Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Al Shabaab kills Christian pastor

YUSUFALI: Therefore, when ye meet the Unbelievers (in fight), smite at their necks

From Bos News Life

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA (BosNewsLife)-- Islamic militants have killed the leader of an underground church in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, a well-informed Christian rights group said Monday, November 16.

U.S.-based International Christian Concern (ICC) said it has learned that two "masked members" of the militant al-Shabab group shot Pastor Ali Hussein Weheliye on October 10, while he was returning home from a worship service.[...]

The pastor reportedly converted from Islam to Christianity in 1999 while working in Somalia’s capital as a linguist. In 2002, he started pastoring an underground house church, ICC said.

He is survived by his wife and a daughter "who are now in hiding fearing for their lives," the group explained.

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