WE ARE ALL SADDEN ED BY THIS UNTOWARD ANTIISLAMIC AGRESSION
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On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 4:49 AM GMT-12:00 Abu Ayman wrote:
>Renowned international scholar Dr. Bilal Phillips was deported today at
>6.00pm five hours after his arrival at the airport. He had been scheduled
>to address several gatherings which included a Friday sermon at Jamia
>mosque, a public lecture at the University of Nairobi as well as meet
>Muslim leaders in the country.
>No specific official reason was given by the Immigration authorities. The
>Director of immigration had earlier assured the Nominated MP Sheikh
>Muhammad Dor and Kisumu Town MP Ahmed Shabbir that he will not be deported
>out of the country.
>Security agencies had already given him a clean bill of health stressing
>that he was not a security threat to the country.
>The Canadian scholar who is
currently based in Qatar is the founder of the
>Islamic Online University and had been in the country on two different
>occasions without any incident.
>My appeal to Muslim is while this incident is a grave injustice to the
>community, let us exercise calm and remain patient. It just shows how
>indifferent the government takes Muslims.
>Almost every month, scores of Christian evangelist visit the country hold
>crusades and public gatherings and we have never heard issues being raised
>about them with regard to their presence in the country. However, it
>appears when it come to Muslims, a different set of laws is applied.
>Dr. Bilal Phillips is a respectable global figure whose lectures are well
>known in promoting understanding and better relations between Muslims and
>people of other faiths. The Islamic Online University which he founded
>currently boasts of more than 50,000
students from across the globe and
>this is a testimony to his status in the Muslim world. He was rated by The
>Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center Jordan and Georgetown University as
>among the top 500 influential Muslims in the world. He has be a strong
>advocate for promoting better understanding and cultivating better
>relations between Muslims and people of other faiths.
> However, we fail to understand who this respected scholar could be
>unceremoniously be thrown out of the country without any justification.
>As I said earlier, while we are deeply hurt by this draconian attitude by
>the Immigration department, we should exercise calm and patience as other
>extreme are detrimental to our interests as a community.
>
>Abu Ayman
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