In the back room of a Somali mosque, a conservative Muslim cleric explains the finer points of a religious state. There is no qat (the local narcotic) on hand, as there often is in the homes of secular Somali politicians. But this man of God has another weakness. On the wall behind him, beside a framed Koranic quotation and a newspaper cutting about Osama bin Laden, is a glossy poster of a footballer, Thierry Henry, in the red strip of London's Arsenal club. Yes, concedes the clergyman, supporting Arsenal is another kind of religion.
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