The Persecution Times » Somalia
Islamist Behead Sons of Christian Leader
Compass Direct News reports: NAIROBI, Kenya, – Islamic extremists have beheaded two young boys in Somalia because their Christian father refused to divulge information about a church leader, and the killers are searching Kenya’s refugee camps to do the same to the boys’ father. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Christian, Compass Direct, Islam, Muslim, Persecution, Somalia
Kenyan Pastor Beaten at Somaliland Border
Compass Direct News reports: NAIROBI, Kenya – A pastor trying to visit Somalia’s autonomous, self-declared state of Somaliland earlier this year discovered just how hostile the separatist region can be to Christians. A convert from Islam, Abdi Welli Ahmed is an East Africa Pentecostal Church pastor from Kenya who in February tried to visit and encourage Christians, an invisibly tiny minority, in the religiously intolerant region of Somaliland. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Christian, Compass Direct, Islam, Persecution, Somalia
The Persecution Report from Voice of the Martyrs Canada
Here is the December Persecution Report from Voice of the Martyrs Canada. Part 1 Part 2 … Read entire article »
Filed under: Christian, HIndu, India, Iraq, Islam, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Voice of the Martyrs
Christian Beheaded for Converting from Islam
Compass Direct News reports that followers of the religion of peace beheaded a Somali aid worker last month because he converted from Islam to Christianity. NAIROBI, Kenya – Among at least 24 aid workers killed in Somalia this year was one who was beheaded last month specifically for converting from Islam to Christianity, among other charges, according to an eyewitness. Muslim extremists from the al Shabab group fighting the transitional government on Sept. 23 sliced the head off of Mansuur Mohammed, 25, a World Food Program WFP worker, before horrified onlookers of Manyafulka village, 10 kilometers six miles from Baidoa. The militants had intercepted Mohammed and a WFP driver, who managed to escape, earlier in the morning. Sources close to Mohammed’s family said he converted from Islam to Christianity in 2005. Read the full … Read entire article »
Filed under: Christian, Compass Direct, Islam, Muslim, Persecution, Somalia
Church Attacked for the Second Time in Somalia
By Michael Ireland Chief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – A Muslim mob has once again attacked a house church in Tayeglow, a town 198 miles from Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital. According to the Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) www.persecution.org , dozens of Muslims, including children and women, demolished the church and attacked the Christians worshipping at the church with spears, machetes, sticks and stones. Two elders of the church, Mr. Faysal Amin, 50, and Mr. Mubarak Hussein, 45 [not real names for security reasons], suffered serious injuries as a result of the attack. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Christian, Muslim, Persecution, Somalia
