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Persecution for faith

Written by billraul

Monday morning, al Shabaab Islamist militia shot to death Mohammed Sheikh Abdiraman, a Somali Christian convert, in a small village 62 miles north of the capital Mogadishu. Eyewitnesses told Compass News the Islamic extremists appeared to have been hunting Abdiraman, a convert from Islam, and when they found him they did not hesitate to kill him.

Abdiraman was a the leader of an underground “cell group” of Christians and is survived by two children, ages 10 and 15. His wife died three years ago due to illness. “We are very sad about this incident, and we also are not safe,” one eyewitness said. “Pray for us.”

Intent on “cleansing” Somalia of all Christians, al Shabaab militia are monitoring converts from Islam, especially where Christian workers had previously provided aid. Linked with Islamic extremist al Qaeda terrorists, al Shabaab rebels have mounted an armed effort to topple the current president’s Western-backed Transitional Federal Government with the intention of imposing sharia (Islamic law) throughout all of Somalia.

Reports of attacks against Christians and the enforcement of sharia law in Somalia are on the rise. On July 1, Compass News reported that Islamic extremists beheaded two young boys because their Christian father refused to divulge information about a church leader. On June 25, Open Doors International reported that Somalia's hard-line al-Shabaab insurgents amputated a hand and a leg each of four teenagers found guilty of stealing mobile phones and other possessions. This was the first incident of such amputations by the rebels who follow a strict version of sharia law.

We ask, Father, for Your divine comfort and love to be showered over Abdiraman’s two children and the “cell group” to which he was able to minister. We pray for persecuted Christians worldwide that they “may be delivered from wicked and evil men” (2 Thes 3:2). Our hearts break for the many in Somalia and other countries who do not know You and we ask for more ways for Your Word, Your Truth and Your message of salvation to penetrate these nations blanketed in darkness.

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