“I stopped, turned to leave, and looked back, “‘Tell me, why would you publish a list of 150 names when you know there are not those many Western believers in the entire country of Somaliland today?’ I realized immediately how stupid that comment was. I should have kept my mouth shut. But they went ahead and answered my question anyway. ‘You’re right,’ they admitted. ‘We believe that there are no more than 40 or 50 Christian traders in our country, but we also know that if we list the Christians we already know about and add to the list those we are suspicious about, then we have a good chance of getting everyone.'”~Nik Ripken