Did the fat lady sing in Yemen?

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has declared the Abyan Province in Yemen to be a "Islamic Emirate" and their first official act is banning women from going outside unmless required, abd they m,ust be accompanied by a male relative.  AQAP wouldn't be trying to bring sharia law to Abyan, would they?

And just what would make them think they can declare an area to be Islamic?


From Business Insider March 31 by Grace Wyler

Al Qaeda Declares Southern Yemeni Province An "Islamic Emirate"

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has declared Yemen's Abyan province an "Islamic Emirate" and banned women from going outside, according to Eurasia Review and accounts from Yemeni journalists.

AQAP, which has established full control over the southern province, made an online statement Wednesday declaring Abyan an Islamic Emirate governed by Shariah.

The statement said women in the province should not go out except under necessary circumstances...

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