Somali Convert to Christianity Kidnapped, Beheaded
By Dan Wooding Founder of ASSIST Ministries HUDUR CITY, SOMALIA (ANS) – Compass Direct News (CDN) is reporting that a kidnapped Christian convert from Islam was found decapitated on Sept. 2 on the outskirts of Hudur City in Bakool region, in southwestern Somalia. CDN says that Juma Nuradin Kamil was forced into a car by three suspected Islamic extremists from the al Shabaab terrorist group on Aug. 21, area sources said. The kidnapping and subsequent manner of murder suggests that al Shabaab militants had been monitoring him, Christian leaders said. … Read entire article »
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Somali Islamists Kill Twenty-Fourth Christian Convert
By Jeremy Reynalds Senior Correspondent for ASSIST News Service WASHINGTON D.C. (ANS) — A human rights organization has learned that members of the Somali Islamic radical group, Al-Shabaab, killed a Christian convert from Islam in the Somali capital of Mogadishu. The killing occurred on Jan. 26. Another Christian convert escaped from Al-Shabaab’s detention on Jan. 29. According to International Christian Concern (ICC), the Islamists killed Abdirahman Hussein Roble after accusing him of spying and promoting religious discord by evangelizing Muslims. ICC said two eye witnesses notified Abdirahman’s widow and relatives about his murder on Feb. 9. Abdirahman, who converted to Christianity in 2009, was the father of two children. He is the twenty-fourth Christian to be killed by the Somali Islamists since 2009. Another Christian convert from Islam escaped from a makeshift detention center run by Al-Shabaab. ICC … Read entire article »
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Muslims Attack Two Christian Families in Egypt, 11 Killed Including Children
By Dan Wooding Founder of ASSIST Ministries SHARONA, EGYPT (ANS) — A Middle East journalist is reporting news of the shocking massacre of two Christian Coptic families by Islamists which has just emerged from Upper Egypt with the return of the Internet connections after a week of Internet blackout by the Egyptian regime. Mary Abdelmassih, writing for the Assyrian International News Agency (www.aina.org) says that the carnage took place on Sunday, January 30, 2011, at 3 PM in the village of Sharona near Maghagha, Minya province. “Two Islamists groups, aided by the Muslim neighbors, descended on the roof of houses owned by Copts, killing eleven Copts, including children, and seriously injuring four others,” she said. Abdelmassih said that Anba Agathon, Bishop of Maghagha, told Coptic activist Dr. Mona Roman in a televised interview on a … Read entire article »
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Islamic Somali Militants Confiscate Christian Farms
By Michael Ireland Chief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service WASHINGTON, DC (ANS) — Members of Al-Shabaab, an Islamic Somali extremist group, confiscated farm lands owned by Somali Christians and Muslims who attended Bible studies in the cities of Afgoye and Baidawa. According to International Christian Concern (ICC) the Islamists have confiscated eight farms since January 19. In a media update, ICC says: “A Somali church leader confirmed to ICC that five of the farms were owned by Somali Christian converts from Islam and three were owned by Muslims who attended Bible study groups to learn about Christianity. Most of the landowners fled their homes and remain in hiding. There are also unconfirmed reports of additional Christian farm seizures in Dinsor and Burhakaba districts.” ICC says Al-Shabaab handed over the confiscated lands to businessmen who regularly … Read entire article »
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Two Church Buildings Torn Down in Zanzibar, Tanzania
By Dan Wooding Founder of ASSIST Ministries ZANZIBAR, TANZANIA – Compass Direct News (CDN) is reporting that radical Islamists are suspected in the demolition of two church buildings on Tanzania’s semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar on Sunday (Nov. 21), as members of the congregations have since received death threats from Muslims. The church buildings belonging to the Tanzania Assemblies of God (TAG) and the Evangelical Assemblies of God Zanzibar (EAGZ) in Masingini village, five kilometers (nearly three miles) from the center of Zanzibar city, were torn down at about 8 p.m., said Bishop Fabian Obeid of EAGZ. CDN said that a Christian who requested anonymity said, “One Muslim was heard saying, ‘We have cleansed our area by destroying the two churches, and now we are on our mission to kill individual members of these two … Read entire article »
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