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An atheist meets an al-Shabab 'recruiter'
15 February 2014 Last updated at 19:30 ET
By Gabriel Gatehouse
BBC News, Mombasa
Abubakar Shariff Ahmed is not a hard man to find. Ask around in the Majengo area of Mombasa and people will know where he lives.
But ask around too conspicuously and you are likely to arouse suspicion.
Mr Ahmed is perhaps better known by his nickname, Makaburi. It means "graveyard" in Swahili.
His name features on US and UN sanctions lists of people suspected of involvement in terrorism - accused of recruiting young Kenyan Muslims for violent militant activity in Somalia.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26172929