Somali Mother Faces Death For Accepting Christ
A mother of three children in Somalia says she struggles to survive as Muslim relatives have driven her from their home and threaten to kill her for abandoning Islam and turning to faith in Christ.
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Somalia: Christian Mother Forced Into Hiding After Husband’s Severe Beating for Leaving Islam
A young newly Christian mother in northwest Somalia has had to leave her children and go into hiding after her husband violently attacked her for leaving Islam, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. Ruled by an oppressive extremist Islamic regime, Somalia ranks 2 on the Open Doors World Watch List 2024 of the top 50 countries where Christians are persecuted.
Somalia: Christian Convert Violently Attacked by Islamic Relatives, “You Can Beat Me Up, But Jesus Has Saved Me”
A Christian in Somalia has refused to denounce Jesus even after being violently attacked three times by Islamic relatives for his faith, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. Constitutionally, an Islamic state whose government forbids the propagation of other religions,
Somalia: Christian Convert violently assaulted by Islamic relatives, “Pray for our protection in this hostile anti-Christian community”
A Christian convert in Somalia has been repeatedly brutally attacked by Muslim relatives demanding he return to Islam, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
Somalia: Christian Man Stabbed by Muslim Relatives, “The Dangers of Being a Christian in Somalia Are Extreme”
A newly Christian man in Somalia was hospitalized this month after being knifed by Muslim relatives, enraged that he left Islam, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. With an extreme, oppressive Islamic government and a society that largely views conversion from Islam as treasonous,
Somalia: Conflict and Insecurity Drive More Than 140,000 New Displacements in Recent Months
The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reported on Monday that conflict, drought, and massive flooding has caused the internal displacement of 140,000 people in Somalia in the last four months, Medicine Reports.
Somali pastor violently attacked by father-in-law for leaving Islam
A Somali pastor sustained severe injuries when his Somali father-in-law violently assaulted him last month for refusing to return to Islam, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. Somalis believe they are born Muslim, and anyone who leaves Islam can be charged with apostasy and sentenced to death.
Somalia: Christians vulnerable as death toll reaches 21 in al-Shabaab attack
Somali Christians remain vulnerable to jihadist violence, as twenty-one people have now died following an attack on August 19 by the al-Shabaab Islamic terror group in Mogadishu, Somalia, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. Linked to al-Qaeda, al Shabaab has been conducting Islamic jihad in Somalia and Kenya, targeting Christians as well as terrorizing the civilian population generally.
Al-Shabab suicide bomber kills 11 in Somalia; Christians in danger
A suicide bomber from Al-Shabaab, a terror group affiliated with Al-Qaeda, killed at least 11 people in the Somalian capital city of Mogadishu on September 14, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. Posing a major threat to Christians in Somalia, Al-Shabaab is a jihadist terror group whose goal is to overthrow the internationally-supported government and impose its violent brand of extremist Islam on the whole of Somalia.
Somaliland Frees Jailed Christians After Prayers
A group of Christians in the self-declared Republic of Somaliland have been released from detention after charges related to alleged crimes against the state religion of Islam were dismissed following prayers, Christians said Monday.
‘Somaliland Christian Couple Need Prayers As Execution Draws Near’
A detained Christian couple facing potential execution in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland for leaving Islam and spreading Christianity need prayers as their court hearing was postponed, supporters told Worthy News.
Somali Christian Couple Facing Death For Faith; Prayers Urged
Christians have urged prayers for a couple who could face the death penalty in Somalia on Tuesday for abandoning Islam and “spreading Christianity” after in the Sunni Muslim nation.
Somaliland Detains Christians Over Evangelism
A court in Somaliland on Wednesday extended the detention of four Christians for evangelism in the self-declared republic, which is mainly Muslim, trial observers told Worthy News.
Somaliland Frees Christian Couple Detained For Evangelism
A married Christian couple detained for evangelizing in Muslim-majority Somaliland have neem released, well-informed sources told Worthy News.
Somaliland Christians Fear More Executions After Detention Couple For Evangelism (Worthy News In-depth)
Christians in the self-declared nation of Somaliland fear more executions and other persecution after a married couple was detained for evangelism, Worthy News learned.
Christians deploy to help east Africans against locust swarms ‘as big as major cities’
Christian aid groups, along with pesticide-wielding UN troops, are deploying to eastern Africa to fight a locust swarm that experts say is the worst to hit the region in 70 years and could grow by 500 times between now and June.
Christians killed on bus in Kenya when Al Shabaab infiltrates
Militants from Somali Islamist group Al Shabaab attacked a bus in Kenya Friday, killing 11 people, most of whom were assumed to be Christians.
Al Shabaab Kills Christians in Kenyan Coastal Town
Somalian militants of Islam’s Al Shabaab attacked a predominantly Christian town on Kenya’s coast Sunday night, selectively killing more than 50 Christian males, according to Morning Star News.
Somalia: Scholars issue fatwa against al-Shabaab
An Islamic conference of 160 Somali scholars recently issued a fatwa declaring that al-Shabaab doesn’t represent Islam and Muslims shouldn’t support this militant Islamist group, according to Voice of the Martyrs.
Somalia: Islamists Abduct Christian Mother of Two
Islamists suspected to be al-Shabaab militants who had kidnapped a Christian mother of two in Somalia have now threatened her husband.