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gptkbp:instanceOf
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religion in Somalia
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gptkbp:challenge
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social ostracism
secret worship
no Christian schools
lack of churches
no public Christian holidays
risk of violence
threat from Al-Shabaab
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gptkbp:conversionFromIslam
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illegal
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gptkbp:conversionPenalty
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apostasy punishable by death
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gptkbp:denomination
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gptkb:Protestantism
gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkb:Orthodox_Christianity
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gptkbp:diaspora
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gptkb:Ethiopia
gptkb:Europe
gptkb:Kenya
gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:followedBy
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Somali Christians
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Christianity in Somalia
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gptkbp:internationalResponse
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gptkb:Open_Doors
gptkb:Voice_of_the_Martyrs
gptkb:Catholic_Relief_Services
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gptkbp:introducedIn
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late 19th century
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gptkbp:languageOfWorship
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gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Italian
English
Somali
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gptkbp:legalStatus
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not officially recognized
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gptkbp:mainCathedral
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gptkb:Mogadishu_Cathedral
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gptkbp:mainCathedralStatus
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ruined
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gptkbp:mainChristianCommunities
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gptkb:Kismayo
gptkb:Hargeisa
gptkb:Baidoa
Diaspora
Mogadishu
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gptkbp:minorityIn
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gptkb:Somalia
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gptkbp:missionaryWork
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Italian Catholic missionaries
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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destruction of churches during civil war
expulsion of missionaries in 1970s
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gptkbp:notableFor
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Bishop Salvatore Colombo
missionaries killed during civil war
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gptkbp:notableOrganization
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gptkb:Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Mogadishu
Protestant house churches
underground Christian networks
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gptkbp:openPractice
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rare
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gptkbp:persecutionLevel
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very high
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gptkbp:populationEstimate
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less than 1,000
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gptkbp:publicWorship
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not permitted
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gptkbp:statusInConstitution
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Islam is state religion
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Al-Shabaab
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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