VIDEO: The Guinea Imam who prays in Mandinka

An imam who prays in Mandinka in Guinea has got tongues wagging amid his arrest by authorities in Guinea.

Imam Nanfo Diaby in Kankan, Guinea Conakry, was arrested after leading Eid-ul-Fitr prayers in his local Madingo language instead of Arabic, DW reported on Friday.

According to DW, Guinea’s Office of Religious Affairs has previously warned Nanfo to refrain from the practice described as blasphemy.

Angry protesters attacked his mosque, and the police arrested him along with some of his followers, DW said.

See a video of him leading his congregation in prayers;