Yesterday, the clerics from Kenya, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Yemen, India, Tanzania and Indonesia said Muslim clerics cannot afford to sit on the periphery in the fight against extremism. Updated Thu, May 12th 2016 at 00:05 GMT +3Moderate Muslim clerics from six countries have urged the State and religious leaders to collaborate to combat extremism. Wal JamaaSufi clerics, otherwise known as Ahlu Sunna Wal Jamaa, said the spread of religious extremism was the most serious challenges facing the world today. The Islamic scholars and clerics toured seven counties in Coast and Eastern regions to reach out to the youth who are being targeted by extremists. On Monday, the group converged at Mackinnon Road Township along the Mombasa-Nairobi highway after a series of activities at the Coast to educate on the ills of religious extremism.

Source: Standard Digital May 11, 2016 15:51 UTC