Indians among 161 foreign Muslim preachers deported

January 24, 2012 15:25

Sri Lanka has reportedly ordered 161 foreign Muslim preachers to leave the country for flouting visa regulations, reports BBC News.

A senior immigration official was quoted as saying that the clerics had no right to preach in mosques because they had arrived on tourist visas. He also said that some local Muslims had complained that the visitors were not teaching a moderate form of Islam.

The preachers -- from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, the Maldives and Arab nations -- must now leave by January 31.

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