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Kenya’s Muslim Leaders Accuse Police of Harassment
Muslim leaders in Kenya have accused the Kenyan government of harassing Muslims and particularly the Somali community at the ongoing massive crackdown by security agents meant to nab illegal immigrants in the country. The leaders said that the police...
Police Clash with Protestors in Kenya Over Arrest of Jamaican Cleric
Hundreds of Muslim demonstrators have clashed with anti-riot police in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi with the demonstrators protesting the arrest of controversial Jamaican Muslim cleric Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal. The demonstrators took to the streets in...
Kenya Deports Jamaican Cleric to Tanzania
Kenyan authorities have deported Jamaican Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal to Tanzania after he was arrested by the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit in the coastal city of Mombasa last week. Sources told APA on Tuesday that the controversial Sheikh...
Gunmen Kill Prominent Islamic Cleric in Puntland
Unidentified gunmen have killed a prominent Islamic cleric in Bosaso, the provincial capital of Bari region of the semi-autonomous state of Puntland, eyewitnesses said Tuesday. Sheikh Sahal, the deceased man was the Imam of a mosque in Bosaso town, and...
Muslims in Kenya Celebrate Idd-ul-Adha
Thousands of Muslims in Kenya thronged mosques to celebrate this year’s Idd-ul-Adha special prayers which mark the climax of the Hajj or the pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. In Mombasa(450 km from Nairobi), Chief Kadhi Sheikh Hammad...
Ivorian Muslims Unhappy with Age Limits Imposed for 2009 Hajj
The Ivorian Muslim community has denounced the imposition of an age limit excluding many people who would like to fulfill the fifth pillar of Islam. During a meeting on the 2009 Hajj, the country’s Supreme Council of Imams (COSIM) said the age criteria...
Former Iranian President Calls for a Referendum
Al-Jazeera has reported that a former Iranian president and prominent leader of the country’s reformist movement has called for a referendum as a means of overcoming the current political crisis in Iran. Mohammad Khatami said that “public...
Iran’s Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Criticizes Handling of the Elections
Thousands of supporters of Iran’s defeated presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi have held demonstrations in Tehran on Friday after a powerful cleric delivered a sermon casting doubt on the recent election. Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said his...
