Revolution Muslim’s ‘imam and spiritual advisor’ deported from Kenya.
That would be Abdullah al-Faisal who was deported from the UK in 2007 after serving a prison sentence for preaching racial hatred and calling for the killing of Jews, Christians and other Westerners. He entered Kenya Dec. 24th on a “preaching tour.”
“The contacts he was maintaining, according to our intelligence, are not the best, are not in our national interests. The contacts were … in some neighbouring countries.”
….Some Kenyan Muslim clerics demonstrated against Faisal’s arrest on Sunday and said he was going to preach on greater autonomy for Muslims.
“Of course, he did not come here to appease the Kenyan government or the police, but to do his job,” said Sheikh Yahya Mohamed Atie, a retired army captain and a member of Nairobi’s Jamia Mosque.
“He was calling Muslims to have more freedom. Of course, he is against democracy.”
Back in the 1990s, al-Faisal called for the assassination of former Philly Imam Abu Usamah Ath-Thahabi, who more recently was reported to be a liar, swindler and womanizer on Salafi Burnout’s blog.
The Kenyan authorities are said to be “so annoyed” with him that they won’t even grant him a transit visa back to Jamaica.
The NEFA Foundation, a US anti-terrorism think tank, published a new backgrounder on him in October in which it says al-Faisal is described by ‘Revolution Muslim’ as its imam and spiritual advisor.
Abdullah al-Faisal has a loyal following that is dedicated to promoting his ideology to others via the Internet and through in-person delivery of compact disc recordings. Additionally, al-Faisal regularly generates new material by giving public lectures, which are then recorded and distributed electronically and on CDs. Thus, the pervasiveness of his influence is spread quickly and broadly.