... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
The radical Islamist group is opposing the Transitional Federal Government in Mudug region in Central Somalia.
The fanatical cut-throats also instructed residents to strictly attend prayers at mosques.
"Following calls by muezzin, all men are ordered to join the prayers at mosques," said a militia leader at Bud-bud area in Mudug region.
He added that persons moving around or engaged in businesses would be punished.
Usually, failure to comply with Al-Shabaab orders attracts flogging of offenders in public.
Other offences such as theft, robbery and adultery may be punishable limb amputations or put to death by stoning.
On Sunday, Mr Abshir Dini Awale, the minister of interior and security affairs of Galmudug,
...a semiautonomous region in central Somalia, bordering Puntland on the north. Galmudug is not trying to obtain international recognition as a separate nation, but rather considers itself autonomous within the larger Somali federalism, for what that's worth...
a semi autonomous fiefdom in Central Somalia, announced the infiltration in parts of its territory by cut-throats loyal to Al-Shabaab.
He confirmed that heavily armed cut-throats seized some settlements in the eastern side of Mugug region.