{"id":5099,"date":"2024-10-10T07:07:15","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T07:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christian-widows-displaced-by-islamists\/"},"modified":"2024-10-10T07:07:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T07:07:15","slug":"christian-widows-displaced-by-islamists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christian-widows-displaced-by-islamists\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Widows Displaced by Islamists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hawa is a Christian convert from Islam who maintains a farm in a rural area of Somalia. Though raised as a Muslim, Hawa became a follower of Christ through her son&rsquo;s witness. Hawa&rsquo;s Muslim husband divorced her and kicked her out of the house when he learned of her newfound faith. Through another Christian woman, Hawa came to help work and maintain the farm, which also houses 19 Christian widows whose husbands had been killed by al-Shabab, a terrorist group active in Somalia and Kenya. Hawa disciples the widows and actively shares her faith with other women who work on neighboring farms. In March 2024, fighting broke out between al-Shabab and the Somali government, destroying some of the crops, displacing Hawa and the widows, and killing one of the women. VOM helped provide food and shelter for the displaced Christians until they could return to the farm and begin replanting crops.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/globalprayerguide\/somalia\/\">Click here<\/a> to find out about Christian persecution in Somalia and learn how to pray.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icommittopray.com\/request\/2732\/hawa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Post a prayer for Hawa on iCommitToPray.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hawa is a Christian convert from Islam who maintains a farm in a rural area of Somalia. Though raised as a Muslim, Hawa became a follower of Christ through her son&#8217;s witness. Hawa&#8217;s Muslim husband divorced her and kicked her out of the house when he learned of her newfound faith. Through another Christian woman, Hawa came to help work and maintain the farm, which also houses 19 Christian widows whose husbands had been killed by al-Shabab, a terrorist group active in Somalia and Kenya. 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