NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists from the rebel Al Shabaab in Somalia earlier this month publicly shot a young man to death after identifying him as a Christian, sources said. The insurgents in Jamaame district in southern Somalia had been monitoring 28-year-old Hassan Hurshe since his arrival from a Kenya in 2010 and […]
Islamic Extremists in Somalia Kill Christian
Al Shabaab rebels publicly shoot young man for his faith.
June 20, 2013 By -
Explosion in Attack on Church in Kenya Injures 15
Two pastors among those seriously hurt in blast.
June 12, 2013 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Assailants on a motorbike threw an explosive device into a church compound in southeastern Kenya on Sunday (June 9), injuring 15 people. Two pastors were among the wounded from the explosion at an evangelistic service of Earthquake Miracle Ministries Church in Mrima village, near the coastal town of Likoni, Mombasa […]
Anti-Christian Hostility High in Zanzibar as Tanzania Mainland also Heats Up
Demolitions, land grabs continue unabated on semi-autonomous island.
May 18, 2013 By -
ZANZIBAR, Tanzania (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremist attacks and land grabs on this semi-autonomous island off the coast of Tanzania have continued unabated even as violence has increased on the mainland. The May 5 bombing of St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church in Arusha killed a 45-year-old woman, a 16-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl. Of […]
Explosion Kills, Injures Worshipers at Inaugural Mass in Tanzania
At least two dead, dozens wounded in blast.
May 6, 2013 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Fear and grief rocked a predominantly Christian area of northern Tanzania yesterday after an unidentified man reportedly hurled an explosive device at the inaugural Mass of a new church building, killing two worshipers. The Vatican ambassador to Tanzania, Archbishop Francisco Montecillo Padilla, was in attendance as Mass was about to […]
Christian Widow in Somalia Killed Four Months after Husband Slain
Islamic extremists shoot her to death; five children orphaned.
April 22, 2013 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Islamist militants in Somalia have killed the widow of a Christian who was slain for his faith in December, leaving the couple’s five children orphaned, sources said. Islamic extremist Al Shabaab rebels shot 42-year-old Fartun Omar to death on April 13 in Buulodbarde, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Beledweyne, according […]
Pregnant Mother in Tanzania Forced Out of Home for Putting Faith in Christ
Unable to pay school fees and supplies, her children stop attending classes.
April 20, 2013 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – By the time Lukia Khalid, mother of three and nearly seven months pregnant, was baptized on March 30, her Muslim husband had already forced her out of their home in western Tanzania for becoming a Christian. That was a week after the 38-year-old Khalid and her husband, Kassim Khalid, received […]
Muslim Extremists in Somalia Seize, Torture Convert from Islam
Al Shabaab rebels monitor movement of Somali Christian returning from Kenya for visit.
April 16, 2013 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim militants still controlling part of the Lower Shebelle Region of Somalia have jailed and tortured a Christian for converting from Islam, sources said. Al Shabaab rebels seized Hassan Gulled, 25, on March 23 in Bulo Marer near Qoryoley District, they said. Gulled, who had fled to Kenya in 2007 […]
Christian Shot Dead near Kismayo, Somalia
Suspected Islamic extremists kill father of four who dared to hint at his faith.
February 28, 2013 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Suspected Islamic extremists in Somalia shot a Christian to death this month on the outskirts of the coastal city of Kismayo, sources said. Two masked men killed Ahmed Ali Jimale, a 42-year-old father of four, on Feb. 18 at 1 p.m. as he stood outside his house in Alanley […]
Estranged Christian Father Struggles in Harsher, Hard-line Sudan
Convert from Islam whose wife divorced him can now visit children – with caution.
February 26, 2013 By -
KHARTOUM, Sudan (Morning Star News) – Mohammed Khidir Khalil Hassan, a Sudanese convert from Islam, has to be careful what songs he sings to his sons. Nearly a year ago, after his wife left him and Christianity behind, a Sudanese court had ruled that as a convert from Islam he was forbidden to see his […]
Islamic Extremists Suspected in Killing of Catholic Priest in Zanzibar, Tanzania
Second priest shot on the Muslim-majority archipelago in less than two months.
February 20, 2013 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Suspected Islamic extremists on Sunday (Feb. 17) shot and killed a Roman Catholic priest on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar, area sources said. Two assailants on a motorbike approached the Rev. Evaristus Mushi as he arrived in his car to the Mass he was about to officiate in the […]