Christianity in Somalia

Christianity s a minority religion in Somalia. Most Christians in Somalia belong to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. Likely about a hundred Catholics live in Somalia. There is one diocese for the whole country: The Diocese of Mogadishu. According to the World Christian Encyclopedia (2nd edition), Volume 1, p. 673 the Anglican Church, the Somalia Believers Fellowship, the Somalia Mennonite Mission and the Seventh-day Adventists are present in this country. The Seveth-day Adventists of Somalia belong to East-Central Africa Division of Seventh-day Adventists. Sheikh Nur Barud stated that all Somali Christians must be killed. Since the U. N. Peacekeeping forces left in 1995, more than 500 Christians in Somalia have been murdered. There are no church buildings in Somalia. Somali Christians are despised. Paramilitary groups in Somalia have engaged in widespread looting of Christian graves. There is a Christtian radio Somali Voice of New Life, based in Kenia. Professing Christians face persecution and death.

Online Sources

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• Roman Catholicism in Somalia article
• East-Central Africa Division of Seventh-day Adventists
• [http://www.militantislammonitor.org/article/id/2474
• [http://atheism.about.com/b/a/081588.htm
• [http://endor.hsutx.edu/~obiwan/profiles/somali.html
• [http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=34745#
• [http://www.christianfreedom.org/Countries/Somolia.html