Christians in Coastal Kenya Fearful after Slaughter of 13 Non-Muslims ~
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Al Shabaab militia over the weekend (July 8-9) killed 13 non-Muslims, mostly Christians, in coastal Kenya, sources said.
Village Muslims in the Pandanguo settlement of Lamu County helped Islamic extremists from the Somalia-based Al Shabaab identify locations where the Christians resided, a survivor of the attack told Morning Star News from a hospital in Mpeketoni. Several of the victims were beheaded […]
“The Christians were asked to recite the Islamic dogmas, which they could not, hence they were killed,” a source said. “We urged the government to investigate and bring to book these local Muslims who are harboring these Al Shabaab terrorists, because the Christians who were decapitated were farmers.”
World Watch Monitor further reported ~
“They were targeting only male residents,” Kitsao told the Washington Post. “They went from house to house, dragging out men. They managed to take with them 10 men. One of the men managed to escape, but the other nine were beheaded mercilessly.” Many of the locals have flocked to a local church compound in search of safety and relief aid, coordinated by the Red Cross.
The attack came two days after Al-Shabaab killed three policemen near the border with Somalia, where the group was founded.
Unfortunately, despite the fact that Kenya is a Christian-majority country (82%), the Religion-of-Peace seems determined to kill or convert them all ~
Over the past three years, the level of persecution in Kenya has been increasing, and it doesn’t seem to be slowing anytime soon. The main source of persecution for Christians in Kenya is Islamic oppression – as perpetrated by al-Shabaab and other militant groups. Violent attacks on Christians by Islamic militants in northeastern and coastal Kenya have had a ripple effect on Christian communities throughout the country.
(T)he corruption of public institutions is rampant, which limits protections for persecuted believers.
[To support persecuted Christians in Kenya, Open Doors works through local partners to provide evangelism and discipleship training, economic assistance, leadership and management training for churches, trauma care training and more.]
Meanwhile, in Egypt ~
Stabbing at Coptic Church in Alexandria As Attacks on Christians in Egypt Escalate ~
A 24-year-old Muslim man is being questioned by Egyptian security authorities after he slashed a church doorman with a razor at the Two Saints Church in Alexandria earlier today (July 15, 2017), Egyptian media are reporting.
When the doorman tried to stop the suspect from entering the church, he pulled a razor out of his bag and slashed the doorman.
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Churches In Egypt Halt All Activities For Remainder Of July Amid Terror Threat ~Egyptian churches announced Thursday they will suspend all church activities for the remainder of July per warnings of looming terrorist attacks.
The Evangelical, Coptic Orthodox, and Catholic churches agreed to halt services, conferences, and any church trips to protect their congregations after Egyptian security forces warned them of impending Islamic terrorist attacks, according to a Friday report from Egyptian Streets.
Isn’t “Coexistence” wonderful?
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Related:
Kenyan Christians Murdered By Radical Islamic Terrorists ~ A group with links to al-Qaeda led the assault.
Why are attacks on Egypt’s Coptic Christians getting worse? ~
Attacks on Christians in Egypt have intensified in brutality because of an influx of arms and foreign jihadis, lax border security and increased local hostility to non-Muslims, according to a leading UK academic.
Meanwhile, in another part of the world… Islamists on the march across Africa
