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Editorial: Senseless killing of Muslim leaders must stop

Kenya: An assassin’s bullet has felled a moderate Muslim cleric who advocated for peace, national cohesion and denounced spirited attempts to radicalise Muslim youths in the country.

Sheikh Mohammed Idris spoke against the Al Shabaab militants and opposed the extremism that was exhibited by the late Sheikh Makaburi who was also gunned down by unknown men on the streets of Mombasa.

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