al-Shabab militants Archives

Churches provide refuge to Kenyans fleeing al-Shabab attacks
- Catholic News Service, Global Church
- Jul 25, 2017
Extremist al-Shabab militants are allegedly terrifying thousand of Kenyans, the majority Christians, who have taken refuge in two churches and a school near the Somali border. Church leaders in the country speculate that the attackers are trying to influence the outcome of the upcoming elections by eliminating those who would oppose a strict form of Shariah, Islamic law.
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Kenyan bus ambush in which Muslims shielded Christians is now a movie
- Global Church, Religion News Service
- Mar 20, 2017
In Rome this week Crux is covering an African conference at the Vatican. Africa is a continent where anti-Christian persecution is an ongoing issue, and Christian/Muslim relations are constantly being tested. This new film depicts one incident in Kenya that tries to give hope for better religious ties.
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Somalia one of world’s great danger zones for Christians
- Catholic News Agency, Global Church
- Oct 25, 2016
There’s only a single Catholic church in Somalia: St. Anthony of Padua in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, a semi-autonomous region. Saying Mass has been and continues to be “very dangerous,” Bishop Giorgio Bertin told the international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need.
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Six dead in al-Shabab assault on Christians in Kenya

A deadly attack on Christians in northeast Kenya, which left six people dead after a grenade and gun attack on a residential block in the town of Mandera was intended to drive Christians out of the region, a radio station run by the militant Islamic group al-Shabab has claimed.

Kenyan bishop says ‘stop playing around’ on anti-Christian violence

Church

Apr 22, 2015

ROME – Any Catholic who’s ever attended a parish council meeting in the States knows the kind of thing that typically comes up – how to handle turnover in the parking lot between the 10 and 11 a.m. Masses on Sunday, for instance, or whether it’s finally time to spruce

An Easter reflection on what Christians and atheists have in common

Church

Apr 5, 2015

This week, Holy Week no less, two stories broke that together illustrate a towering irony about the rise of violent Islamic extremism: In a growing number of places these days, nobody has more in common than Christians and atheists. In Kenya, the militant Islamic group Al-Shabaab launched an assault on