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Shino and Shania left Mogadishu, Somalia, as Muslims and refugees. They settled in Europe, where they became more devout in their practice of Islam.<\/p>\n

Then Shania saw a video of radical Muslims in Iraq beheading a hostage in an orange jumpsuit. As they committed this horrific act they shouted praise to the god of Islam. Watching the video, Shania was horrified; she began questioning everything she’d been taught about Islam and Allah.<\/p>\n

That night she had a powerful dream\u2014a dream that ultimately led her to leave Islam behind and follow Jesus Christ. It was a dangerous decision, yet Shania began immediately to tell others of her new faith and encourage them also to follow Jesus.<\/p>\n

Four years later, after seeing Shania’s faithfulness and love even in the face of intense Christian persecution, Shino also chose to follow Jesus.<\/p>\n

United in faith, the couple became even more bold in their witness, putting their names and faces in online videos encouraging other Muslims to follow Jesus. The videos have produced lots of response: on one side are Muslims wanting to hear more about Jesus, while on the other are Muslims promising to violently punish Shino and Shania for their apostasy.<\/p>\n

Listen as Shino and Shania<\/a> share their testimony of coming to faith, and please pray for more Somali people\u2014in Somalia and spread through other nations around the world\u2014to meet Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

Never miss an episode!\u00a0Subscribe to the VOM Radio podcast<\/strong><\/a> or download the VOM App for your smartphone<\/a> or tablet to access VOM Radio each week, in addition to e-books, audio books and video content from The Voice of the Martyrs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Listen to this episode on VOMRadio.net<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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The videos have produced lots of response: on one side are Muslims wanting to hear more about Jesus, while on the other are Muslims promising to violently punish Shino and Shania for their apostasy. Listen as Shino and Shania share their testimony of coming to faith, and please pray for more Somali people\u2014in Somalia and spread through other nations around the world\u2014to meet Jesus Christ. Never miss an episode!\u00a0Subscribe to the VOM Radio podcast or download the VOM App for your smartphone or tablet to access VOM Radio each week, in addition to e-books, audio books and video content from The Voice of the Martyrs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":182,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vom-radio","","tg-column-two"],"yoast_head":"\nSOMALI CHRISTIANS: "Leaving Islam Has Consequences" - Stories<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/somali-christians-leaving-islam-has-consequences\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SOMALI CHRISTIANS: "Leaving Islam Has Consequences" - Stories\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Shino and Shania left Mogadishu, Somalia, as Muslims and refugees. 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