The Kenyan government wants to register all the religious organizations under the pretext of curbing insecurity.   The government claims that the move will also be taken against the churches as a means of combating defraud from the clerics. This comes after Jennifer Anderson who is the Head of Counter Terrorism at the Britain's Foreign and Commonwealth Office meeting with the heads of anti-terror squad ATPU, addressed the meeting on Friday in Nairobi said, "The UK supports Kenya in the fight against terrorism, and recognizes the hard work of both the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) and the Anti Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) in bringing terrorists to justice."

Consequently, we would like to expound on the following:

1- We strongly condemn this heinous conspiracy by the government which aims at shutting down mosques which are sacred houses which The Creator of the universe Has ordered that they be praised and His Name frequently mentioned. It is apparent that this move is gagging and refraining Muslims, the activists and preachers, from calling to Islam as an ideology through wisdom and intellect without resorting to violence or material means.

2- The government is creating public opinion to non-Muslims so that they perceive Muslims and mosques threaten their security. This misconception does not only aim to fill the Christians with animosity but the government wants to use it as an alibi. The government has not only failed in security issues but in all spheres of life be it economically, healthcare etc. We painfully feel that the church was just ostensibly mentioned to conceal this conspiracy as not to be seen is targeting Muslims alone. If it has anything to do with fraud, then the clerics fraud is meager compared to the democratic capitalist politicians. The government wants to hoodwink the citizens not to uncover the shortcomings and failures of the capitalist ideology which Kenya as a country implements upon them.

3- The war against terror does not emanate from Africa. It is crystal clear that it has been officially instigated by the western regimes and it gains momentum whenever the African countries receive boodle from the western countries. Consequently, whenever Muslims are slain, then the western countries double their aids to this continent. This was clearly stated by Anderson, "The UK supports Kenya in the fight against terrorism and recognizes the hard work of the office of the director of public prosecution and the ATPU in bringing the terrorists to justice" meaning the killings of Muslims as was stated by the Human Rights Watch under the guarantee of the UK and America. The same UK which combats terrorism had been involved in Kenya- the massacre of different communities (kikuyus/maasais) when the Kenyans were fighting for their land and gloat over its heinous acts yet we don't hear a single media outlet branding these killings as terrorism.

We would like to emphasize that the war against terror has gained daily momentum due to the fact that the western regimes are scared of the reestablishment of Islam as an ideology which is the only remedy to the oppression and injustice worldwide.

Shabani Mwalimu
Media Representative of Hizb ut Tahrir
in East Africa