YOUTHS FROM OUR MOSQUE FOUGHT WITH AL-SHABAAB, ADMITS IMAM. Peter Obuya,NairobiNews @pobuya [email protected]. Youths from a Nairobi mosque joined the al-shabaab terrorist and fought against fellow Kenyans in Somalia, an imam has admitted. They had signed up to join the insurgents because of poverty and constant harassment by the police, according to Imam Idris Nabwoga, of Majengos Riyadh mosque. Many had since returned and renounced their violent ways, he said. Imam Nyabwoga said, It is true some youths from around here went to Somalia under unclear circumstances. And he added:Our investigations found out that poverty made them vulnerable. In addition, some had been radicalised by brutal policing.
Posted on: Thu, 01 May 2014 07:08:30 +0000