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Family of 17-Year-Old Girl Abuses Her for Leaving Islam

By Jeremy Reynalds, Correspondent for ASSIST News Service NAIROBI, KENYA (ANS) — The Muslim parents of a 17-year-old Somali girl who converted to Christianity severely beat her for leaving Islam and have regularly shackled her to a tree at their home for more than a month. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Compass Direct, Islam, Persecution, Somalia

Islamic Extremists in Somalia Kill Church Leader

Opens Doors has reported that Islamic militants in Somalia found an underground church leader who escaped a kidnapping attempt earlier and killed him last week. Islamic extremist al Shabaab rebels shot Madobe Abdi to death on March 15 in Mahaday village, 31 miles north of Johwar. His death is among a large list of Christians murdered by Islamic militants, but his was distinctive in that he was not a convert from Islam. This man was an orphan, who was raised as a Christian. The extremist would not allow his body to be buried, instead they ordered that it be left to dogs as an example to other Christians. Al shabaab, which is fighting the Transitional Federal Government, has embarked on a campaign to rid the country of all non-Muslims. Please pray for our brothers … Read entire article »

Filed under: Muslim, Open Doors, Somalia

Islamic Extremists Kill Somali Church Leader

By Jeremy Reynalds, Correspondent for ASSIST News Service WASHINGTON, D.C.  – A human rights group has learned that members of al-Shabab a Somali Islamic extremist group have killed yet another leader of an underground church in the Somalia capital of Mogadishu. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Assist News Service, Christian, Somalia

Islamic Extremists in Somalia Kill Another Church Leader

By Dan Wooding, Founder of ASSIST Ministries MAREREY, SOMALIA (ANS) — Compass Direct News (www.compassdirect.org) has revealed that Islamic militants in Somalia this week killed a woman who led an underground Christian movement in the war-torn country. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Assist News Service, Christian, Muslim, Somalia

Christian Shot and Killed After Converting from Islam

Compass Direct News reports AIROBI, Kenya – Muslim extremists early this morning killed a Christian convert in Mahadday Weyne, Somalia, 100 kilometers 62 miles north of Mogadishu. Al Shabaab Islamist rebels shot Mohammed Sheikh Abdiraman to death at 7 a.m., eyewitnesses told Compass. They said the Islamic extremists appeared to have been hunting the convert from Islam, and when they found him they did not hesitate to shoot him. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Compass Direct, Muslim, Persecution, Somalia