KAMPALA, Uganda — Two days after putting her faith in Jesus Christ, a mother of six was stabbed to death by her husband for becoming a Christian during the Muslim observance of Ramadan.
Nasiimu Mirembe, who put her faith in Jesus Christ on March 21, attended her first worship service on March 23 in Uganda’s Busembatya town council, sources told Morning Star News.
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Soon after leaving the service, her Muslim husband, Adamu Mukungu, approached and chastised her for being in a Christian service during Ramadan. He slapped Mirembe, then cut her with a long knife, a friend of the woman told Morning Star.
Church members rushed to take her to a clinic for treatment. Mirembe — whose children range in age from 3 to 18 — died early the next morning, a source informed Morning Star.
Mukungu fled and police were still searching for him as of April 7.
Threats of violence
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, the World Atlas reports.
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