Uganda: Muslim woman converts to Christianity, her husband attacks her with a knife while she is at church

The death penalty for apostasy is part of Islamic law. It’s based on the Qur’an: “They wish you would disbelieve as they disbelieved so you would be alike. So do not take from among them allies until they emigrate for the cause of Allah. But if they turn away, then seize them and kill them wherever you find them and take not from among them any ally or helper.” (Qur’an 4:89)

A hadith depicts Muhammad saying: “Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him” (Bukhari 9.84.57). The death penalty for apostasy is part of Islamic law according to all the schools of Islamic jurisprudence.

This is still the position of all the schools of Islamic jurisprudence, both Sunni and Shi’ite. Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the most renowned and prominent Muslim cleric in the world, has stated: “The Muslim jurists are unanimous that apostates must be punished, yet they differ as to determining the kind of punishment to be inflicted upon them. The majority of them, including the four main schools of jurisprudence (Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi’i, and Hanbali) as well as the other four schools of jurisprudence (the four Shiite schools of Az-Zaidiyyah, Al-Ithna-‘ashriyyah, Al-Ja’fariyyah, and Az-Zaheriyyah) agree that apostates must be executed.”

Qaradawi also once famously said: “If they had gotten rid of the apostasy punishment, Islam wouldn’t exist today.”

“Muslim Severely Wounds Christian Wife during Worship in Uganda,” Morning Star News, March 26, 2026:

NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – The Muslim husband of a mother of six in eastern Uganda severely wounded her this month as she was worshipping at a Bible study after he learned that she had converted to Christianity, sources said.

Hajati Kyakuwa Kamiyati, 45, remains in treatment for severe injuries at Bugiri Joint Clinic after the March 11 attack during the worship in Bugiri town, in the district of the same name.

Kamiyati, who made the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca last year, came to faith in Christ two months after her return. She had committed herself to regularly attending Bible study sessions in order to grow in her new faith, said her pastor, Rebecca Nakiranda.

“When I gave my life to Jesus, I was told to keep going to church so I could learn how to live as a new believer,” Kamiyati told a Morning Star News contact from her hospital bed.

She had attended services on Wednesdays and Saturdays while her husband, Mukiibi Rajabu, was away at work as a long-distance truck driver on routes to Mombasa, Kigali, South Sudan and other parts of Uganda.

Kamiyati said she suspects her husband learned about her conversion from a friend, Kyempasa Abdullah, who saw her attending church and informed him.

She said she was at Christ the King Church at 2 p.m. for a Bible study when her husband called to ask about her whereabouts. She told him she was at the market, and he reportedly responded calmly, saying he would return home in two days.

About 30 minutes later, however, Rajabu stormed into the Bible study armed with a stick and a knife as the Christians were singing praise songs after receiving Bibles for the study, according to Pastor Nakiranda. Witnesses said he went straight to where Kamiyati was standing and began attacking her.

Kamiyati sustained multiple serious injuries, including a cut on her face, a fractured hand and a suspected spinal cord injury, said church elder John Akello. She was left bleeding and unconscious before the attacker fled and disappeared, he said.

Worshippers fled in fear, and some who attempted to call police were unable to make contact, said Pastor Nakieranda….