Friday Bulletin
The Weekly Muslim News Update
Maintain patience
This was the overriding Eid ul tr message to the faithful in the face of a recent
government wave of harassment and arrests of Muslims in the guise of ghting
terrorism.
In his Eid sermon, Sheikh Muhammad Abdi Umal said although these were turbulent
times for Muslims, it was important to exercise patience as this is an important teaching
of Islam in times of adversity.
The current clampdown, he said was a deliberate act to provoke Muslims but he went on
to urge the faithful not to fall into the game plans of its adversaries.
Their aim is to launch a big campaign of oppression of Muslims and they are looking
for a scapegoat so as to fulll their wicked schemes, Sheikh Umal who is a prominent
Nairobi scholar and the former Imam of Masjid Abubakar in Eastleigh said.
The Sheikh joined Muslim leaders in condemning the arbitrary arrest of Muslim youth
and their illegal rendition to Uganda saying that it was unjustied and cautioned that it
will further brew resentment of Muslims against the government.
His call for patience, he said, was not out of fear but a move to protect and safeguard the
interests of Muslims in the country. We are not scared but we should not accept to fall
into their traps as this will have grave repercussions for the country, he said.
Countries such as Pakistan and Afghanistan had been forced to implement such plans
by Western powers which have had negative consequences and noted that the same
should not be allowed to happen in the country.
The current campaigns, the Sheikh added were an attempt to contain the growing inuence of Muslims but scoffed at the plans saying that they were bound to fail as the light
of Islam will continue to expand not only in the country but around the world.
Addressing thousands who turned up for the Eid prayers at Sir Ali Muslim Club in Nairobi to mark the end of the month of Ramadhan on Friday last week, Sheikh Umal condemned the attempts to burn the Holy Quran saying it is a desperate attempt to eclipse
the rising power of Islam. He told Muslims not to respond in a similar manner to what
he described as obnoxious plans stressing that Islam respects the sanctity of the holy
books of other religions.
The prayers were led by the Imam of Jamia mosque Sheikh Muhammad Swalihu.
Earlier, the Assistant Secretary General of Jamia Mosque Ibrahim Ahmed Yusuf urged
the government to end its policies of harassment and unfair treatment of Muslims saying
that its action was creating anger in the community and was pushing Muslims to the
wall. The rule of the law should be observed. The arbitrary arrests and the illegal rendition of Muslim youth to the new African 'Guantanamo' in Uganda is pushing Muslims to
the wall, he cautioned.
He also took a swipe at a section of the media saying they were deliberately criminalizing
Muslims and urged them to exercise fairness
as its reports were contributing to the culture of
hatred against members of the community.
On the Census, Ibrahim told Muslims not to accept the census results pointing to a systematic plan to suppress the number of Muslims in
the country. How do they claim that the population of Muslims has reduced from 10 million
to 4.5 million yet it is clear that Muslims have
the highest birth rates and Islam is the fastest
growing religion in the country, he wondered.
When we accept these gures, during the next
census they will claim were are 1.5 million, he
added
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Thousands of Muslims gather at the Sir Ali Muslim Club in Nairobi for the Eid ul Fitr prayers last Friday
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EDITORIAL
In a strange twist, the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit has come out to deny
the arrest of a Mombasa based journalist who was seized from his place
of work last week.
An ofcer attached to the police squad, Charles Ogeto told the High
court sitting in Nairobi that the unit was not responsible for Habib Suleiman Njoroges detention and furthermore, it had no information on his
whereabouts.
According to the Ugandan media reports and Muslim Human Rights
Forum,Habib who was working for Radio Salaam is now in a Ugandan
detention facility after being renditioned to the country.
The respondents in this matter are not aware of any such arrest, placement in the cells and eventual transfer of the subject, Ogeto said.
He said the unit which had previously admitted to participate in the rendition of Kenyans to Uganda only learnt on the purported arrest in the
media. Habibs brother Yahya Suleiman was earlier arrested by the police unit and handed over to Ugandan authorities to face trial for his alleged participation in the deadly attack in Kampala which left more than
70 people dead.
The court had issued summons against the Commissioner of Police
Mathew Itere, the ATPU commandant Nicholas Kamwende and the Attorney General Amos Wako in a habeas corpus case to show cause why
Habib should not be released.
Lawyer Mbugua Mureithi complained that his arrest and detention where
he was denied legal access and family visits violated the Bill of Rights
in the new constitution and international conventions which Kenya was
a signatory.
According to the court papers, Habib was arrested by a squad of police
ofcers attached to ATPU at the Radio Salaam premises in Mombasa
after having been lured to the station by the proprietor Noordin Hajj.
