Kenya's newspaper, Daily Nation, has confirmed that Muslims leaders have called off the protest to disrupt the Cross-country games, the following is the news clip from the Daily Nation:
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Muslims call off Kenya protests Kenyan Muslim leaders have called off protests planned to disrupt Saturday's World Cross Country Championships in Mombasa.
The move follows a series of meetings between Muslim leaders and Government officials, with one meeting dragging on until 8pm yesterdayThe leaders had lined up a series of demonstrations at the Kenyan coast to protest a decision by the Government to deport more than 27 people who the Muslims contend are Kenyans.
Security officials have previously argued that the deportees were Somali militia and sympathisers loyal to the ousted Islamic Courts Union, but the Muslim leaders contend that the affected are actually Kenyans.
The Muslim leaders argue that the Kenyans were part of 70 people deported to Somali and Ethiopia in January and February.
A Press statement by seven Muslim leaders said a joint six-man team comprising their representatives and security agents will now verify the nationalities of those who were deported.
The statement was signed by Khalfan Khamis (Majlisul Ulamaa Kenya), Abdullahi Abdi (National Muslim Leaders Forum), Ali Al Maawy (Kenya Assembly of Ulamaas and Imaams), Muhammad Dor Muhammad (Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya), Muhammad Khayundi (National Union of Kenya Muslims), Muhammad Warfa (Jamia Mosque Committee) and Faroq M. Adan (Muslim Consultative Council).
They claimed the Government had confirmed that five names in the list of the deportees were actually Kenyans.
"The Government confirmed to us that five names in our list of people taken to Somalia, and whose documents they have verified, are indeed Kenyans. They have also confirmed that the process of tracing these people is going on," they said.
The protest call by the Muslims triggered a travel alert by the US government to its citizens and occasioned a major security operation at the Kenya coast.
International athletes have begun arriving in Mombasa for the World Cross Country Championships on Saturday.
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Muslims call off Kenya protests Kenyan Muslim leaders have called off protests planned to disrupt Saturday's World Cross Country Championships in Mombasa.
The move follows a series of meetings between Muslim leaders and Government officials, with one meeting dragging on until 8pm yesterdayThe leaders had lined up a series of demonstrations at the Kenyan coast to protest a decision by the Government to deport more than 27 people who the Muslims contend are Kenyans.
Security officials have previously argued that the deportees were Somali militia and sympathisers loyal to the ousted Islamic Courts Union, but the Muslim leaders contend that the affected are actually Kenyans.
The Muslim leaders argue that the Kenyans were part of 70 people deported to Somali and Ethiopia in January and February.
A Press statement by seven Muslim leaders said a joint six-man team comprising their representatives and security agents will now verify the nationalities of those who were deported.
The statement was signed by Khalfan Khamis (Majlisul Ulamaa Kenya), Abdullahi Abdi (National Muslim Leaders Forum), Ali Al Maawy (Kenya Assembly of Ulamaas and Imaams), Muhammad Dor Muhammad (Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya), Muhammad Khayundi (National Union of Kenya Muslims), Muhammad Warfa (Jamia Mosque Committee) and Faroq M. Adan (Muslim Consultative Council).
They claimed the Government had confirmed that five names in the list of the deportees were actually Kenyans.
"The Government confirmed to us that five names in our list of people taken to Somalia, and whose documents they have verified, are indeed Kenyans. They have also confirmed that the process of tracing these people is going on," they said.
The protest call by the Muslims triggered a travel alert by the US government to its citizens and occasioned a major security operation at the Kenya coast.
International athletes have begun arriving in Mombasa for the World Cross Country Championships on Saturday.
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