(Mathaba.Net-South Africa) Nigerian Security agents in Kano have arrested Sheikh Muhiddeen Abdullahi, the Sudanese head of Almuntada al-Islami, a Saudi-funded charity accused of funding a shortlived but bloody Islamic rebellion in Yobe state late December, calling for an Islamic state. "The arrest followed the discovery of financial transactions running into millions of naira (tens of thousands of dollars/euros) between Sheikh Muhiddeen and a Kano-based businessman, Alhaji Sharu," an official said. The charity, reputedly funded by wealthy Saudi individuals, is said to have built 42 mosques in Kano, and promotes the conservative Wahhabi brand of Islam espoused by Afghanistan's ousted Taliban regime.
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