Police in the Kenyan capital Nairobi have killed at least five of several hundred Muslims protesting against the detention of a Jamaican cleric. Police fired assault rifles and tear gas, injuring at least five others.

Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal,45, was arrested on 31 December after hate speeches he gave were found to violate Kenyan immigration rules. In Britain Mr Faisal served a five-year prison sentence for preaching racial hatred and urging his audiences to kill Jews, Hindus and Westerners. He was deported from Britain in 2007. Kenya now wants to deport him to Tanzania or Gambia but the authorities there are refusing him entry and airlines are barring him from their flights.

The protests come amid deep-seated frustration amongst Kenya's Muslim community, which says it is being discriminated against. Muslims say they have come under increased scrutiny from security services and are being denied public service jobs.

Muslims in Kenya (Photo: flickr/rorigo)