Muslims want one of theirs as ambassador to Saudi Arabia

Imam Mosque Imam Sheikh Muhammad Swalihu wants President Uhuru Kenyatta to appoint a Muslim as ambbadador to Saudi Arabia

In his Friday sermon, Imam of Nairobi said that a Muslim envoy will ensure that national interests are well taken into account.

Swalihu said that a Muslim ambbadador will be better placed to handle the affairs of Haj because there are important cities in Saudi Arabia whose access is limited to Muslims.

In a parallel with the Vatican, he says that the diplomatic badignments of several countries are mainly reserved for Catholics because of their religious importance.

"The same principles should be applied to Saudi Arabia because of its religious significance"

His opinion was taken up by a deputy Yusuf Nzibo, President of the Supreme Council of Muslims of Kenya ( 19459005), who stated that it was not in the country's interest that non-Muslims be ambbadadors and deputies. Ambbadador to the Riyadh Mission.

"Assignments in Saudi Arabia are unfair to Muslims We can not have both ambbadadors and number two as non-Muslims, there are regions and cities where they will not be able to go "He said in a letter to F the Senior Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Ambbadador Macharia Kamau.

"As things stand, this will cause a lot of stress in the Muslim community." [19659002] Peter Oginga will be Kenya's ambbadador to Saudi Arabia, if his appointment is approved by the National Assembly.

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