NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Secret Christians in Somalia were not surprised by a sudden government ban on Christmas celebrations, but it did darken their plans, Christian leaders said. The government on Dec. 22 announced a ban on Christmas and New Year’s Day celebrations, with Mohamed Khayrow, director general of Somalia’s Ministry of Religious Affairs, […]
Ban on Christmas in Somalia Darkens Season for Secret Christians
Government asserts all Somalis are Muslims.
January 6, 2016 By - Leave a Comment
Somali Christians Fleeing Islamic Extremists Lose Family, Fingers
Converts from Islam in Somaliland, Somalia pay price for faith.
August 31, 2015 By - Leave a Comment
HARGEISA, Somaliland (Morning Star News) – Desperate to avoid arrest in Somaliland for leaving Islam, one Christian fled to Ethiopia, while another in Somalia escaped kidnappers after losing fingers for his faith. Sharif (full name withheld for security reasons) said he had to leave his wife and four children behind in order to sneak out of […]
Al Shabaab Mounts another Attack on Non-Muslims near Mandera, Kenya
At least 17 killed, 11 injured.
July 8, 2015 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists with Somalia-based Al Shabaab killed 17 quarry workers in northern Kenya early Tuesday morning (July 7), including several Christians, sources said. The attack in Soko Mbuzi, near Mandera, took place at about 1 a.m. as the workers slept in tents outside two houses their employer rented for them, […]
Eight People Injured in Grenade Attack in Northern Kenya
At least one Christian among eight non-Muslims hit.
February 11, 2015 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A grenade attack in northern Kenya last week injured eight people, including at least one Christian, in an area where Somali Islamic extremists launched deadly anti-Christian attacks in December and November, sources said. The grenade landed among the non-Somali workers as they arrived to eat at the Moyale Hotel in […]
Morning Star News’ Top 10 Persecution Stories of 2014
For once, good news – miraculous righting of horrific injustice in Sudan – tops list.
January 9, 2015 By - 1 Comment
(Morning Star News) – In a year that saw a new level of cruelty unleashed upon Christians and other religious minorities across Syria, Iraq and Africa, one once obscure case of injustice in Sudan turned into a titanic battle that gripped the world’s attention. The battle appeared to be spiritual as much as legal. 1 – […]
Pastor in Kenya Fears His Life Is in Imminent Danger from Islamic Extremists
Convert of Somali descent says Al Shabaab has put bounty on his head.
December 18, 2014 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A pastor in Kenya of Somali descent whom Islamic extremist Al Shabaab militants have threatened for leaving Islam fears he soon could be killed. Somali Al Shabaab rebels have offered a reward to anyone who kills the Rev. Mahad H. Birik, and after a video of him describing his conversion […]
Al Shabaab Executes 28 Non-Muslims in Northern Kenya
At least 19 Christians among those killed.
November 23, 2014 By - Leave a Comment
KHARTOUM, Sudan (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists from the Somali insurgent Al Shabaab stopped a bus in northern Kenya on Saturday (Nov. 22), separated out the non-Muslims and killed 28 people, including at least 19 Christians, sources said. Among those executed, an area Christian leader told Morning Star News, were 10 members of the Seventh-day […]
Convert from Islam in Kenya Released from Prison after Beatings, Attempted Poisoning
Muslim leaders seek to kill him for his faith even as police suspect him as Islamic terrorist.
August 14, 2014 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A recent convert from Islam arrested under suspicion of being a Muslim terrorist has been released, but not before his father tried to poison him for his faith, he said. Authorities in Western Kenya, preparing release papers for Hussein Hassan Mohammed, 30, after he served two weeks of his one-month […]
Somali Widow’s Life in Danger in Kenya after Reporting Assault to Police
Muslim elders warn Christian mother to drop case.
August 7, 2014 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists from Somalia, upset that a Christian widow would not send her children to a Muslim school, attacked her and seek to kill her because she reported the assault to police, community members said. Hadiya (surname withheld), 51, said she has had to move house before in the face […]
Stay or Leave, Somali Christians in Kenyan Refugee Camps Face Danger
Islamic extremist threat reigns whether they remain or are repatriated.
July 31, 2014 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – The Somali convert from Islam and his wife were holding each other under their bed in a Kenyan refugee camp as gunmen outside their door threatened to shoot. Abukar Mohammed (surname withheld for security reasons), 36, suspected members of Somalia’s Islamic extremist Al Shabaab insurgency who lived in the camp […]