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Somalia: church leader gunned down

Underground Christians in Somalia are struggling to recover from the loss of a prominent church leader gunned down in March of this year.

Morning Star News

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The streets of Mogadishu | photo: International Relations and Security Network ISN

As in many cases of the mounting number of murders of secret Christians in Somalia, Islamic extremists with the Al Shabaab rebel group were suspected in the March 16 shooting of Abdishakur Yusuf on the outskirts of the capital Mogadishu. A leader of five underground groups in a country where leaving Islam is punishable by death, Yusuf’s prominence made publication of his death at the time too raw for the many who knew him, but they have granted permission now as they seek the prayers of brethren worldwide.