Muslims are forbidden under Sharia to convert to another religion, on pain of death. Members of other religions are forbidden under Sharia to proselytize among Muslims. So there is nothing surprising or unusual about the Muslims’ behavior in this instance. What is somewhat surprising is the continued Western indifference to and denial of the manifest fact of the death penalty for apostasy and attendant human rights abuses in Muslim countries, but this denial and willful ignorance has gone on for so many years now, most people don’t even notice it.
“Evangelist Killed after Event in Uganda,” Morning Star News, December 29, 2025:
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists in Uganda killed an evangelist after a public Christian-Muslim dialogue on Dec. 12, sources said.
Konkona Kasimu, a convert from Islam, was known for his deep understanding of both the Bible and the Quran and had participated in Christian-Muslim dialogues across several districts, including Iganga, Mayuge, Jinja and Kampala. He was 42.
His church, New Eden Church, organized an open-air dialogue in eastern Uganda’s Busia town on Dec. 8-12, deploying a team of four evangelists, three men and one woman, with Kasimu as the lead speaker while the others assisted in counseling and discipling new Christians, church leaders said.
Tensions rose on the final day of the event after several Muslims publicly converted to Christianity, the leaders said. Fearing for Kasimu’s safety, local Christians sheltered him briefly before the team departed for Iganga, 108 kilometers (67 miles southwest of Mbale), later that evening, Dec. 12.
At approximately 6:30 p.m., the team headed to Iganga on two motorcycles. Kasimu rode with team member Recheal Kyakuwa, while the other two members used a separate motorcycle. While passing through the Nakalama swamp area, four men dressed in Islamic attire stopped them, Kyakuwa said.
Kyakuwa, who survived the attack with injuries requiring hospitalization, said the Christians initially believed the men needed assistance. One of the men suddenly identified Kasimu as the evangelist involved in the Busia dialogue, and he was struck on the head, Kyakuwa told Morning Star News from her hospital bed in Iganga.
Kyakuwa said the attackers then assaulted her, after which she lost consciousness. The other motorcycle carrying two team members fled the scene during the attack.
Kasimu later succumbed to his injuries. His death sparked widespread grief among Christian communities in eastern Uganda, with church leaders describing the assault as a targeted attack due to his evangelistic work….
somehistory says
He will be rewarded by Christ for his faith. “There is a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.”
For those with faith in Christ and His Father, this sustains them and fills them with hope in that promise.
And those working only evil toward others will receive full reaping for their demonic sowing..
OLD GUY says
And our leaders both political and religious still recognize ISLAM as a religion. Islam is as violent and power hungry as any criminal organization ever. Islamic leaders make the Godfather look like a saint.