Government officials in Kuwait announced Tuesday that they pulled a prominent Wahhabi cleric, Shafi al-Ajm, off television accused him of instigating hatred and promoting al-Qaeda-linked rebels group in Syria.Al-Ajmi regularly writes anti-Shia comments online, suggesting that the Shia faith should be banned in Muslim countries.
He also gained notoriety in the World when he appeared in an online video in which he celebrated the massacre of more than 60 innocent Shiite people such as children and women and also cheering for beheading family of a Shiite cleric, Sayed Ibrahim al Sayed, by Al-Nusra Front terrorists in Deir ez-Zor city of Syria.
The hated cleric also actively raises funds for Syrian rebel groups including al-Qaeda-linked Jabhat al-Nusra, which is fighting against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
In a message on Monday on Twitter, al-Ajmi wrote that that "all supporters of the Syrian fighters are welcome to my home." He followed that up by posting his home address.
"> television in Kuwait.By Tuesday, Information Minister Salman al-Homood said the show had been cancelled and that an investigation had begun to determine who was responsible for putting the cleric on the air.
"The ministry of information does not approve of airing episodes for any individuals who instigates hatred and promotes such rhetoric," al-Homood told journalists.
Al-Ajmi regularly writes anti-Shia comments online, suggesting that the Shia faith should be banned in Muslim countries.
He also gained notoriety in the World when he appeared in an online video in which he celebrated the massacre of more than 60 innocent Shiite people such as children and women and also cheering for beheading family of a Shiite cleric, Sayed Ibrahim al Sayed, by Al-Nusra Front terrorists in Deir ez-Zor city of Syria.
The hated cleric also actively raises funds for Syrian rebel groups including al-Qaeda-linked Jabhat al-Nusra, which is fighting against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
In a message on Monday on Twitter, al-Ajmi wrote that that "all supporters of the Syrian fighters are welcome to my home." He followed that up by posting his home address.
