Women walk past graffiti supporting a military leader in Anjouan, Comoros
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Posted on 12/09/2008 6:13:59 PM PST by george76
Christians on the predominantly Muslim islands of Pemba and the Comoros archipelago faced another tense day Monday, December 8, amid fresh reports that believers have been beaten, detained and banished for their faith.
off the east coast of Africa...they fear for the "the survival of Christianity on Pemba and the Comoros", with fewer than 300 Christians in a combined population of 1.1 million people.
Leaving Islam for Christianity is reportedly one of the main reasons why Christians are increasingly persecuted, following the conversion in August of Sheikh Hijah Mohammed, who was leader of a key mosque in Chake-Chake, capital of Pemba.
News of Mohammed’s conversion spread and Muslims began hunting for him as leaving Islam warrants death under their strict interpretation of sharia, or Islamic law. An Assemblies of God Church in Pemba reportedly initially moved him to a hideout in the village of Chuini... before moving him to an undisclosed destination after his whereabouts were leaked.
Others suspected to have converted from Islam to Christianity face travel restrictions and confiscation of travel documents, while missionaries are expelled, local Christians said.
(Excerpt) Read more at bosnewslife.com ...
Women walk past graffiti supporting a military leader in Anjouan, Comoros
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While we see incremental increases in hatred for Christians in this country, it’s still nothing compared to what Christians face in distant lands....
Islam, the religion of obsession, oppression, repression, regression and depression.
Can anyone think of another -sion?
ROP® strikes again...
Wow!!! Praise The LORD and may He protect and keep this brave man, In Jesus Holy Name, Amen.
Tuesday, 25 March 2008, 15:21 GMT
In pictures: Comoros assault
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