KAMPALA, Uganda — One pastor was killed, another beaten and a mom and her son held captive and starved in Eastern Uganda for their faith, according to Morning Star News.
Two men are charged in Pastor Barnabas Musana’s murder Sept. 12 in Namwenda village, the report says.
Because some Muslims became Christians through his ministry, Musana and his family received threats. After Musana failed to return from his fishing business, he was found strangled to death at the river. In response, young Christian men damaged a mosque before police stopped them, the report states.
In Tororo District, Muslim relatives beat Pastor Mustafa Obbo when he visited his ailing mother, Morning Star News states.
In Kakoro village Oct. 18, Jafalan Muduwa and her 8-year-old son escaped the bedroom where her Muslim husband kept them locked and starving. The report says her husband beat her and the boy and held them captive 13 days after finding two Bibles in her bag.
Uganda’s constitution and laws provide for religious freedom. About 12% of the population is Muslim.
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