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Somali Teenage Girl Shot to Death for Embracing Christ

Compass Direct News Reports: A 17-year-old girl in Somalia who converted to Christianity from Islam was shot to death last week in an apparent “honor killing,” area sources said. Nurta Mohamed Farah, who had fled her village of Bardher, Gedo Region to Galgadud Region to live with relatives after her parents tortured her for leaving Islam, died on Nov. 25. Area sources said they strongly suspected that the two unidentified men in Galgadud Region who shot her in the chest and head with a pistol were relatives or acting on their behest. “Reports reached the relatives in Galgadud that Nurta Farah had converted to Christianity,” one source said. “The suspicion that the family is responsible is a solid one. The sister was killed in Abudwaq, a district in Galgadud Region, and the place … Read entire article »

Filed under: Christian, Compass Direct, Somalia

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