This is odd, right? After all, we all know Islam is a religion of peace. How did Aboud Rogo and the other people at the Masjid Musa come to misunderstand the religion they were dedicated to living out properly? Surely the learned imam Pope Francis is on his way to Kenya now in order to explain to those who attended this mosque that authentic Islam and the proper reading of the Qur’an reject every form of violence.
“Homegrown terrorist: The humble beginnings of suicide bomber in Riverside attack,” by Enock Sikolia, Citizen Digital, January 21, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
The terrorist who blew himself up before the attack on the 14 Riverside complex in Nairobi has been on the police list of the most wanted terror suspects since 2014.
Despite his photos having been advertised and strategically placed in Mombasa, Mahir Khalid Riziki managed to sneak out of the country in 2014 and back in 2019 to participate in an attack in the country’s capital Nairobi.
Mahir was born and brought up at Majengo estate in Mombasa.
He apparently used to attend prayers at the Masjid Musa mosque situated a few metres from their family house and he was said to be a close friend of the late controversial Muslim cleric, Aboud Rogo.
It is believed that it’s during his time at Masjid Musa that Mahir was brainwashed and radicalized.
At the time, the 25-year-old was a Tuk – Tuk driver in Mombasa.
But his journey to officially join the Al Shabaab terror group would begin in February 2014 the day, security forces raided Masjid Musa Mosque with an aim of flushing out radical elements.
The late Abubakar Shariff alias Makaburi, a controversial cleric was in charge of the Mosque.
On the day police raided Masjid Musa, Mahir was among the youth who clashed with law enforcers and was arrested as a suspected Al Shabaab insurgent.
According to the government in 2014, Masjid Musa had turned into a breeding ground for terrorists and it was time to remove radical elements at all cost.
During the melee, Mahir broke his leg and was hospitalized at Coast General Hospital under the watchful eye of the police. But tight security was not enough to keep Mahir tied on the hospital bed as he mysteriously escaped from hospital into thin air.
Later that year, Mahir got married and moved to Bakarani estate in Mombasa, an estate where talking about him and his life is scary.
According to police, in 2014, Mahir was part of an assassination cell tasked by Al-Shabaab to kill security personnel at the Kenyan coast.
In October 2014, he was involved in the killing of a police officer at Royal Court Hotel. The team was led by Ismael Mohamed Shosi alias Ismael Mmanga, a former resident of Bondeni….