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Close to 300 Muslim scholars and imams from Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo have issued a religious edict (fatwa) against Al Shabaab and its extremist Wahhabi doctrine.
They said they will henceforth “join their respective governments in weeding out extremism” after realising that extremist ideas must be combated. They warned that religious radicalism threatens the existence of sovereign nations and their economies.
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