Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Somali Woman Is Whipped for Leaving Islam; Christian Convert Given 40 Lashes, Left Bleeding

The Compass Direct website reports today (January 10, 2012) that a Somali woman -- who converted from Islam to Christianity -- was paraded before a cheering crowd last month and publicly flogged as a punishment for embracing a "foreign religion."

Sofia Osman -- a 28-year-old Christian from Janale City in Somalia -- had been taken into custody by Islamic extremists in November. Her public whipping was meant to mark her release from her month-long custody in al Shabaab camps.

She received 40 lashes on December 22, while jeered by hundreds of spectators. The whipping left her bleeding and unconscious.

She is now recovering from her whipping at her family's home.

1 comment:

  1. May Christ our God grant her great mercy and a place among the saints in Light.

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