SHOCKING MESSAGE from AL SHABAAB on ROGO's death and next ELECTIONS

Somali terror group Al-Shabaab has released an official statement on the killing of controversial Muslim cleric Aboud Rogo in Mombasa yesterday. Rogo was long suspected of  being a member of the Somali terror outfit and of even being one of its main recruiters in the country, suspicions which eventually landed him on a US sanction list. The statement from the Al-Shabaab however pours water on that theory even though it concedes that he shared their objectives. The statement also called on Muslims in Kenya to avenge the cleric's death;

" Al-Shabaab Al Mujahideen condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the cold blooded murder of Sheikh Aboud Rogo in Mombasa and urges the Muslims to wake up to the Kenyan authority’s vicious witch-hunt against their fellow Muslim brothers."

"While Sheikh Aboud Rogo was not officially a member of Harakat Al-Shabaab Al Mujahideen, he, like the rest of the Muslims in Kenya, shared unbreakable religious ties with the Mujahideen. The death of the Sheikh comes at a time when the brutal murder of his brothers, Sheikh Samir Khan and Mohamed Kassim, is still remains fresh in the minds of the Muslims and exposes the latest atrocity in a spate of extra-judicial killings carried out by the Kenyan authorities against innocent Muslims in Kenya. The savagery with which the Muslim preachers were killed is vividly indicative of the Kuffar’s deep-rooted hatred towards Islam and the Muslims."

Most worrying though, the statement from the terror group also called on Muslims in Kenya not to take part in the next general election. This will awaken concerns that just like the Mombasa Republican Council, the Al-Shaabab also harbors the hope of making sure that Kenyans at the Coast don't vote in the next election;

"Harakat Al-Shabaab Al Mujahideen also calls upon the Muslims in Kenya to fully boycott the coming elections and not to be repeatedly deluded by the illusory promises of the government. Not only is the participation in the elections prohibited in Islam but also the current government has terribly failed to protect the rights of Muslims in Kenya. Therefore Muslims must take the matter into their own hands, stand united against the Kuffar and take all necessary measures to protect their religion, their honour, their property and their lives from the enemies of Islam."

Rogo's murder has sparked scenes of rioting and looting in Mombasa for the second day running with reports that businesses in the CBD staying closed and angry youths attacking churches and even journalists.