Jamaican hate cleric to be flown home by private jet

Fresh from a failed attempt to deport the preacher of radical Islam Abdullah al-Faisal to Gambia the Kenyan government announced yesterday that it is now attempting to undertake one of the last available option for dealing with the hate cleric, that being a direct flight home to his home country of Jamaica by private jet.

According to a Jamaican newspaper, measures are being ramped up in that country to ensure that should al-Faisal be returned that he would be monitored around the clock by a special team of security officers. The Gleaner newspaper reports on a police insider who claimed online that Sheikh al-Faisal would face extra security measures on arrival home in the island nation.

Meanwhile, Otieno Kajwang, the Kenyan Immigration Minister called on both the United States and Britain to allow free transit through their airports for al-Faisal. This plea was effectively made a necessity given that travel to Jamaica must go via either the UK or US. Kajwang claimed that Kenyan Airways, the national carrier, could potentially fly the cleric back to his homeland but that this would require a connection at Britain’s Gatwick Airport. However, the UK has repeatedly stated that it will refuse al-Faisal any access to its ports after his serving of a four-year prison term in Britain for inciting racial hatred and violence.

The Qatari government has also come forward with an additional option according to Kajwang which would see al-Faisal allowed to make a connection at the capital Doha’s airport. Again though, this has presented issues as the ongoing sector would see travel to Miami in the US where authorities also have no desire to host the Sheikh.