Hardline Kenya cleric, the face of homegrown radical Islam Said Abubaker Shariff Ahmed alias Makaburi. PHOTO | FILE NATION MEDIA GROUP Tuesday, March 11, 2014 When Islamist gunmen stormed s Westgate shopping mall on a busy Saturday in September, the ensuing carnage also intensified fears that Kenyas homegrown Islamists were on the rise. Although the attackers were from Somalias Al-Qaeda-inspired al- shabaab rebels, the groups ability to infiltrate and operate in Kenya, as well as find a stream of willing recruits, has focussed attention on radical Islamists based down the coast in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa. At the heart of the steamy port hub sits the Musa mosque, seen by Kenyan authorities as the epicentre of a new terrorist threat. Its key figure, Abubaker Shariff Ahmed, better known as Makaburi, does little to hide his firebrand leanings.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 11:52:57 +0000
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