Kenya Plans to Deport Muslim Cleric to Jamaica

Jamaican-born Muslim cleric, Abdullah el-Faisal, is being deported from Kenya because he may have had a hand in the Christmas Day bombing attempt by a Nigerian man. Faisal was tried in Britain in 2003 for spreading messages of radical hatred (urging others to kill Christians, Jews, Hindus, and Americans) and deported in 2007. Faisal was supposedly on a preaching tour in Kenya, but authorities feared he would encourage radicalism in a country that is already been the target of al Quaeda attacks. Faisal was found guilty of encouraging followers to use chemical and nuclear weapons against enemies of other faiths in 2003, but not deported until the British government linked him to the London bombings of July 2005. Most recently, the Nigerian suspect in the attempted bombing Christmas Day made a posting online in May 2005 referring to Mr. Faisal as the cleric he listened to.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/05/world/africa/05kenya.html?ref=world

By: Sam Lent