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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
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 »
Filed under: International Christian Concern, Islam, Somalia
