Radical Muslim youth have raided a Mombasa mosque and ejected its moderate imam and management committee, in a powerful sign that hardline youth are becoming more numerous and increasingly aggressive. Swafaa mosque, which was raided last Friday, was still occupied yesterday by young men aged between 20 ad 30. The seizure of the mosque in Mwandoni area of Kisauni constituency was the latest in a series of raids by radicals on mosques that began last year across Mombasa. Moderate imams have also been attacked and intimidated. The Swafaa imam, Shiekh Hassan, has resigned and gone into hiding,...
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