His crime was convincing Muslims to convert to Christianity, which is forbidden in Islamic law. But here again, the world will yawn, while if the roles were reversed, which they would not be and should not be, there would be an insistent international outcry.
“Pastors Wounded in Separate Attacks in Uganda,” Morning Star News, November 29, 2022:
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A group of Muslim extremists in eastern Uganda seriously wounded a pastor and his wife in an attack on a meeting at their church on Nov. 18, he said.
The knife attack on an evening service of Believers’ Church in Nansonko village, Kibuku District came in response to an evangelistic event in August where five young Muslim men, ages 19 to 27, put their faith in Christ, said the 56-year-old victim of the assault, Pastor Jude Sitaalo.
“I had been warned three times with threatening messages,” Pastor Sitaalo told Morning Star News, adding that the threats were made both face-to-face and in phone texts, with one stating, “Pastor, let our children come back to Islam, and if not we are going to kill you and destroy your church.”
He said he and his wife, Naisiga Sitaalo, were meeting with 10 other church members when he saw a mosque leader leading a group of Muslims who intruded into the service at about 7:35 p.m.
“They got hold of me and started beating me with sticks while one of them cut me with a long knife,” Pastor Sitaalo told Morning Star News. “One member of the church and my wife tried to rescue me, but they were seriously beaten up with sticks.”
Other church members fled for their lives, he said. Pastor Sitaalo sustained knife wounds on his head, hand and back, and his wife was also cut on the forehead and back, he said.
“We are suffering for pastoring converts from Islam,” the pastor said from his hospital bed….
Uma Maheswar Nakka says
Very cruel and dangerous.
Alkflaeda says
“Let our children come back?” This implies a perception that the young men are being somehow kept within the church against their will – which presumably is what would be happening if the roles were reversed. I guess that the idea that anyone would choose Christianity over Islam is just too incredible from their perspective.
Scotsman48 says
Meanwhile the Pope dude in his Castle in Rome behind a massive Wall built to keep out the islamic warriors of old said about this situation in Uganda……crickets… crickets… crickets…