MOGADISHU, SOMALIA (BosNewsLife)– Fighters of Somalia’s feared Islamic militant group al-Shabab have killed another Somali Christian as part of an apparent crackdown on “non-Islamic culture,” rights activists said.

BosNewsLife Monday, May 3, U.S.-based advocacy group International Christian Concern (ICC) said three al-Shabab gunmen killed Mu’awiye Hilowle Ali in front of his house in the town of Afgoye, about 25 kilometers (15 miles) west of the capital Mogadishu.“They executed him by firing from close range and hitting his head and chest. He died on the spot,” ICC said.The Islamists had previously accused Ali and his family of spreading religious discord, ICC added. Trained in the former Soviet Union, Ali reportedly served in the Somali armed forces before converting to Christianity in 2006. His body has temporarily been buried in the compound of his residential house after members of al-Shabab refused to allow his burial to be conducted in a public burial place, calling it Muslim territory, ICC said.