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rum Al-Amin Kimathi called for concerted efforts from Muslim leaders
to defend the rights of Muslims from the unfair treatment. You have no
reason to fear, stand and protect the dignity and rights of Muslims, he
said.
Speaking separately, the Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims Secretary
General Adan Wachu told the government to bring back the ten Kenyans
renditioned to Uganda saying if it had a case with them, they should be
put on trial in the country.
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NATIONAL NEWS
Kenya caused a storm this year was arrested and deported out
of UK for extremist views against Judaism and Christianity, and
placed under watch-list.
In its blind duplicity, the West celebrates even the most perverted
anti-Islamist such as atheist Salman Rushdie who wrote the Satanic Verses, the Danish cartoonists, Ayan Hirsi, etc.
Mr Jones action worries US because it places their citizens and
security forces at risk; it does not prick their conscience that adherents of a major world religion is offended and provoked, or
profanity visited upon Islamic faith. There were no spontaneous
demonstrations in the US, such as we saw in New York against the
Islamic cultural centre.
As the worlds super power, their actions are being copied in many
countries, including our own. Secret renditions of Muslim terror
suspects are carried out with impunity amid claims of torture. Yet,
when a pastor suspected of Uhuru Park bombing was arrested, he
was quickly arraigned in court and released on bond. The slighting
of Islam is also patented; for instance, Muslims celebrated Idd on
Friday throughout the country, but it is Saturday that is declared the
public holiday. Would it ever happen that Christians are asked to
work on Christmas Day but have public holiday the next day?
The US needs to appreciate that protection of world religions is no
less important than protection of property or intellectual rights of its
individuals. Allowing such uncivilised behavior only strengthens the
widely held belief among Muslims that it is at war with Islam. Jones
may or may not go ahead with his threat but that he has been allowed to entertain his weird thoughts reveals the double standards
and earns US more enemies.
Billow Kerrow is a former MP for Mandera Central and the Religious Affairs Convenor Jamia Mosque Committee Nairobi
NATIONAL NEWS
was waning at a time when some of the biggest challenges for the
relief effort here are still to come.
Kibaki who handed over the donation to Pakistan High Commissioner Masroor Ahmad Junejo said the government and the people
of Kenya were making the donation in solidarity with the people of
Pakistan, who have suffered greatly due to the heavy oods in parts
of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
"The Kenyan people, particularly crop and livestock farmers, in an
act of solidarity and friendship with their brothers and sisters in Pakistan, have come up with a token donation of 100 tonnes of their
produce for onward delivery to the victims of the oods."
The President also condoled those who lost their lives in the ooding and assured that Kenya stood with Pakistan "during this difcult
period as you begin the hard task of restructuring your country."
Floods in Pakistan since late July have already created one of the
largest humanitarian crisis in the Asian country. The oods are the
worst in 80 years after monsoon rains swept up to 1,600 people to
their deaths iand left an estimated 14 million people homeless.
Red Cross in Sh10 million water project for Lamu's Manda island
The water crisis that Lamus Manda Island residents have been
enduring for several years is set to be a thing of past once a Sh
10 million Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS)s water project is
unveiled this week.
The humanitarian agency has since last year been connecting undersea pipes from Lamu Island to Manda Island to help ease the
perennial acute water shortage in the area.
KRCS Lamu branch chairman, Abdallah Miraj told hundred of residents during Idd-ul-Fitri celebrations at Lamu Fort, at the weekend
that they have successful linked up under sea water connectivity
systems to pump the essential commodities from the main Island
after years of difculties.
Manda resinders will soon also enjoy a regular supply of water.
They have been spending Sh 50 daily crossing to Lamu to purchase a jerricane of water at Sh 10 and spend the rest of money to
cross the less than one kilometer channel, Abdallah observed.
He said Sh8 million was spent to lay down the undersea water
pipes which supply water to underground water tanks before being pumped to overhead tanks located at the agency farm within
Manda Island.
The chairman said the residents would later fetch water from their
farm using wheelbarrows and bicycles recently donated by KRCS
to boost logistics of accessing water sources.
Absolutely we have managed to alleviate water issue that has
hampered the daily routine of the farming of the Manda community. We have also constructed nine new boreholes to increase
water sources within Lamu, he told the gathering.
Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) has also set up at least ve
green houses in its farm in Manda to grow cereals and vegetables. Abdallah said the green houses will also be used as training
centres for local farmers to learn the latest farming technology to
boost food security in the area and reduce relying on relief foods.
I call upon Manda farmers to take advantage of this modern farming system to acquire lifetime skills to produce enough food and sell
surplus in the local market, he added.
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