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Why mosques at Kenya's Coast have turned into hotbeds of Islamic radicalism

On June 10 this year, Sheikh Mohamed Idris became the most prominent moderate cleric to be killed by suspected Muslim radicals.

Before his murder in Likoni, Idris was the chairman of the Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya (CIPK) and former imam of Sakina Mosque for close to two decades. On November 27, 2013, he was violently ousted from Sakina Mosque by radical youths who began a violent campaign against all mosques and imams associated with CIPK.

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