Posted on 10/07/2010 1:02:14 AM PDT by Cindy
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NOTE The following text is a quote:
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Somali Family Laments Kidnapping of Christian Girl
Islamist extremist insurgents abducted 15-year-old nearly eight months ago
By Dan Wooding Founder of ASSIST Ministries
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA (ANS) -- Compass Direct News (CDN) is reporting that an underground Christian family from central Somalia is agonizing over the kidnapping of their daughter nearly eight months ago by Islamic militants bent on punishing those who leave Islam.
Al Shabaab gunmen in Somalia
Ghelle Hassan Aded told Compass that he has not seen his 15-year-old daughter, Anab Ghelle Hassan, since Islamic extremists from the al Shabaab (“the Youth”) insurgency kidnapped her on February 15, 2010.
“The family formed part of a growing movement of underground Christians in Dhusa Mareb, said other sources in Somalia who confirmed the kidnapping,” said the CDN story. “The al Shabaab insurgents fighting the Transitional Federal Government began monitoring the family’s activities in 2008, Aded said, and often questioned him about their lack of attendance at the local mosque.
“On February 15, relatives told him they saw al Shabaab insurgents kidnap his daughter at 10 a.m. at the local market. Knowing that the insurgents would soon come after the rest of his family, Aded said, he fled immediately with his wife, 11-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son to Puntland.
“At their undisclosed location in Puntland, the family appeared devastated by the kidnapping, with Aded’s wife often weeping over the loss, but they said they maintain hope of seeing Anab again. Al Shabaab insurgents control much of southern and central Somalia and have embarked on a campaign to rid the country of its hidden Christian population.”
CDN concluded by saying, “Al Shabaab insurgents control much of southern and central Somalia and have embarked on a campaign to rid the country of its hidden Christian population. With estimates of al Shabaab’s size ranging from 3,000 to 7,000, the insurgents seek to impose a strict version of Sharia (Islamic law).
“Al Shabaab was among several splinter groups that emerged after Ethiopian forces removed the Islamic Courts Union, a group of sharia courts, from power in Somalia in 2006. Said to have ties with al Qaeda, al Shabaab has been designated a terrorist organization by several western governments.
“The transitional government in Mogadishu fighting to retain control of the country treats Christians little better than the al Shabaab insurgents do. While proclaiming himself a moderate, President Sheikh Sharif Sheik Ahmed has embraced a version of Sharia that mandates the death penalty for those who leave Islam.”
For more information, go to www.compassdirect.org.
What does the other version say?
The other version mandates the death penalty for those who leave Islam.
Weird, they almost sound identical.
I’m sure that Obama and the other Koranaphiles will be making speeches in favor of religious tolerance.
What a strange headline.
“Christian Somali Family Laments Kidnapping of Daughter” - now isn’t that much clearer?
(I know the original headline must be used, so I’m not blaming the poster for anything here.)
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