The night of Feb. 26, 2024, brought a wave of terror to Baharini village in Lamu County, Kenya, turning life for Joseph Oneko and his family into an instant nightmare. They were targeted in an attack by al-Shabab militants, whose violent campaign of Islamization involves the killing and wounding of Christians to force displacement and conversion. Oneko recalled the horrifying scale of the attack, which was the fifth major assault on Lamu since the previous year. “On this single night, one person was killed, and militants invaded our homes as we fled for safety,” Oneko said.