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Somalia: A Country with no Christians?
CBN ^ | November 02, 2009 | Craig von Buseck

Posted on 11/07/2009 1:21:18 AM PST by bogusname

Where is the hardest place in the world to be a Christian citizen? North Korea, perhaps? Saudi Arabia? According to Lars Widerberg of Intercessor's Network, it is the nation of Somalia. There are thought to be no more than a thousand Christians in a resident population of 8 million people, with perhaps a few thousand more in the diaspora. The Islamist Shabab militia, which controls most of southern Somalia, is dedicated to hunting these remaining Christians down and eliminating every one of them.

Christian men attend mosques on Fridays, so as not to arouse suspicion. Bibles are kept hidden. There are no public meetings, let alone a church. Catholic churches and cemeteries have been destroyed. The last nuns in the smashed capital, Mogadishu, were chased out in 2007. The year before, an elderly nun working in a hospital there was murdered. The only Christian believers left are local Somalis...

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TOPICS: Current Events; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: africa; africanchristians; cbn; christianity; islam; persecution; somalia

1 posted on 11/07/2009 1:21:19 AM PST by bogusname
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2 posted on 11/07/2009 1:31:45 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper ("horrific outburst of violence" = USofKKK made him do it!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

LOL Thanks, I’m awake now.


3 posted on 11/07/2009 1:36:47 AM PST by bogusname (Banish All Liberals)
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In the old days, this would have inspired a crusade.
I’d settle for secular obliteration.


4 posted on 11/07/2009 1:40:53 AM PST by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (IN A SMALL TENT WE JUST STAND CLOSER! * IT'S ISLAM, STUPID! - Islam Delenda Est! - Rumble thee forth)
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That sounds nice. :)


5 posted on 11/07/2009 1:43:39 AM PST by bogusname (Banish All Liberals)
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To: UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide; bogusname
“In the old days, this would have inspired a crusade.
I’d settle for secular obliteration.”

Well, instead, courtesy of the State Department, Lutheran Family Services and Catholic Charities, you're getting hundreds of thousands of these worthless vermin infesting American towns and cities, demanding Sharia law (and sometimes getting it) and living on the local, state and federal dole.

By the way, if anyone complains, the first ones to scream racism, etc. in the newspapers and on TV are Catholic priests, nuns and lefty Protestant ministers and their fellow travelers.

6 posted on 11/07/2009 4:52:27 AM PST by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
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To: Kolokotronis

The usual ROAMer* (Republican On Abortion Mainly) suspects.

* just invented it


7 posted on 11/08/2009 2:36:11 AM PST by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (IN A SMALL TENT WE JUST STAND CLOSER! * IT'S ISLAM, STUPID! - Islam Delenda Est! - Rumble thee forth)
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