ICC Notes:

According the National Census, the Muslim population in Uganda is little over 12%. With Christians being a minority in the Eastern African county , there is hardly any  report of persecution against Christians by birth. However Muslims who convert to Christianity get very harsh treatment from being banished from the community to deadly beatings.   Those accused of apostasy from the Muslim faith are forced to flee and Christians who harbor them are also attacked.   Earlier in November teenage boys who converted were also attacked and forced to leave their village as they received death threats.  The Ugandan Government must do more to protect the rights of  individuals who chose to leave their Muslim faith. 

12/1/2016 Uganda  (Morning Star News) – Muslim villagers in eastern Uganda on Nov. 23 destroyed the maize crops of a former Islamic sheikh (teacher) in eastern Uganda who was beaten unconscious after revealing his faith in Christ, sources said.

The day before his fields were destroyed, 30-year-old Malik Higenyi of Bufuja village, Butaleja District, received threatening messages on his mobile phone, he told Morning Star News.

“Be informed that you risk your life and that of the entire family if you happen to come back to your house,” read one anonymous text. “We curse you and your family. You are an apostate according to Islamic law, and you deserve to die.”

Higenyi, who along with his wife and two children secretly embraced Christ on April 16, made an open confession of faith at his church on Nov. 13. News of his confession reached a mosque in nearby Lubanga village immediately, sources said.

“Before reaching my house, suddenly I was attacked by three people,” he told Morning Star News. “They started shouting, saying I am a disgrace to the Muslim fraternity of Lubanga mosque.”

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