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Somalia
Islamic Extremists Behead Another Convert in Somalia    Published in 2012
NAIROBI, Kenya, February 8 (CDN) — Islamic extremists from the rebel al Shabaab militia in Somalia beheaded a Christian on the outskirts of Mogadishu last month, sources said. The militants fighting the transitional government in Mogadishu murdered Zakaria Hussein Omar, 26, on Jan. ....
Somali Convert from Islam Whipped in Public    Published in 2012
NAIROBI, Kenya, January 10 (CDN) — A Somali convert from Islam was paraded before a cheering crowd last month and publicly flogged as a punishment for embracing a “foreign religion,” sources said.   Sofia Osman, a 28-year-old Christian from Janale city in Somali’as Lower ....
Somali Muslims Cut, Beat Christian Unconscious in Kenya    Published in 2011
NAIROBI, Kenya, November 4 (CDN) — A Somali Christian in Kenya is nursing injuries after young Muslim men from his country beat him with iron rods and wooden clubs last week, leaving him unconscious at a church entryway. Hassan, a 25-year-old refugee from Somalia whose surname is ....
Islamic Extremists in Somalia Behead 17-year-old Christian    Published in 2011
NAIROBI, Kenya, October 19 (CDN) — Militants from the Islamic extremist al Shabaab beheaded a 17-year-old Somali Christian near Mogadishu last month, a journalist in the Somali capital told Compass. The militants, who have vowed to rid Somalia of Christianity, killed Guled Jama ....
Somali Convert to Christianity Kidnapped, Beheaded    Published in 2011
NAIROBI, Kenya, September 12 (CDN) — A kidnapped Christian convert from Islam was found decapitated on Sept. 2 on the outskirts of Hudur City in Bakool region, in southwestern Somalia. Juma Nuradin Kamil was forced into a car by three suspected Islamic extremists from the al Shabaab ....
New Christian Convert from Islam Murdered    Published in 2011
NAIROBI, Kenya, April 20 (CDN) — Two Muslim extremists in Somalia on Monday (April 18) murdered a member of a secret Christian community in Lower Shabele region as part of a campaign to rid the country of Christianity, sources said.   An area source told Compass two al ....
Somali Mother of Four Slaughtered for her Faith    Published in 2011
NAIROBI, Kenya, January 17 (CDN) — A mother of four was killed for her Christian faith on Jan. 7 on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia by Islamic extremists from al Shabaab militia, a relative said.   The relative, who requested anonymity, said Asha Mberwa, 36, was killed at ....
Somali Teenage Girl Shot to Death for Embracing Christ    Published in 2010
NAIROBI, Kenya, December 3 (CDN) — 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 ....
Family Laments Kidnapping of Christian Girl    Published in 2010
MOGADISHU, Somalia, October 6 (CDN) — An underground Christian family from central Somalia is agonizing over the kidnapping of their daughter nearly eight months ago by Islamic militants bent on punishing those who leave Islam. Ghelle Hassan Aded told Compass that he has not seen his ....
Somali Christian Killed, Four Children Kidnapped    Published in 2010
NAIROBI, Kenya, September 7 (CDN) — Another member of an underground Christian movement in Somalia has been murdered by Muslim insurgents in a continuing campaign to eliminate converts from Islam.   Area sources said al Shabaab militants entered the house of Osman Abdullah ....
Family of 17-Year-Old Girl Abuses Her for Leaving Islam    Published in 2010
NAIROBI, Kenya, June 15 (CDN) — 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, Christian sources said. Nurta Mohamed Farah of Bardher, ....
Al Shabaab Militants Execute Christian Leader    Published in 2010
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 5 (CDN) — Islamic militants yesterday killed another leader of the underground church movement in Somalia, sources said.   Before he was fatally shot on Tuesday (May 4) in Xarardheere, about 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Jowhar, 57-year-old Yusuf Ali ....
Islamic Extremists in Somalia Kill Church Leader, Torch Home    Published in 2010
NAIROBI, Kenya, March 24 (CDN) — Islamic militants in Somalia tracked down an underground church leader who had previously escaped a kidnapping attempt and killed him last week, Christian sources said.   Islamic extremist al Shabaab rebels shot Madobe Abdi to death on March ....
Islamic Militants Murder Christian Leader    Published in 2010
NAIROBI, Kenya, January 26 (CDN) — Islamic extremists shot the leader of an underground church to death outside the capital city of Somalia this month and have threatened to kill his wife, his tearful widow told Compass.   Having learned that he had left Islam to become a ....
Compass Direct News’ Top 10 Stories of 2009    Published in 2010
LOS ANGELES, January 8 (CDN) — The revelation that Islamic militants in Somalia sought out at least 15 Christians, including women and children, and killed them for their faith headed the list of Compass’s top 10 stories in 2009. Following the Somali militants’ ruthless bid to ....
Somali Christian Flees Refugee Camp Under Death Threat    Published in 2009
NAIROBI, Kenya, December 9 (CDN) — Somali Christian Mohamud Muridi Saidi last month fled a refugee camp near Kenya’s border with Sudan after Muslims threatened to kill him.   For Saidi, a father of four, the recent relocation of 13,000 refugees from the Dadaab refugee camp ....
Islamic Extremists Execute Young Convert    Published in 2009
NAIROBI, Kenya, November 23 (CDN) — Islamic extremists controlling part of the Somali capital of Mogadishu this month executed a young Christian they accused of trying to convert a 15-year-old Muslim to Christianity.   Members of the Islamic extremist group al Shabaab had taken ....
