NAIROBI, Kenya — Muslim relatives of a Christian evangelist on Feb. 6 beat and tied him up to be burned to death after he returned home for a funeral in eastern Uganda.
Malingumu Bruhan, 34, returned to Kaliro District for his grandfather’s funeral in Muhira village, Nawaikoke, and then accepted his uncles’ request to stay and visit, as they said they had not seen him for a long time, he told Morning Star News.
Other visitors had left when Bruhan’s uncle, Ndifakulya Musa, began rebuking him, he said.
“My uncle accused me of embarrassing them by holding Christian evangelistic, open-air meetings and debates with Muslims,” Bruhan said. “He accused me of being an infidel by converting to Christianity, and that Allah will reward them in Jannah [garden paradise] if they kill me.”
Bruhan remained quiet as the verbal attacks and threats continued. His uncles began to beat him and making plans to burn him alive, but another convert rescued him.
Bruhan is a well-known evangelist in the region for his public debates with Muslims about Christianity and Islam. He said he has survived 11 murder attempts “by God’s grace.”
Muslims make up no more than 12% of Uganda’s population, with high concentrations in eastern areas of the country, and Uganda’s constitution and laws provide for religious freedom. Still, Open Doors ranks Uganda as the 69th most difficult country in the world to live as a Christian.
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