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Exploding Grenade at Christian Meeting in Kenya Kills Boy, Woman
Al Shabaab Islamic extremists suspected of throwing grenade into open-air evangelistic event. By Simba Tian NAIROBI, Kenya (Compass Direct News) – An 8-year-old boy died today from injuries after suspected Islamic extremists on Saturday (March 31) threw a grenade into a Christian revival meeting near Kenya’s coastal town of Mombasa that instantly killed a woman and injured at least 30 people. Kenyan Internal Security Minister George Saitoti said Islamic extremists from the rebel al Shabaab militia in Somalia … Read entire article »
Filed under: Compass Direct, Islam, Kenya, Persecution
Attack on Church Compound in Kenya Kills Two, Wounds Three
By Simba Tian GARISSA, Kenya (Compass Direct News) – Suspected Islamic extremists with Somalia’s al Shabaab militia threw a grenade into the home of the church guard of an East Africa Pentecostal Church (EAPC) congregation outside Garissa, Kenya on Saturday night (Nov. 5), killing an 8-year-old girl and another member of the church, sources said. Three other people were seriously injured in the 8 p.m. grenade attack on the house, which is near the gate of the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Compass Direct, Islam, Kenya, Persecution
17-year-old Somali Christian Beheaded by Islamic Extremists
By Michael Ireland Senior Correspondent, ASSIST News Service NAIROBI, KENYA (ANS) — Militants from the Islamic extremist group al Shabaab beheaded a 17-year-old Somali Christian near Mogadishu last month, a journalist in the Somali capital told Compass Direct News (CDN). CDN reports the militants, who have vowed to rid Somalia of Christianity, killed Guled Jama Muktar on Sept. 25 in his home near Deynile, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Mogadishu. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Compass Direct, Muslim, Somalia
New Christian Convert from Islam Murdered in Somalia
By Dan Wooding Founder of ASSIST Ministries SOMALIA (ANS) — Two Muslim extremists in Somalia on Monday (April 18, 2011) murdered a member of a secret Christian community in Lower Shabele region as part of a campaign to rid the country of Christianity, sources have told Compass Direct News Service (CDN). An area contact told Compass that two al Shabaab militants shot 21-year-old Hassan Adawe Adan in Shalambod town after entering his house at 7:30 p.m. “Two al Shabaab members dragged him out of his house, and after 10 minutes they fired several shots at him,” said an area source who requested anonymity. “He then died immediately.” The militants then shouted “Allahu Akbar [God is greater]” before fleeing, he said. CDN went on to report that Adan, single and living with his Muslim family, was said … Read entire article »
Filed under: Christian, Compass Direct, Muslim, Somalia
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 »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Islam, Persecution, Somalia
