Originally published in The Christian Post Six Kenyan merchants killed by suspected militants from the Islamic extremist Al Shabaab last Friday in the Somali border town of Dhobley were likely attacked for spreading Christianity, sources said. The six secret Christians had been selling plastic utensils and other household goods in […]
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Kenyan Muslims risk lives to save 20 Christians from al-Shabaab attack
Originally published in Christian Headlines In a show of solidarity, a group of Muslims warned a group of 20 construction workers – mostly Christians – about an impending attack by a jihadist fundamentalist group in Kutulo, Kenya. According to Premier UK, a group of local Muslims were informed that a jihadist […]
Three convicted in Kenya over Garissa University massacre of Christian students
Originally published by barnabasfund A court in Kenya convicted three men of helping Islamist extremists carry out a massacre at Garissa University in which 148 mainly-Christian students died in 2015. The two Kenyans and a Tanzanian, who are likely to receive life imprisonment when they are sentenced on July 3, were found […]
Terror attack leaves “trail of pain and untold suffering” — Anglican Church of Kenya
Originally published in ACNS This week’s terror attack in Nairobi has “left behind a trail of pain and untold suffering among innocent and hardworking citizens”, the Anglican Church of Kenya said in a statement. At least 21 people are known to have been killed after militants from al-Shabaab, a Somalia-based […]
Kenyan worship leader one of two killed for failing to say Islamic prayer of faith
Originally published in World Watch Monitor Two people were killed for failing to recite the Islamic statement of faith when militants, believed to belong to the Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab, attacked their bus in eastern Kenya on Friday, 14 September. Seven men stopped the bus while it was on its […]
Four Kenyan Christians beheaded in latest Islamist atrocity
Originally published in Christian Today Islamist militants went from house to house in villages on Kenya’s north coast on Wednesday, dragging out victims, shooting them and then beheading them. Witnesses to the horror said four died in total and called on police to act after they accused security services of […]
Kenyan Christians killed for refusing to recite Islamic Shahada
Originally published in World Watch Monitor Three Kenyan Christians were hacked to death by Al-Shabaab militants at night on August 18, after they refused to recite the Islamic prayer of faith. A fourth Christian – the mentally challenged older brother of one of the three – was also killed. At […]
Al Shabaab claims death of six Christians in Kenya attack
Originally published in Christian Today. Islamist militant group al-Shabaab claimed the deaths of six Christians in an attack on a residential compound in Northeast Kenya on Thursday. “We are behind the Mandera attack in which we killed six Christians,” Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, al Shabaab’s military operations spokesman, told Reuters. […]
Al Shabaab kills 36 Kenyan Christians on Somali border
Originally published in World Watch Monitor Al Shabaab militants have slaughtered 36 quarry workers in northern Kenya – all of the victims are believed to be Christian. Local residents told the BBC that the militants separated the group from Muslim workers before shooting them dead. Al Shabaab, an al Qaeda […]
Somali Islamists execute 28 non-Muslims on Kenyan bus
Originally published in Christian Today The Somali Islamist militant group al Shabaab said it had staged an attack in Kenya on Saturday in which gunmen ordered non-Muslims off a bus and shot 28 dead, while sparing Muslim passengers. Three of the group led out to be killed saved their lives […]