NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A mother of two young children in Somalia had to leave them this week after her husband seriously injured her upon learning that she had left Islam for Christianity, she said. Fatuma (surname withheld for security reasons), 30, put her trust in Christ on Oct. 15 at an underground church […]
Christian Mother Beaten by Husband in Somalia Flees
Convert leaves behind two children, 4 and 6.
December 13, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
Christian Convert in Somalia Suffers Third Attack
Muslim relatives suspect him of leading Christian worship.
October 21, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A convert from Islam in Somalia who was attacked in May and July was again assaulted on Oct. 5 after Muslim relatives suspected him of leading Christian prayer meetings, he said. Mohammad Abdul was leading worship behind locked doors at his home in an undisclosed town in Lower Juba Region […]
Muslim Relatives Attack Christian, Wife and Children in Somalia
Convert from Islam assaulted a second time.
July 31, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim relatives of a convert from Islam in Somalia attacked a second time in Lower Juba Region on July 8, wounding him in the stomach, breaking his wife’s ankle and beating his children. Mohammad Abdul had survived a May 5 knife attack by his Muslims relatives on the outskirts of […]
Christian Convert in Somalia Wounded, Loses Family
Muslim relatives attack him after learning of his faith.
May 27, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Muslim in Somalia was seriously wounded for putting his faith in Christ this month and lost his wife and five children, sources said. Mohammad Abdul, 40, survived a knife attack by his Muslim relatives on the outskirts of Kismayo, a port city in southern Somalia’s Lower Juba region, on […]
Al Shabaab Suspected in Killing of Six Christians in Somalia
Merchants were spreading gospel among Muslims, sources say.
April 2, 2024 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Six Kenyan merchants killed by suspected militants from the Islamic extremist Al Shabaab on Friday (March 29) in the Somali border town of Dhobley were likely attacked for spreading Christianity, sources said. The six secret Christians had been selling plastic utensils and other household goods in Dhobley, in Somalia’s Lower […]
Somali Pastor of Underground Church in Kenya Wounded
Wife and son injured in separate assaults.
September 5, 2022 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Somali pastor of a secret fellowship in Kenya is still recovering from an infected wound after attacks on him, his wife and child for leaving Islam, he said. The 33-year-old pastor, who was still in pain this week as he received medical treatment for wounds on his hand and […]
Muslim Extremists Kill Six Christians in Coastal Kenya
Somali militants suspected in attacks in southeastern county.
January 7, 2022 By - 2 Comments
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists in Kenya, including suspected militants from Somalia, killed six Christians in southeastern Kenya between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m. on Monday (Jan. 3), sources said. Members and sympathizers of Somali militant group Al Shabaab were suspected of joining local Muslim extremists in attacks in Widho, Majembeni Mpeketoni, in […]
Ethnic Somali Muslims in Kenya Break Pastor’s Leg
Underground Christian leader still in pain three weeks after attack.
December 23, 2021 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Somali-born pastor in Kenya is still in severe pain after ethnic Somali Muslims in northeastern Kenya beat him on Dec. 3 for leaving Islam, sources said. The pastor, whose name is withheld for security reasons, said the four Kenyan-born, ethnic Somalis attacked him on a road near Wajir town, […]
Muslim Boys in Somalia Beat Christian’s 7-Year-Old Son
Convert says family has been ‘hunted’ for years.
October 30, 2020 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Christian in Somalia long persecuted for his faith had not seen his children attacked until this month, when an assault on his 7-year-old son sent him to the hospital for three days. The convert from Islam told Morning Star News he had finished a Bible study with other underground […]
Radical Muslims Beat 21-Year-Old Christian Woman Unconscious in Kenya
Family of Somali descent fled persecution in Nairobi last year.
July 9, 2020 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Hard-line Muslims in Isiolo, Kenya last month beat unconscious a 21-year-old Christian woman, a member of a family from Somalia that fled persecution in Nairobi in 2019, sources said. In the June 4 attack on Fozia (surname withheld), seven assailants also broke two teeth of her 19-year-old sister, Asha, […]