Deadly protests

Siad barre

Al Shabaab flag being waved in Nairobi riots - the Somalia insurgent group. Very interesting development.

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7 killed in Kenyan pro-radical cleric protest

Five killed

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan security forces fired assault rifles and tear gas at hundreds of Muslims protesting in the capital on Friday against the detention of Jamaican cleric Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal.

Chanting "Allahu Akbar" (God is Greatest), the demonstrators were blocked by police with dogs as they tried to march through the heart of Nairobi after prayers at the downtown mosque.Some Kenyans, furious the banned protest had taken place, joined forces with the police and began hurling stones at the marchers, most of whom were squeezed back toward the mosque after prolonged street skirmishes.One protester in fatigues and a black balaclava waved the flag of al Shabaab -- the Somali rebel group that Washington accuses of being al Qaeda's proxy -- and taunted the crowds by drawing..more..Kenyan police, people clash with Muslim

FAISAL'S STORY SO FAR...

11 January: Nigeria returns him to Kenya7 January: Kenya says he has been sent to The Gambia

5 January: Kenya says he has been sent to Tanzania 31 December 2009: Arrested

24 December: Enters Kenya 2007: Deported from UK2003: Jailed in UK for preaching racial hatredProfile: Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal

Kenya police shoot hate cleric al-Faisal supporters

five person has died after Kenyan police fired live rounds at supporters of a Jamaican-born Muslim cleric notorious for preaching racial hatred.

Police also fired tear gas at hundreds of stone-throwing protesters calling for Abdullah al-Faisal to be freed.Faisal is in detention in Nairobi after Kenya failed to deport him.Kenya wants to expel him citing his "terrorist history". He was jailed for four years in the UK for soliciting the murder of Jews and Hindus.Sources at the Kenyatta Hospital have told the BBC that one person has died, while seven others sustained bullet wounds. Doctors say their lives are not in danger.

Islamist flag?Muslim youths began the protest match after Friday prayers at the Jamia Mosque in the centre of Kenya's capital, Nairobi.

They wanted to present a petition to Immigration Minister Otieno Kajwang and Prime Minister Raila Odinga's office.But police had banned the march and intervened.One banner read: "Release al-Faisal, he is innocent", reports the AFP news agency.Some reports suggest that the protesters were waving flags of Somali Islamist group al-Shabab.Reuters news agency reports that some people joined the security forces in attacking the protesters.Faisal was arrested on 31 December 2009, a week after he is believed to have arrived from Tanzania.Mr Kajwang says The Gambia has agreed to take him in but Kenya was unable to send him there because airlines in Nigeria refused to carry him.Tanzania has also refused to let him re-enter its territory.Faisal was born Trevor William Forrest in St James, Jamaica - though he left the island 26 years ago, initially living in the UK.His parents were Salvation Army officers and he was raised as a Christian.But at the age of 16 he went to Saudi Arabia- where he is believed to have spent eight years - and became a Muslim.He took a degree in Islamic Studies in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, before coming back to the UK.Faisal spent years travelling the UK preaching racial hatred urging his audience to kill Jews, Hindus and Westerners.A year after being deported from the UK in 2007, he was preaching in South Africa.The Kenyan authorities said Faisal had arrived in Kenya on 24 December 2009 after travelling through Nigeria, Angola, Mozambique, Swaziland and Malawi and Tanzania.BBC News - Kenya police shoot hate cleric al-Faisal supporters