NAIROBI, KenyaJanuary 23, 2024 (Morning Information)
A Muslim in Uganda who got here to religion in Christ initially of the brand new 12 months has suffered severe accidents and misplaced his residence and household, sources stated.
Tambuze Marijani from Nangi village in Mayuge district suffered a damaged leg beneath the knee and different accidents that required virtually two weeks of hospital therapy when he was crushed by Muslim kin on January 4.
On December 31, Marijani attended a New 12 months's Eve service in Bugweri district and because the new 12 months started, he and 14 others put their religion in Christ, the church pastor stated.
After returning residence, Marijani joyfully advised his spouse about his conversion, he stated.
“I shared with my spouse the enjoyment of accepting Christ as my Lord and Savior, however as an alternative of my spouse sharing my pleasure, she was very upset,” Marijani advised Morning Star Information.
She left the following morning, January 2, and returned on January 3 with an Islamic divorce letter, he stated.
“As a result of you have got joined the unsuitable faith,” she advised him, “you are actually an apostate, an infidel, and not a part of the household—you additionally stop to be a member of the Muslim neighborhood.”
“That evening my spouse refused to enter our bed room,” he stated. “I slept in the lounge.
On January 4, whereas Marijani was engaged on his farm, he noticed his elder brother and different kin arrive at his home round 1:30 p.m., prompting him to depart the sphere and return residence, he stated.
“Once I was approaching my home, I noticed folks taking away bricks from the home,” Marijani advised Morning Star Information. “Once I received nearer, I observed that they had been my kin: Murshidi Waniyaye, Abdullah Hamba, Abdul Wamadu and several other others, together with my spouse.
His older brother began insulting him, telling him that he was a shame to the household.
“My youthful brother grabbed me after which they began beating me with sticks,” Marijani stated. “I screamed and screamed for assist and the neighbors got here and saved me.
He was taken to a clinic in Bwonda and later transferred to Mayuge District Hospital, he stated. He underwent therapy for a damaged leg, again damage and chest pains earlier than being launched on January 16.
His home turned uninhabitable and Muslim kin took his ex-wife and 4 kids, ages 12, 10, 8 and seven, he stated.
“I don't know the way I can survive with out a household and with out a residence,” Marijani stated.
He’s nonetheless in worry for his life as he’s nonetheless recovering and that’s the reason he’s in hiding. The church has paid his medical payments, however he’s in need of cash and doubts he’ll be capable of return to his land. He missed his kids and stated he was praying to see them once more and that God would assist him discover a place to remain.
The assault was the most recent of many circumstances of persecution of Christians in Uganda that Morning Star Information has documented.
The Ugandan structure and different legal guidelines present for non secular freedom, together with the best to propagate one's religion and to transform from one religion to a different. Muslims make up not more than 12 % of Uganda's inhabitants, with a excessive focus within the japanese areas of the nation.
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