Christian in Somalia Who Refused to Wear Veil is Killed    Published in 2009
NAIROBI, Kenya, October 27 (CDN) — Three masked members of a militant Islamist group in Somalia last week shot and killed a Somali Christian who declined to wear a veil as prescribed by Muslim custom, according to a Christian source in Somalia. Members of the comparatively ....
Imprisoned Christian in Somaliland on Hunger Strike    Published in 2009
NAIROBI, Kenya, October 16 (CDN) — A convert from Islam in Somalia’s self-declared state of Somaliland has staged a hunger strike to protest his transfer to a harsh prison in a remote part of the country.   Osman Nour Hassan was arrested on Aug. 3 for allegedly providing ....
Islamic Extremists Kill Another Church Leader    Published in 2009
NAIROBI, Kenya, October 1 (CDN) — Islamic militants in Somalia this week killed a woman who led an underground Christian movement in the war-torn country.  Sources told Compass that a leader of Islamic extremist al Shabaab militia in Lower Juba identified only as Sheikh Arbow ....
Muslim Militants Slay Long-Time Christian in Somalia    Published in 2009
NAIROBI, Kenya, September 18 (CDN) — The faith journey of a long-time underground Christian in Somalia ended in tragedy this week when Islamic militants controlling a security checkpoint killed him after finding Bibles in his possession. Militants from the Muslim extremist al ....
Converts from Islam Jailed, Pursued in Somalia’s Breakaway Region    Published in 2009
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, September 16 (CDN) — A convert from Islam in Somalia’s self-declared state of Somaliland has been jailed for distributing Christian materials, and another is on the run from both family members and police upset over his new faith. Christian sources said Somaliland ....
Somali Christian Shot Dead near Kenya Border    Published in 2009
NAIROBI, Kenya, August 22 (CDN) — Muslim extremists seeking evidence that a Somali man had converted from Islam to Christianity shot him dead Tuesday morning (Aug. 18) near the Somali border with Kenya, according to underground Christians in the war-torn nation. Al Shabaab ....
Christian Shot Dead near Kenya Border    Published in 2009
August 22 (CDN) — NAIROBI, Kenya, August 22 (Compass Direct News) – Muslim extremists seeking evidence that a Somali man had converted from Islam to Christianity shot him dead Tuesday morning (Aug. 18) near the Somali border with Kenya, according to underground ....
Convert from Islam Shot Dead    Published in 2009
NAIROBI, Kenya, July 20 (CDN) — Muslim extremists early this morning killed a Christian convert in Mahadday Weyne, Somalia, 100 kilometers (62 miles) north of Mogadishu.Al Shabaab Islamist rebels shot Mohammed Sheikh Abdiraman to death at 7 a.m., eyewitnesses told Compass. They ....
Convert from Islam Shot Dead    Published in 2009
July 20 (CDN) — NAIROBI, Kenya, July 20 (Compass Direct News) – Muslim extremists early this morning killed a Christian convert in Mahadday Weyne, Somalia, 100 kilometers (62 miles) north of Mogadishu. Al Shabaab Islamist rebels shot Mohammed Sheikh Abdiraman to ....
Islamists in Somalia Behead Two Sons of Christian Leader    Published in 2009
NAIROBI, Kenya, July 1 (CDN) — Islamic extremists have beheaded two young boys in Somalia because their Christian father refused to divulge information about a church leader, and the killers are searching Kenya’s refugee camps to do the same to the boys’ father. Before ....
Islamists Behead Two Sons of Christian Leader    Published in 2009
July 1 (CDN) — NAIROBI, Kenya, July 1 (Compass Direct News) – Islamic extremists have beheaded two young boys in Somalia because their Christian father refused to divulge information about a church leader, and the killers are searching Kenya’s refugee camps to do ....
Nuns Kidnapped in Kenya Released    Published in 2009
February 23 (CDN) — NAIROBI, Kenya, February 23 (Compass Direct News) – Two nuns working in northeast Kenya who were kidnapped last November have been freed and arrived here from Mogadishu, Somalia on Thursday (Feb. 19), but they are still traumatized, sources told ....
Nuns Kidnapped in Kenya Released    Published in 2009
NAIROBI, Kenya, February 23 (CDN) — Two nuns working in northeast Kenya who were kidnapped last November have been freed and arrived here from Mogadishu, Somalia on Thursday (Feb. 19), but they are still traumatized, sources told Compass. Caterina Giraudo, 67, and Maria Teresa ....
Christian in Kenya Refugee Camp Attacked, Shot    Published in 2008
December 10 (CDN) — Salat Sekondo Mberwa DADAAB, Kenya, December 10 (Compass Direct News) – A Somali Christian put in a refugee camp police cell here for defending his family against Islamic zealots has been released after Christians helped raise the 20,000 Kenya ....
Nuns Abducted in Kenya near Border    Published in 2008
November 13 (CDN) — NAIROBI, Kenya, November 12 (Compass Direct News) – Negotiations continued today for the release of two nuns abducted by insurgent Somali militia at midnight on Sunday (Nov. 9) from Kenya’s northern Mandera district near the Somali border. Pastor ....
Christian Aid Worker Beheaded for Converting from Islam    Published in 2008
October 27 (CDN) — Mansuur MohammedNAIROBI, Kenya, October 27 (Compass Direct News) – Among at least 24 aid workers killed in Somalia this year was one who was beheaded last month specifically for converting from Islam to Christianity, among other charges, according ....
 
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