KAMPALA, Uganda — One Christian woman in Uganda was poisoned to death for her faith and another one was beaten.
Namata Habiiba, a young mother, went to a church service Sept. 18 in Wakawaka village in Uganda’s Bugiri District and put her faith in Jesus Christ that day, reported Morning Star News.
Her stepmother questioned her that night and Habiiba admitted attending the service and becoming a Christian. After consuming food her stepmother prepared, Habiiba quickly became ill. Habiiba died in a hospital. A medical report indicated Habiiba had been poisoned.
Authorities were searching for the stepmother.
In Bamusuta village in Kiboga District, Falida Nazziwa, a secret Christian, attended a church’s prayer vigil Sept. 10 while her husband was at work. But he came home early. Upon learning where Nazziwa had been, he beat and choked her before chasing away her and the two children who were home at the time.
Approximately 12% of Uganda’s population is Muslim. Uganda’s constitution and laws allow for freedom of religion, including converting from one faith to another. However, Christian churches increasingly have received threats of violence, and some Christian converts have been attacked, killed or excommunicated by Muslim family members, states the World Atlas.
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