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Religion: Islamic group seeks to shut popular nightclub, casinos

The Casablanca Club in Mombasa County as at yesterday. A Muslim organisation wants back the land on which the club sits.[Maarufu Mohamed, Standard]

A popular 24-hour nightclub in Mombasa is embroiled in a tussle with the Wakf Commission of Kenya (WCK) for operating such business on property leased from the Muslim community.

The commission wants the operations of Casablanca Club stopped. It also wants to reclaim 10 other properties in Mombasa, Malindi and Lamu, which it claims are also operating businesses that are against Islamic tenets.

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