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Christianity in Somaliland is a minority religion, estimated to have 7,642 followers according to the 2023 report by the Somali Bible Society. [1] This census did not count for the Christians in Somaliland who continue to practice their religion secretly or could not be contacted due to language barriers or fear of persecution. [ 1 ]
Sometimes the term "Christian" was a label that the jihadists would affix on people they suspected of working for Ethiopian intelligence. [20] In August 2009, International Christian Concern reported that four Christians working to help orphans in Somalia were beheaded by Islamist extremists when they refused to convert to Islam. [21]
From the recent research by Sada Mire and others, it appears that their was a strong Christian community living in central Somaliland. Large numbers of graves with crosses have been discovered. This suggest that there actually was a conflict between Aubobah's people and another, as yet, unknown people.
Flag of Somalia. The flag of Somalia consists of a single white five-pointed star on a cyan field representing the five regions in which Somalis reside (at the time: British Somaliland, Italian Somaliland, French Somaliland, Ogaden and the north of Kenya [2]), making it also the ethnic flag of the Somali people.
The Holy See, in line with all other UN member states, does not recognize the independence of Somaliland, favouring a peaceful solution of unity for all of Somalia. Very few native Christians exist and, owing to its unrecognized status, few expatriate Christian are in the country either. [1] [2]
The cathedral, the biggest in Africa in the 1920s and 1930s, was later destroyed during the Somali Civil War. The Bishop of Mogadishu, Franco Filippini, declared in 1940 that there were about 40,000 Somali Catholics due to the work of missionaries in the rural regions of Juba and Shebelle, but WWII damaged them irreversibly. [ 12 ]
National symbols of Somaliland (1 C, 6 P) F. Flags of Somalia (9 P) O. Orders, decorations, and medals of Somalia (2 P) Pages in category "National symbols of Somalia"
This is a list of notable Somalis from Somalia, Somaliland, Djibouti, Kenya, Ethiopia as well as the Somali diaspora This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.