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| Hate-cleric riot charges in Kenya | Hate-cleric riot charges in Kenya |
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| A Kenyan Muslim activist has been charged with inciting violence after a rally against the deportation of a Jamaican cleric ended in riots. | A Kenyan Muslim activist has been charged with inciting violence after a rally against the deportation of a Jamaican cleric ended in riots. |
| Al-Amin Kimathi, who organised Friday's rally in support of preacher Abdullah al-Faisal, denies the charge. | Al-Amin Kimathi, who organised Friday's rally in support of preacher Abdullah al-Faisal, denies the charge. |
| The government blamed ethnic Somalis for the violence and arrested about 300 of them - charging 141 with immigration offences and releasing the rest. | The government blamed ethnic Somalis for the violence and arrested about 300 of them - charging 141 with immigration offences and releasing the rest. |
| Rights campaigners have accused the government of stoking ethnic enmities. | Rights campaigners have accused the government of stoking ethnic enmities. |
| Along with Mr Kimathi, seven others have been charged over Friday's violence in Nairobi - in which at least one person is believed to have been killed, with several unconfirmed reports of five deaths. | Along with Mr Kimathi, seven others have been charged over Friday's violence in Nairobi - in which at least one person is believed to have been killed, with several unconfirmed reports of five deaths. |
| 'Exploiting divisions' | 'Exploiting divisions' |
| The round-up of Somalis caused diplomatic embarrassment when it emerged that 12 Somali MPs had been detained. | The round-up of Somalis caused diplomatic embarrassment when it emerged that 12 Somali MPs had been detained. |
| They were later released, but not before Somalia's government sent a formal letter of protest. | They were later released, but not before Somalia's government sent a formal letter of protest. |
| I do not believe most of the political leaders we have today want a unified Kenya Hassan Omar HassanKenya National Commission on Human Rights | |
| Three more MPs, including former Foreign Affairs Minister Ismail Hure Buba, were detained late on Monday. The reasons for their arrests are not clear. | |
| The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, which is government-funded but largely independent, has launched an investigation into the unrest. | The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, which is government-funded but largely independent, has launched an investigation into the unrest. |
| Hassan Omar Hassan, one of the commissioners, told the BBC the government was exploiting hatred for political gain. | Hassan Omar Hassan, one of the commissioners, told the BBC the government was exploiting hatred for political gain. |
| "If you look at the political leadership as it stands now, it is a leadership which preconditions itself towards exciting every form of division in our society," he said. | "If you look at the political leadership as it stands now, it is a leadership which preconditions itself towards exciting every form of division in our society," he said. |
| "I do not believe most of the political leaders we have today want a unified Kenya." | "I do not believe most of the political leaders we have today want a unified Kenya." |
| Mr Kimathi, head of the Muslim Human Rights Forum, has been prominent in his criticism of the treatment of Faisal. | Mr Kimathi, head of the Muslim Human Rights Forum, has been prominent in his criticism of the treatment of Faisal. |
| But Mr Kimathi's lawyers disputed the charge against him, arguing in court that the charge-sheet was defective because it did not give details of an offence. | But Mr Kimathi's lawyers disputed the charge against him, arguing in court that the charge-sheet was defective because it did not give details of an offence. |
| Faisal has spent time in jail in the UK for encouraging Muslims to murder Jews and Hindus. | Faisal has spent time in jail in the UK for encouraging Muslims to murder Jews and Hindus. |
| Kenya tried to deport him to The Gambia but airlines in Nigeria refused to let him board his connecting flight and so he was sent back to Nairobi. | Kenya tried to deport him to The Gambia but airlines in Nigeria refused to let him board his connecting flight and so he was sent back to Nairobi. |
| Since his return, he has been in detention while the government works out a way to expel him. | Since his return, he has been in detention while the government works out a way to expel him. |