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| 'Hate-cleric' returned to Kenya | 'Hate-cleric' returned to Kenya |
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| A Jamaican-born Muslim cleric notorious for preaching racial hatred has been sent back to Nairobi by Nigeria, days after he was expelled from Kenya. | A Jamaican-born Muslim cleric notorious for preaching racial hatred has been sent back to Nairobi by Nigeria, days after he was expelled from Kenya. |
| A Kenyan minister had said Abdullah al-Faisal was being deported to The Gambia after attempts to send him overland to Tanzania had failed. | A Kenyan minister had said Abdullah al-Faisal was being deported to The Gambia after attempts to send him overland to Tanzania had failed. |
| One report says Nigeria refused to give him a transit visa, while another says an airline refused to let him board. | One report says Nigeria refused to give him a transit visa, while another says an airline refused to let him board. |
| Kenya said Faisal was being deported because of his "terrorist history". | Kenya said Faisal was being deported because of his "terrorist history". |
| The cleric served four years in a UK prison after being convicted of soliciting the murder of Jews and Hindus. | The cleric served four years in a UK prison after being convicted of soliciting the murder of Jews and Hindus. |
| His lawyer arranged for him to speak to reporters from his prison cell in Kenya. | His lawyer arranged for him to speak to reporters from his prison cell in Kenya. |
| "I was deported to The Gambia but when I reached Nigeria, an airline there declined to fly me to Gambia," the AFP news agency quoted him as saying. | "I was deported to The Gambia but when I reached Nigeria, an airline there declined to fly me to Gambia," the AFP news agency quoted him as saying. |
| His lawyers say they will go to court to get him freed. | |
| Racial hatred | Racial hatred |
| Faisal was born Trevor William Forrest in St James, Jamaica - though he left the island 26 years ago, initially living in the UK. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 after travelling through Nigeria, Angola, Mozambique, Swaziland and Malawi and Tanzania. | The Kenyan authorities said Faisal had arrived in Kenya on 24 December after travelling through Nigeria, Angola, Mozambique, Swaziland and Malawi and Tanzania. |