Somali Church Leader Assaulted in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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By Michael Ireland
Chief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (ANS) — Islamic extremists beat Mr. Ibrahim Yusuf [name changed security reasons], 35-year-old Somali church leader, September 20 neighborhood Saris Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) www.persecution.org , ss Mr. Yusuf, lives neighborhood Addis Ababa, Saris pick documents tt left friend David Abdulwahab Mohamed Ali.
The documents persecution Somali churches. Mr. Ali martyred Somalia April 2008 Islamic militants. (See: www.persecution.org/suffering/newsdetail.php?newscode=7631 )
According Yusuf, Somali Muslim entered house documents bn safeguarded se Ali’s death demanded them. Yusuf refused Muslim left threatening him.
ICC tt hours later, Yusuf left documents ambushed Muslim kicked punched repeatedly fainted fell ground. En ar fainted, continued merciless assault ar fn minutes, according police report.
The attackers fled scene policemen arrived. Yusuf Model Medium Clinic Addis Ababa treated regained consciousness. suffered lacerations kidney head injuries result attack.
ICC Muslim attackers we arrested September 21. rest run.
The documents safe hands.
Saris neighborhood Addis Ababa’s “little Mogadishus,” populated Somali refugees he fled war-torn Somalia. persecution at Somali church intensified se beginning Muslim fasting month Ramadan.
ICC explains Somalis predominately Muslims, but, te my Somalis Christians result hard missionaries. Somalis convert Christianity fe death. past yr alone, Somali converts Christianity killed simply tr faith. En Somalis live neighboring countries Ethiopia Kenya fe persecution.
ICC’s Regional Manager Africa, Jonathan Racho, said, “It unfortunate tt Christian Somalis persecution countries we ty live refugees. hope Ethiopian authorities wl action bring perpetrators attack Yusuf justice.”
ICC Washington-DC based human rights organization exists help persecuted Christians worldwide. ICC provides Awareness, Advocacy, Assistance worldwide persecuted Church.
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