Mon, 11 Jan 2010
Nairobi (Earth Times) - Kenya's bid to deport a radical Islamist cleric listed as a suspected terrorist had to be aborted last week, media reports quoting human rights officials said Monday. Sheik Abdullah 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 was to have been flown to his home country Jamaica via the West African state of Gambia on Thursday.
In order to reach Banjul, al-Faisal would have had to change planes in Lagos, Nigeria. The airline in Nigeria however refused to allow him to board a connecting flight, according to the reports.
Nigerian authorities ordered that he be returned on the next flight to Kenya.
Al-Faisal was returned to a prison in Nairobi on Sunday evening, according to the Daily Nation newspaper.
Kenyan authorities have been battling to deport al-Faisal who reportedly entered the country by land from neighboring Tanzania. His entry into the country where he has been listed went undetected. He was arrested by anti-terrorism officers in December.
The United States, Britain and South Africa had all refused to grant him a transit visa.
Nairobi (Earth Times) - Kenya's bid to deport a radical Islamist cleric listed as a suspected terrorist had to be aborted last week, media reports quoting human rights officials said Monday. Sheik Abdullah 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 was to have been flown to his home country Jamaica via the West African state of Gambia on Thursday.
In order to reach Banjul, al-Faisal would have had to change planes in Lagos, Nigeria. The airline in Nigeria however refused to allow him to board a connecting flight, according to the reports.
Nigerian authorities ordered that he be returned on the next flight to Kenya.
Al-Faisal was returned to a prison in Nairobi on Sunday evening, according to the Daily Nation newspaper.
Kenyan authorities have been battling to deport al-Faisal who reportedly entered the country by land from neighboring Tanzania. His entry into the country where he has been listed went undetected. He was arrested by anti-terrorism officers in December.
The United States, Britain and South Africa had all refused to grant him a transit visa.
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