NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Suspected Islamic extremists bombed three church buildings on Tanzania’s semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar in February, with one of the blasts injuring several Christians, sources said. A bomb exploded near the door of the Evangelistic Assemblies of God Zanzibar (EAGZ) church building on Feb. 23 in Kijito Upele-Fuoni, outside Zanzibar City, […]
Islamic Extremists Likely Killed Pastor in Mombasa, Kenya for Christian Activities
Alleged comment from unidentified suspect indicates link to radical mosque.
February 10, 2014 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Suspected Islamic extremists likely killed a church leader in Mombasa last week for sharing his faith near a mosque and alerting authorities to security threats, sources said. In the Majengo area of the coastal city where leaders at the Masjid Musa Mosque were suspected of training violent jihadists, the suspects […]
Muslim Extremists Attack Visiting Preacher on Tanzania’s Zanzibar Island
Members of nearby mosque threaten to burn down church building.
January 24, 2014 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – More than 100 Muslim extremists on Tanzania’s semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar stormed a church following an evening worship service on Jan. 11 and beat a visiting preacher, sources said. The mob, including suspected members of Islamic extremist groups, meant to attack the Pentecostal Evangelism Fellowship of Africa (PEFA) congregation’s senior […]
Christian Shot Dead in Mogadishu, Somalia
Muslim neighbor says gunmen sought him for spreading ‘wrong religion.’
November 14, 2013 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Gunmen who said they intended to kill a Christian in Mogadishu, Somalia for spreading his faith shot him to death last month, the victim’s neighbor said. Two men armed with pistols shot Abdikhani Hassan seven times as he approached his home after closing his pharmacy in Dharkenley District on Oct. […]
Two Pastors Killed in Kenya’s Coastal Area
Christian leaders, already on edge, grow more fearful.
October 22, 2013 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Christians at Vikwantani Redeemed Gospel Church in Mombasa, Kenya arrived for worship Sunday morning (Oct. 20) only to learn that their pastor had been shot to death in their building the night before. Those attending the service began to weep as a church member described what he and others found […]
Links with Jihadists from Somalia Increasingly Bring Battle to Kenyan Soil
Religious tensions mount in Kenya as church building is burned
October 7, 2013 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya, (Morning Star News) – Two weeks after Somalia-based Islamic extremists attacked a Nairobi shopping mall, Kenya saw another pocket of its territory turned into a battle zone on Friday (Oct. 4). Responding to the shooting death on Thursday night (Oct. 3) of hard-line sheikh Ibrahim Omar and three others, Muslim youths from the […]
Suspected Muslim Extremists Throw Acid on Priest in Zanzibar, Tanzania
Assailants claim 'Zanzibar is only for Muslims,' café worker says.
September 17, 2013 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Asserting that Tanzania’s Zanzibar Island is not a place for Christians, suspected Muslim extremists threw acid on a 60-year-old Catholic priest on Friday (Sept. 13), sources said. The Rev. Joseph Anselmo Mwangamba stepped outside an Internet café on the outskirts of Zanzibar City, capital of the semi-autonomous island in the […]
Christian Mother Killed, Boy Kidnapped in Somalia
Al Qaeda-linked rebels continue campaign to rid country of Christianity.
September 9, 2013 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists from the Al Shabaab rebel group are suspected of killing a Christian woman in one town last week and kidnapping a 13-year-old boy from another, sources said. The militants, who have vowed to rid Somalia of its underground church, are suspected of killing Fatuma Isak Elmi, 35, on […]
Islamic Extremists in Somalia Abduct Christian Mother of Two Young Children
Husband receives message from her; since then, only threats from kidnappers.
August 20, 2013 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists suspected to be rebel Al Shabaab militants have kidnapped a Christian mother of two young children in Somalia and threatened her husband because of their faith, her husband said. Three masked men abducted Shamsa Enow Hussein, 28, on Aug. 5 in Bulo Marer, Lower Shebelle Region, at 7 […]
Mulinde, other Converts from Islam in Uganda Struggle to Recover
Even in Christian-majority nation, following Jesus can mean painful loss.
July 8, 2013 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Even in Christian-majority Uganda, two former sheikhs (Muslim teachers) and a mother of seven are struggling to recover from the fury Islamic extremists unleashed on them for converting. Senior Pastor/Bishop Umar Mulinde of Gospel Life Church International outside Kampala has begun facial reconstruction after assailants who shouted “Allahu Akbar [God […]