Somehow these poor folks got the idea that Islam mandates a death penalty for apostasy. If only they had listened to Hamas-linked CAIR or any number of other Muslim groups in the U.S.! "Islamic Radicals Kill Christian Convert in Somalia," by Alison Matheson for the Christian Post, February 24:
A Christian convert from Islam has been murdered by a group of Islamic radicals in Somalia.According to International Christian Concern, Abdirahman Hussein Roble was killed by members of Al-Shabaab, in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Jan. 26.
They accused Roble of spying and ‘fitna,’ or causing religious discord among Muslims.
Roble’s wife and children were told of his death by two eye witnesses on Feb. 9. He is the twenty-fourth Christian to be killed by Somali Islamists since 2009.
Another convert being held by the radicals managed to escape on Jan. 29. The man was captured on Jan. 8 in the Afgoye district of Somalia and subjected to repeated interrogation about his faith and ministry.
He fled from his captors as they attended evening prayer and is the first Christian to manage to escape from the group.
According to ICC, Al-Shabaab has links to al-Qaeda and is particularly brutal in its enforcement of Sharia law, stoning adulterers to death, cutting off the hands of thieves and murdering Christian converts from Islam....
mohammed would be proud... sadly.
"They accused Roble of spying and ‘fitna,’ or causing religious discord among Muslims."
It is particularly interesting the history of the Islamic reason for his execution.
"Fitnah" was introduced in the raid of Nakhla in AH 2, after Muhammad was criticised for killing people - and doing so in the "holy month".
For this reason the pathetic liar of Allah made up the verse 2:217:
http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/crcc/engagement/resources/texts/muslim/quran/002.qmt.html#002.217
They ask thee concerning fighting in the Prohibited Month. Say: "Fighting therein is a grave (offence); but graver is it in the sight of Allah to prevent access to the path of Allah, TO DENY HIM, to prevent access to the Sacred Mosque, and drive out its members." TUMULT AND OPPRESSION ARE WORSE THAN SLAUGHTER." [...]
The meaning essentially is: not believing in Allah is worse than murder, hence the Muslims of the Nakhla raid cannot be punished. This absurd and pretestuous justification is also reported in the Tafsir of Ibn Kathir.
http://www.tafsir.com/default.asp?sid=2&tid=5008
"According to ICC, Al-Shabaab has links to al-Qaeda and is particularly brutal in its enforcement of Sharia law, stoning adulterers to death, cutting off the hands of thieves and murdering Christian converts from Islam...."
and sadly, America has people like Oklahoma Judge Vicki Lagrange-Miles who believe Shar'ia law is OK....
"They accused Roble of spying and ‘fitna,’ or causing religious discord among Muslims."
Hmmm...the Muslims should pay closer attention to their own clerics...
Good point I had forgotten about that passage. Mohammed mastered the art of the spin that's for sure, his audience being largely illiterrate no doubt helped, but still noone could justify the absurd in quite the same way.
He is the twenty-fourth Christian to be killed by Somali Islamists since 2009.
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Given the chaos and violence of the country, as well as the absence of any real organized record-keeping or any press—independent or otherwise—I imagine the real numbers are quite a bit higher.