Kuwait detains Muslim cleric U.S. suspects of militant financing

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Kuwait has detained a prominent Sunni Muslim cleric less than two weeks after the United States included him on a sanctions list for allegedly funnelling money to militants in Iraq and Syria, his lawyer said on Monday. Shafi al-Ajmi was detained on the border with Saudi Arabia on Sunday while returning from a pilgrimage. Some Islamist activists in the Gulf have exploited their governments' support for an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad to channel millions of dollars to militants. Kuwait has been one of the biggest humanitarian do**rs to Syrian refugees through the United Nations, but it has also struggled to control u**fficial fundraising for opposition groups in Syria by private individuals.

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