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Kenya: Gunned Down in Mombasa - the Clerics That Have Died
UNIRIN, 28 July 2014
More than 21 Islamic clerics have been gunned down in Kenya's southeastern port city of Mombasa over the past two years, according to the human rights group Haki Africa. All but… Read more »
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Kenya: Mombasa Tycoon Killing Linked to Sakina Mosque Supremacy Wars
The Star, 15 July 2014
The killing of Mombasa tycoon and owner of Modern Coach buses Shahid Butt has been linked to the troubled Sakina Mosque, recently renamed Mujahideen Mosque, in Majengo area,… Read more »
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Kenya: Modern Coast Bus Owner Shahid Butt Buried
The Star, 14 July 2014
Slain Mombasa tycoon Shahid Butt was on Sunday laid to rest at the Cutchi Sunni Sunni Muslim Jamaat Corporation cemetery off Haile Selassie Avenue in Mombasa. Read more »
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Kenya: Insecurity a National Disaster, Say Lobbies
The Star, 14 July 2014
Two human rights bodies in the Coast have intensified their campaign to have insecurity declared a national disaster. Read more »
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Kenya: Suspect Charged With Murder of Sheikh Mohamed Idris
Sabahi, 8 July 2014
Mohamed Sudi Mohamed was charged in a Mombasa court on Monday (July 7th) with the murder of Muslim cleric Sheikh Mohamed Idris, Kenya's Daily Nation reported. Read more »
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Kenya: Man Charged With Killing Sheikh Idris
The Star, 8 July 2014
A man who was being investigated in the killing of Sheikh Mohamed Idris was yesterday charged with his murder at the High court in Mombasa. Read more »
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Kenya: I Was Threatened Over Rogo's Body, Says Cop
The Star, 4 July 2014
A senior police yesterday informed the court that the late Sheikh Abubakar Sharrif alias Makaburi and other clerics had threatened to kill him if he restricted them from taking his… Read more »
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Kenya: List of Muslim Clerics Killed in Two Years
The Star, 11 June 2014
More than 15 religious leaders have been killed in the last six months, Haki Africa, a human rights group, has said. Executive director Khalid Hussein yesterday asked Chief Justice… Read more »
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Kenya: Top Muslim Cleric Shot
DW, 10 June 2014
Gunmen in Mombasa, Kenya, have shot dead an influential moderate Muslim cleric who was a vocal opponent of the radical preachings of Somalia's Islamist al-Shabab insurgents. Read more »
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Kenya: Police Kill Terror Suspects in Mombasa
The Star, 18 June 2013
Two terror suspects were yesterday killed by police in separate shootings in Mombasa. Read more »