GALKAYO, Somalia — Three masked members of a militant Islamist group in Somalia shot and killed a Somali Christian who declined to wear a veil as prescribed by Muslim custom, according to a Christian source in Somalia.
Members of the comparatively “moderate” Suna Waljameca group killed Amina Muse Ali, 45, on Oct. 19 at 9:30 p.m. in her home in Galkayo, in Somalia’s autonomous Puntland region, said the source. Ali had told Christian leaders that she had received several threats from members of Suna Waljameca for not wearing a veil, symbolic of adherence to Islam. She had said members of the group had long monitored her movements because they suspected she was a Christian.
The source said Ali had called him Oct. 4, saying, “My life is in danger. I am warned of dire consequences if I continue to live without putting on the veil.” Speaking by telephone from Somalia, the source said, “I was shocked beyond words when I received the news that she had been shot dead. I wished I could have recalled her to my location. We have lost a long-serving Christian.”
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