(Earth Times - dpa) Nairobi- Kenya on Thursday deported a radical Islamist preacher listed as a suspected terrorist via Gambia, from where he is to return to his home country Jamaica, the Kenyan immigration minister said. "We could not find an airline to ferry him straight to his home country," Immigration Minister Otieno Kajwang told journalists in Nairobi.
"We therefore had no option but to take him to Banjul on his request. The Gambian government has accepted to take him, so we had to send him there."
The United States, Britain and South Africa had all refused to grant him a transit visa.
Al-Faisal, who is on an international list of suspected terrorists, was deported from Britain several years ago after preaching hatred against Jews, Hindus, and the West.
He had been held in Kenya after entering the country from Tanzania, which also refused to take him back.
He was arrested by anti-terrorist officers in late December, according to a Kenyan media report.
"We therefore had no option but to take him to Banjul on his request. The Gambian government has accepted to take him, so we had to send him there."
The United States, Britain and South Africa had all refused to grant him a transit visa.
Al-Faisal, who is on an international list of suspected terrorists, was deported from Britain several years ago after preaching hatred against Jews, Hindus, and the West.
He had been held in Kenya after entering the country from Tanzania, which also refused to take him back.
He was arrested by anti-terrorist officers in late December, according to a Kenyan media report.
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