NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Two Christians near Kenya’s coast were killed Monday night (July 7) following attacks by suspected Islamic extremists over the weekend on two predominantly Christian villages that left more than 30 people dead, sources said. In the attack Monday night, the assailants arrived at Covenant Church, three kilometers north of Hindi, […]
Christians Killed in Attacks in Coastal Region of Kenya
Amid ethnic and political conflicts, religion also appears as factor in killings.
July 9, 2014 By - 1 Comment
Christians Targeted in Massacre by Al Shabaab in Kenya
Deaths in coastal town of Mpeketoni could top those of Westgate mall attack.
June 16, 2014 By - 1 Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Somalia’s Islamic extremist Al Shabaab rebels attacked a predominantly Christian town on Kenya’s coast Sunday night (June 15), selecting out Christian males as they killed more than 57 people, area sources said. The estimated 50 Al Shabaab militants attacked two hotels, a police station and other buildings in Mpeketoni, […]
Key Leader of Somalia’s Underground Church Slain
Pastor oversaw five groups in nearly 100 percent Muslim country.
May 23, 2014 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Underground Christians in Somalia are struggling to recover from the loss of a prominent church leader gunned down in March. As in many cases of the mounting number of murders of secret Christians in Somalia, Islamic extremists with the Al Shabaab rebel group were suspected in the March 16 shooting […]
Convert from Islam in Kenya Beaten, Arrested
New Christian’s whereabouts unknown.
May 22, 2014 By - 1 Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Within three weeks of putting his faith in Christ, a 26-year-old former Muslim in western Kenya was beaten in a mosque and later arrested without charges, Christian leaders said. Hassan Hussein Mohammed wouldn’t normally have admitted to being a Christian while attending mosque prayers. But he had to explain why […]
Somali Muslims in Kenya Freed after Stabbing Attack in Nairobi
Convert from Islam says they threatened to kill him.
May 14, 2014 By - Leave a Comment
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Christian convert of Somali descent in Kenya said he is concerned that Muslims who stabbed him in Nairobi have been released from jail as they await trial. Mohamud Yusuf Ahmed told Morning Star News that Ahmed Ali Mohammed and Issa Shidane Quru, also of Somali descent, stabbed him on Feb. […]
Islamic Extremists in Somalia Behead Two Christians
Al Shabaab militants publicly execute mother of two, cousin.
March 14, 2014 By - 9 Comments
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists from the rebel Al Shabaab militia last week publicly beheaded a mother of two girls and her cousin in southeastern Somalia after discovering they were Christians, sources said. In the port town of Barawa in the Lower Shebelle Region, the extremists on March 4 called residents to the […]
Morning Star News’ Top 10 Persecution Stories of 2013
In Nigeria, terrorists weren’t the only ones terrorizing Christians.
January 10, 2014 By - Leave a Comment
(Morning Star News) – Last year Egypt saw its greatest level of attacks on Christians; more Christians were killed in Syria’s civil war than anywhere else; and an Islamist rebel take-over in the Central African Republic brought new atrocities to the historically unstable country. But where political instability and civil war were not contributing factors, […]
Christian Shot Dead in Mogadishu, Somalia
Muslim neighbor says gunmen sought him for spreading ‘wrong religion.’
November 14, 2013 By - 1 Comment
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. […]
Christian Mother Killed, Boy Kidnapped in Somalia
Al Qaeda-linked rebels continue campaign to rid country of Christianity.
September 9, 2013 By - Leave a Comment
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 - Leave a Comment
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 […]