Al Qaeda-linked al-Shabab is being accused of blowing up a civilian passenger bus, killing at least six people and injuring 12, including children.
Civilian deaths in Somalia in 2022 increased 60% over the previous year, showing an escalation in the Al Shabab jihad, which is aimed at “ridding Somalia of foreign forces, portrayed as Christians, and implementing the Sharia.”
The Christian persecution watchdog Open Doors also states that Somali “imams in mosques and madrassas state publicly that there is no room for Christianity, Christians or churches” in the country.
News of global Christian persecution and the persecution of other minorities is drowned out by screams of “Islamophobia.”
“Roadside Explosion Kills at Least Six in Somalia,” by Harun Maruf, VOA, August 09, 2023:
At least six people were killed and 12 others were injured when a roadside explosion hit a minibus in southern Somalia on Wednesday morning, the local governor says.
Mohamed Ibrahim Barre, the governor of the Lower Shabelle region, told VOA Somali that the minibus was travelling between Marka and Qoryoley towns. All the victims were civilians, including women and children, Barre said.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack but Barre blamed the al-Shabab militant group.
Al-Shabab frequently carries out attacks against Somali government and African Union forces in the region. Roadside explosions are some of al-Shabab’s deadliest weapons in the country.
Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Somalia Kiki Gbeho told the U.N. Security Council earlier this year that al-Shabaab continues to pose a serious threat to peace and security in Somalia.
“The year 2022 was the deadliest for civilians since 2017, with 60 percent increase in civilian casualties as compared to 2021,” she said in her statement during a briefing about Somalia….
somehistory says
Calling i elmi alias i omar. What do you say about these al shabab mozlums showing such “phobia” against their fellow countrypeople, and fellow mozlums?
Calling i. elmi, alias i. omar….go home and straighten out al shabab regarding your stand on the “phobia” you claim against Americans.
non-mozlum Americans are not bombing…car bombs, roadside bombs, restaurant and hotel bombings against you and your fellow henchmen…er, mozlums….but your countryscum are…bombing your fellow mozlums. Go home and sort it out.
SJ says
Yet, if you read and subscribe to the emails of the US State Department, you’ll know that they fund them and every other Islamic nation that is killing Christians and every Islamic enemy nation. They even giving hundreds of millions to countries like Pakistan for Climate Change! All these nations have to say is “we are peaceful” and our State Department, which is run by and INFILTRATED by our Islamic enemies, says they are! We’re also giving money to Afghanistan- if you can freaking believe that, and have, since Biden ran out of there and left the terrorists with everything.
There isn’t an Islamic terror nation that Biden doesn’t love and FUND – at the detriment of the US. US State Department’s actions are beneficial only to Islam. In other words, they are conquering us ‘from within our miserable house’ like they said they were going to do. And it appears we’re too stupid to know. So why do I know?
There are still over 100 plus overseas accounts where foreign bribes are suspected. We must not stop the investigation of impeachment until we see the other nations that have bribed Biden. I’m betting they are Islamic.