From: Ouko joachim omolo
The News Dispatch with Omolo Beste
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

The fact that British woman terrorist suspect, Samantha Lewthwaite who is believed to have been among the terrorists killed at the Westgate was a close supporter of Sheikh Aboud Rogo Mohammed before his death, it indicates that the war against Al-Shabaab is a long way to contain.

Muslim leaders in Mombasa still supported Rogo even when they knew very well that he faced charges of membership in al-Shabab, the Somali rebel group that is linked to al-Qaida and which has been outlawed in Kenya.

Rogo was not only supported by Muslim leaders at the Coast, including Muslim human rights activists, they also mobilized young rioters to clash with police who were trying to stop them from attacking Christian churches, throwing stones, damaging cars, and attacking businesses.

Burning of Christian churches implied that jihad war had been targeted on none Muslims, also known as kuffar (unbelievers). In response to the murder, al-Shabaab called on Kenyan Muslims to “take all necessary measures” to defend their religion.

Al-Shabaab wants Muslims in Kenya to take the matter into their own hands, stand united against the kuffar and take all necessary measures to protect their religion, their honour, their property and their lives from the enemies of Islam.

Lewthwaite is the widow of Jermaine Lindsay, one of the suicide bombers who killed 52 commuters in multiple bombings of London’s transport system on July 7, 2005.

The other is Briton Jermaine Grant who was also a great supporter of Rogo. He was sentenced to three years in prison for immigration offenses and lying to a government official about his identity.

Al-Shabab has vowed to carry out a large-scale attack in Nairobi in retaliation for Kenya sending troops into Somalia to fight the Islamist insurgents. Rogo is the fifth alleged Muslim extremist who has been killed according to human rights campaigners.

Lewthwaite is believed to have arrived in Mombasa in August 1, 2013 among other reasons to plan terrorist attacks in Kenya to coincide with the one-year anniversary of the assassination of Rogo.

Kenyan security officials placed citizens on alert, saying the Somali militant group could be targeting Mombasa, the coastal city where the cleric preached and where he was killed in a drive-by shooting on August 27, 2012.

The plan failed after the authorities raised the security level after receiving intelligence reports that at least five al-Shabaab fighters had crossed into Kenya from Somalia, Coast region.

Rogo was on a United Nations Security Council sanctions list because of alleged ties to both al-Shabaab and Kenya’s al-Hijra group — also known as the Muslim Youth Centre (MYC).

Since his killing, taped recording of his various speeches, sermons and lectures are being sold in Mombasa and Nairobi markets. The tapes appear to be amateur recordings from audience members.

In one such tape from a speech delivered in Nyeri district in Central Province on April 12th, Rogo said Somalia is the seedbed of jihad in Africa and Asia, and proclaimed that Islam would prevail in Somalia and the entire continent. He also called on Muslims to take up arms and join those who are allegedly fighting for Islam in foreign countries.

Lewthwaite, 29, a Muslim convert was wanted in Kenya on terror charges. She has been labelled the “white widow” because of her marriage to Lindsay, who blew up an Underground train at King’s Cross in 2005, killing 26 people. She has been on the run in East Africa for two years after allegedly plotting to attack Western targets in Kenya.

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