Uganda: Newly Christian Man Murdered for Not Renouncing Christ

by Karen Faulkner, Worthy News Correspondent

(Worthy News) – A former Muslim teacher in eastern Uganda was murdered by his Islamist brothers last month, less than three weeks after leaving Islam and putting his faith in Christ, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.

Wanjala Hamidu was a teacher at Swidiki Islamic School in Nankoma, Bugiri District, when he became a Christian during an evangelistic event in Bulange on October 4, MSN reports. He was 32.

Hamidu’s community soon learned of his newfound faith, and the principal of his school was planning to fire him, MSN said.

On Oct. 21, four of his brothers arrived at the school and ordered Hamidu to renounce Christ, MSN reports. When he refused, the brothers began to beat him.

“When we arrived, we found Hamidu on the ground held tightly by his three brothers bleeding as the brothers were shouting, ‘Infidel, infidel, shame, shame to our family,’” a witness told MSN. “Soon he was dead and lying in a pool of blood,” the source said. “He had deep injuries in the head and chest from a sharp object that hit him.”

The brothers had fled by the time police arrived. An investigation was opened but MSN reported on November 20 that the murderers had not yet been found.

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