By County reporter
Mombasa, Kenya: Leaders in Mombasa have appealed to the government not to shut down two controversial Mosques in the coastal city.
They say the move would be counterproductive.
Security agencies believe Masjid Mussa and Sakina Mosque in Majengo are becoming breeding grounds for Jihad terror and has been put under surveillance.
Masjid Mussa was the scene of violent confrontations between the police and faithful recently, leading to the death of a police officer and two youth and 130 worshippers arrested.
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The two Mosques have been the focus of clashes with the security agencies since 2012 and raised concerns about growing religious tensions in the city. The leaders, among them Mombasa senator Hassan Omar Hassan, Mvita MP Abdulswamad Shariff Nassir and the women representative Mishi Mboko Juma said, closing down controversial mosques was not the solution to radicalisation and extremism. “The threatened closure of the Mosques might be construed as religious persecution and misused by radicals and extremists,” Shariff. —KNA
