MAZUBA, Uganda — Islamist threats against a pastor and his family have halted worship services and construction of a church in eastern Uganda.
Threats by Muslims in Mazuba village, Namutumba District, stopped worship services in a half-constructed church building and led the pastor to send his children to another town, he said.
“The church members are now living in great fear for their lives and have stopped attending church services,” Pastor Maseruwa Budallah said.
In Uganda’s Butaleja District a pastor was knocked unconscious when irate Muslims threw rocks at him during a debate on Christianity and Islam in Kuwait village, sources said.
Uganda’s constitution and other laws provide for religious freedom, including the right to propagate one’s faith and convert from one faith to another. Muslims make up no more than 12 percent of Uganda’s population, with many concentrated in the eastern part of the country. (MS)
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