district in the southwestern Gedo region of Somalia. Its capital is the city of Luuq.

Gedo joined the growing trend of Islamic Courts Union at the start of the Somali Civil War and local sharia courts succeeded in making Luuq District one of Somalia's safest areas for much of the 1990s.^[1]

^ Elmi, Afyare Abdi (2010-08-15). Understanding the Somalia Conflagration: Identity, Islam and Peacebuilding. Pluto Press. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-7453-2974-1. Parallel with this first court in Mogadishu, Sheikh Mohamed Haji Yusuf and Sheikh Mohamud A. Nur established a new Islamic court in the Luq district of Gedo region in 1992. This court was more successful than the one attempted in Mogadishu. These scholars succeeded in creating a secure environment in the area, and for a while, from 1992 to 1997, Luq district was the safest area in Somalia.

[1] Elmi, Afyare Abdi (2010-08-15). Understanding the Somalia Conflagration: Identity, Islam and Peacebuilding. Pluto Press. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-7453-2974-1. Parallel with this first court in Mogadishu, Sheikh Mohamed Haji Yusuf and Sheikh Mohamud A. Nur established a new Islamic court in the Luq district of Gedo region in 1992. This court was more successful than the one attempted in Mogadishu. These scholars succeeded in creating a secure environment in the area, and for a while, from 1992 to 1997, Luq district was the safest area in Somalia.

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