The victum, Ahmadey Osman Nur, attended a muslim wedding which was performed in Arabic. Nur had asked the sheikh to translate the ceremony to Somali. But the sheikh declared Nur to be an 'apostate' and placed him under guard. After the wedding the armed guard killed Nur.
Volume 9, Book 84 Number 57
Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him.
Mission Network NewsSomalia (MNN) ― According to International Christian Concern, a 22-year-old Somali Christian, Ahmadey Osman Nur, was murdered last month during a wedding ceremony.
The Muslim wedding Nur was attending was performed in Arabic, the language of Islam. Even though most Somali Muslims don't speak Arabic, it is considered the "language Allah hears" and is therefore used in Muslim ceremonies.
Due to the lack of comprehension of the service by any of the guests, Nur asked that the contents of the wedding be translated into the Somali vernacular. The Sheik performing the ceremony was aware of Nur's conversion to Christianity, however, and took offense to the request. He declared him to be guilty of apostasy and asked a guard to "silence" him.
Nur was encouraged to leave the ceremony, and upon exiting, he was shot and killed by the armed guard.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Somali Christian shot at Muslim wedding
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