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Old 09-29-2013, 19:28   #1286
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On the trail of al-Shabab’s Kenyan recruitment 'pipeline'

On the trail of al-Shabab’s Kenyan recruitment 'pipeline'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-24263357

"The armed siege at the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi has focused attention on the al-Qaeda affiliate, al-Shabab. When the attack happened, the BBC's Panorama programme had been investigating the recruitment pipeline of young Muslims through Kenya to join the Islamist group in Somalia.

I meet Makaburi in a fly-infested room not much bigger than a cupboard, in Mombasa, eastern Kenya......"

Now this is what the cleric says "..."There's no such thing as a moderate Muslim. The prophets did not teach us moderation in Islam - Islam is Islam," he said.

"Being a moderate Muslim is accepting what your enemies want you to be."...."

Look at how the reporter frames the cleric's words"..Makaburi makes no apology for his activities and believes they are justified according to his own controversial interpretation of verses in the Koran...."

The story does a fairly good job on detailing the amount of help that is given to the jihad by local Muslims.
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