Posted on 09/16/2006 4:21:16 AM PDT by Man50D
The report states the gunman shot Ali in the back Sept. 7 after he refused to join a crowd chanting Quran verses in honor of the lunar eclipse. Solar and lunar eclipses are significant in Islam and are accompanied by special congregational prayers. The Union of Islamic Courts confiscated Ali's body for 24 hours before delivering it to the grieving family, the report said.
The Barnabas Fund comments: "It seems that under the new Islamist rulers, who include hard-line jihadi elements, the tragic history of persecution and martyrdom for Somalia's tiny Christian community is set to continue and most likely to worsen."
The group reports that in July there were unconfirmed reports three Christians had been shot and killed by Islamists as they returned home from a prayer meeting.
In October 2005, an evangelist and house church leader, Osman Sheik Ahmed, was shot dead by Islamist radicals, Barnabas said. Also, children of Christian Somali refugees in Kenya have been kidnapped by Muslim relatives and taken to Islamic institutions in Somalia for 'rehabilitation.'"
The Barnabas Fund pointed out the leader of the Union of Islamic Courts, Hassan Dahir Aweys, promised to implement Sharia, or Islamic law, in all areas he controls.
According to Sharia, the group explained, apostates – those who leave Islam for another religion – must be killed. Union of Islamic Court leaders even have threatened to kill as apostates Muslims who are lax in their prayers, claiming this is commanded by Sharia. Several Muslims have been flogged publicly for drug-related offences since the union took control.
The Barnabas Fund report states more then 99.5 percent of Somalis are Muslims and regard Christianity as a foreign religion of their historic enemies in Ethiopia and of their former colonial masters the Italians and the British.
It adds: "There is a long history of conflict between Muslim Somalis and Christian Ethiopians, so anti-Christian sentiment runs deep. Most Somalis take it for granted that a true Somali is a Muslim and converts to Christianity must be traitors. These prejudices, widely held by Muslim Somalis, seem to be used to justify violence against Christians, both indigenous and expatriate.
The group says the inherent hostility toward the West and Christians has risen since the U.S.-led military actions in Afghanistan and Iraq and the recent Israeli campaign against Hezbollah.
Religion of Peace Alert!
The source (World Nut Daily) is a fraud but the news item is genuine (was on other, more reliable sources earlier this week).
That said, how long will it be before the NYSlimes, WaCompost, and others start blaming this murder on Benedict's comments (even though muslims have been murdering, raping, and pillaging non-muslims for 1500 years now).
Murdering during eclipses and praying to asteroids; jihads and riots. Tolerances gets more and more difficult.
Welfare Pimp jesse jackson was on Foxnews this morning, blasting the Pope for being insensitive... demanding that he apologize to muzzies. Leftists have a death wish, and I am not going to go along to get along. jesse is my enemy as much a bin laden... and ANYONE that believes as they do are the enemies of LIBERTY!
LLS
When the time comes, I'm of the opinion there will be few "innocents" or "moderates" among the corpses in Islamistan's destroyed cities..
Semper Fi
Either this is an excerpt or the worst opening sentence in history. At minimum, it would be nice to know where this all happened. Somalia? Kenya? Peoria?
Be careful, you are going to labeled by some here on FR as a bigot!
I'M SURE THEY WILL BLAME THE POPE FOR THIS!
I've found WorldNetDaily to be a great source of news. Just curious: What do you base your comments on? Thanks.
"Somali Christian sources report Ali Mustaf Maka'il, a 22-year-old college student and cloth merchant who converted from Islam to Christianity 11 months ago, was shot and killed in the Manabolyo quarter of Mogadishu."
I just realized I did not paste the opening paragraph in the thread. My mistake. Sorry!
or Bush/Rove/Rumsfield/Cheney et al
The only way one can defend this "religion" is to thoroughly HATE western culture, including the United States (and Western Europe), and want to see its demise - and there are hundreds of millions of people that do just that. They're called Democrats and liberals.
Jackson's just playing to his "Nation of Islam" constituency (remember those charming anti-semites) - he don't care about security, democracy or freedom - this is purely about money, power and personal glory.
And one suspects it was not maintained in the dignified manner or place.
This is clearly an appropriated response to the Muslim's victimized by the Pope.
I've found WorldNetDaily to be a great source of news...
I'm, like, totally with you dude. Sometimes we have our own sectarian conflicts here.
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