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Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys (born 1935) is a Somali political figure who was the head of the 90-member shura council of the Islamic Courts Union of Somalia. Aweys was viewed as one of the more radical leaders of the Union, which promoted shari'a and directed the militias that took control of the Somali capital of Mogadishu in June 2006. An eight-member executive committee was headed by the more moderate Sharif Ahmed, although the BBC stated that he was the "real power" of the organization. He resigned from the ICU on December 28, 2006 at the end of ICU rule in Mogadishu. He has been accused of being part of the Wahhabi movement within Islam, but personally maintains his sufi background.. He hails from the Cayr Subclan of the larger Habargidir clan.
