Source: Middle East Concern, April 9, 2025
Christians in Sélibaby have grave concerns for their safety and lives as the incitement of hate against them by prominent religious and community leaders continues. Following a demonstration against the existence of Christians in the area, a mob desecrated the grave and exhumed the body of a recently deceased Christian. (See previous story.)
The angry mob went to the cemetery, broke the tombstone of the deceased Christian and exhumed his body. The body was dragged in the streets and brought to a village 20 kilometers outside of Sélibaby, where it was reburied.
Tensions eased by evening, but social media posts describing Christians as infidels and apostates, urging “action” against them, intensified the following day. The situation remains volatile.
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Another article adds, “Mauritania’s Penal Code enforces one of the harshest apostasy laws in the world, prescribing death for anyone who leaves Islam. Though rarely carried out, the law itself emboldens extremists, silences victims, and fosters an atmosphere of terror” (EU Today).
As you pray for this African country, consider lifting up another. See Pray as South Sudan Teeters on Brink of Civil War (INcontext International) and read Two Years on, Sudan’s Civil War Continues to Devastate (International Christian Concern).