Tag: Al-Shabaab

Kenyan coast Christians fear for lives as local politicians appear to be linked to Al-Shabaab

July 17, 2014 Kenya Al-Shabaab, Catholics, Islamic extremism, Kenya, Lamu, Mandera, Mombasa, Mpeketoni, Nairobi, Somalia, Tana River, Uhuru Kenyatta, Wajir, Westgate

After at least 65 people were killed a month ago on June 15 in the predominantly Christian town of Mpeketoni, 40km inland from Kenya’s mainly Muslim coastal strip, attacks in the area have continued. Now residents are sleeping in a nearby prison because they are scared to stay at home. . . . Read More

Kenya massacre prompts calls for increased security

June 19, 2014 Kenya Al-Shabaab, Kenya, Lamu, Mpeketoni, Uhuru Kenyatta

Following the June 15 massacre of dozens of people in a Christian-majority coastal village, Kenya’s religious leaders are urging the government to improve security in the country. “We acknowledge the anger and desperation of Kenyans arising from the spiralling insecurity and rising tension in the country,” said the Most Rev. . . . Read More

Uganda churches warned of Al-Shabaab ‘threats’

May 22, 2014 Uganda Al-Shabaab, East Africa, Islamic extremism, Kampala, Kenya, Somalia

Uganda and Kenya authorities have scaled up security in recent days in response to warnings from Western countries that a jihadist group is planning to attack churches in Uganda. The U.S. embassy in Uganda warned that churches there may face “specific threats” from Al-Shabaab, a Somalia-based militant Islamist terrorist group. . . . Read More

Pastor killed as riots hit Mombasa

February 7, 2014 Kenya Al-Shabaab, Islamic extremism, Mombasa, Police

An assistant pastor at a church in Mombasa, Kenya was killed on Feb. 2 while guarding his church during the night. Lawrence Kazungu Kadenge, 59, assistant pastor at the Glory of God Ministries Church, died at about 2 a.m. Witnesses reported seeing two men fleeing the area. Senior pastor Andrew . . . Read More

‘White Widow’ key suspect in Kenyan pastors’ murders

November 21, 2013 Kenya Al-Shabaab, East Africa, Kenya, Mombasa, Nairobi, Pentecostals, Westgate

Fort Jesus, Mombasa.Ricky Thakrar / Flickr / Creative Commons The widow of one of the bombers on the London Tube in July 2005, 29-year-old Samantha Lewthwaite, has been named in connection with the murders of two Kenyan pastors. Lewthwaite is wanted for seven murders in Kenya altogether, including the . . . Read More

Two pastors killed in Kenya

October 29, 2013 Kenya Al-Shabaab, East Africa, Mombasa, Nairobi, Pentecostals, Somalia, Uhuru Kenyatta, Westgate

Mombasa.Lauren Pressley / Flickr / Creative Commons Two pastors from southern coastal towns in Kenya were killed last weekend in separate attacks. Charles Mathole, a leader of Mombasa’s Redeemed Gospel Church in Mtopanga, was found dead in church on the morning of Sunday October 20, shot in the head . . . Read More

Al-Shabaab denounced as ‘un-Islamic’

September 13, 2013 Somalia Al-Shabaab, Islamic extremism, Somalia

A group of Islamic scholars have condemned the violence of Al-Shabaab in Somalia as “un-Islamic”, reports the BBC. Al-Shabaab, or “The Youth”, is fighting to create an Islamic state in Somalia. “Al-Shabaab has strayed from the correct path of Islam, leading the Somali people onto the wrong path,” said one . . . Read More

Nairobi church stands strong after grenade kills boy, injures others

October 11, 2012 Kenya Al-Shabaab, Garissa, Kenya, Mombasa, Nairobi

“Every week we wondered ‘What if it’s this week?’ Yet every week we turned up for church.” Speaking to World Watch Monitor just after her Oct. 9 return from the funeral of 9-year-old John Ian Maina, Nairobi Sunday School teacher Sally Gatei was in reflective mood. “I told the team . . . Read More

Explosion at Christian meeting in Kenya kills boy, woman

April 3, 2012 Kenya Al-Shabaab, Islamic extremism, Kenya, Mombasa, Sharia

An 8-year-old boy died today from injuries after suspected Islamic extremists on Saturday (March 31) threw a grenade into a Christian revival meeting near Kenya’s coastal town of Mombasa that instantly killed a woman and injured at least 30 people. Kenyan Internal Security Minister George Saitoti said Islamic extremists from . . . Read More

Islamic extremists behead another convert

February 8, 2012 Somalia Al-Shabaab, Converts, Islamic extremism, Mogadishu, Somalia

Islamic extremists from the rebel al Shabaab militia in Somalia beheaded a Christian on the outskirts of Mogadishu last month, sources said. The militants fighting the transitional government in Mogadishu murdered Zakaria Hussein Omar, 26, on Jan. 2 in Cee-carfiid village, about 15 kilometers (nine miles) outside of the Somali . . . Read More

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