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Muslim hardliners Al Shabaab kill young Christian convert in Somalia
Nov 25 2009, Incognito

According to sources, 23 year-old Mumin Abdikarim Yusuf , had been beaten and tortured before he was killed.

all of his front teeth were gone, and some of his fingers were broken,

Shot in the head, because he had converted from Islam to...

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