The Qur’an says “There is no compulsion in religion” (2:256). However, what constitutes “compulsion” is in the eye of the beholder. The institutionalized subjugation of the dhimma, with its regular humiliation and harassment, from which one can be freed for the simple price of converting to Islam, is not considered compulsion.
“Christian Slain after Helping to Lead 18 Muslims to Christ,” Morning Star News, November 11, 2024:
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A local group of Muslim extremists on Oct. 30 killed an evangelist in eastern Uganda after he and another Christian refused to convert to Islam, the other Christian said.
After three days of a scheduled six-day evangelistic event at Nawaikoke trading center in Kaliro District at which 18 Muslims put their faith in Christ, area Islamists surrounded Emmanuel Dikusooka, a 29-year-old father of three children, and a fellow church member, Jack Mbulante, at about 6:30 p.m. as they returned to their hotel in Kaliro town, Mbulante said.
The six Muslim youths stopped the motorcycle the two Christians had rented just before crossing Lumbuye bridge, Mbulante said. Wearing traditional Islamic dress of tunics and capes and armed with long Somali swords (pangas), sticks and iron bars, the assailants forced them to surrender their bags, which contained Bibles and other Christian books, he said.
“They threw them all into the River Lumbuye, then ordered us to hold the Quran up that they had and told us to recite and swear in the name of Allah,” Mbulante told Morning Star News. “They tried to force us to renounce Jesus Christ and our faith and then embrace the Islamic faith. We openly refused, which angered them, and they hit Dikusooka with an iron bar on the head, and he fell down.”
Mbulante said he jumped into the river and started swimming as Dikusooka wailed and screamed for help. After crossing to the other side of the river, he recruited some Christians to try to rescue the evangelist.
“But unfortunately, when we arrived at the scene of the incident, Dikusooka was dead in a pool of blood,” Mbulante said. “He had deep head injuries, cuts at the neck and back and an injured mouth.”
Dikusooka leaves behind a wife and children ages 9, 6 and 4.
The Christians have reported the attack to police, who were said to be searching for the killers. Some of the former Muslims whom Dikusooka led to Christ know the assailants and fear for their lives, Mbulante said. They have taken refuge at an undisclosed location….
J. says
It seems that Muslims in Uganda are going through a crisis of apostasy, as every time there is news from there it is about Muslims converting to Christ.
gravenimage says
+1
bagsgroove says
The only answer to the muslim problems is total extinction of this curse on humanity.
Gourdhead says
My sentiments, exactly.
bagsgroove says
What do these rotten muslims think they can do freely like murdering people. Wait until God gets a hold of them. Revenge is his.
OLD GUY says
It may have to be ours for us to survive in this life. Islam will keep Killing thats part of its world wide plan for domination of the world. Islam is a DEATH CULT.
Brad Meagher says
Yet another soul joins the martyrs in Revelation 6:9… “And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.”
Gurek says
Islam is a religion of horror and fear. Living in a Muslim majority country as an Infidel is like living in a very long horror movie. They are like zombies who will try to convert all of the world into their zombie army of the prophet. It’s scary. Sorry for sounding angry but this is the way I see it.
SC says
Maybe the law of the land should look at moslems killing christians as a crime and start converting those that commit the crime to DEAD. Make all aid and charity contingent upon that.
gravenimage says
Uganda: Muslims murder evangelist after he and another Christian refuse to convert to Islam
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Just horrifying–but we have seen Muslims murder apostates many times. Orthodox Islam.
More:
Some of the former Muslims whom Dikusooka led to Christ know the assailants and fear for their lives, Mbulante said. They have taken refuge at an undisclosed location….
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I hope they flee the area. They of course should not have to–but I would not reply on authorities to protect these people.
somehistory says
Uganda has freedom of religion, but the authorities are not protecting the Christians from the mozlums.
Many accounts from that nation are because someone has found Christ and either the family, husbands many times, are mozlum and object with violence.
those who convert are threatened as are those who help mozlums find Christ.
This poor man, his poor little kids and his wife become victims due to satan’s children ‘doing their father’s desires.’
abu taleb says
It is very Islamic. Invite people into Islam, if they refuse, then they can be killed.