Ugandan student killed for his evangelism to Muslims

LIRA, Uganda — A college student was slain April 14, reportedly for telling Muslims about Jesus Christ.

Morning Star News identified the slain student as Jeremiah Mwanga. Mwanga, a 24-year-old second-year student, was attacked in his room at Uganda Christian Institute for Professional Development in Lira, Uganda, according to sources.

The suspect, a Muslim, was a student at the school and also was from Kapchorwa District, the same place as Mwanga, the friend said.

Mwanga was pronounced dead at Lira Regional Referral Hospital.

Mwanga had received phone messages threatening his life if he continued to tell Muslims about Jesus and to convert them to Christianity, Morning Star quotes a friend of Mwanga as saying.

Kapchorwa police arrested the suspect, who was transported to Lira and charged with murder, said Mwanga’s friend.

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.