Christian Stabbed in Assault on Evangelists in Uganda
Robert Kasozi was stabbed in Kiwanga village, jap Uganda, on Feb. 15, 2025 for proclaiming the gospel. (Morning Star Information)
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star Information) – Hardline Muslims in jap Uganda on Feb. 15 beat and stabbed an evangelist after he and his crew led a Muslim widow to Christ throughout open-air gospel preaching, sources stated.
Robert Kasozi, a 39-year-old evangelist often known as Mulokole, was stabbed within the abdomen, and three co-workers additionally had been crushed within the assault in Kiwanga village, Goma Sub-County, Mukono District, an area supply stated.
The evangelists led a 75-year-old widow recognized solely as Hasifa to religion in Christ in a public prayer, infuriating a relative and a shopkeeper, stated an space contact whose identify is withheld for safety causes.
“A relative of Hasifa named Jawadi and a shopkeeper noticed all that happened – he got here out of the store and began shouting the Islamic slogan, ‘Inna lillahi wa Inna ilayhi raji’un [Indeed to Allah we belong and to him we shall return]’ and [jihadist slogan] ‘Allah akbar [God is greater],’” the supply instructed Morning Star Information.
Many Muslims gathered and began insulting the evangelists, she stated.
“A Muslim got here and attacked Kasozi, piercing him within the abdomen with a knife,” the supply stated. “Whereas different attackers had been shouting, ‘You infidels, why do you come to unfold a mistaken message into our metropolis – don’t you already know that this metropolis belongs to Muslims? Cease what you’re doing now, as a result of for us we all know that Jesus shouldn’t be the Son of God however a messenger from God identical to our prophet Muhammad.’
“Different Muslims began beating the three evangelists as Kasozi was mendacity in a pool of blood. In addition they grabbed their Bibles and tore them into items.”
The three different evangelists injured within the assault had been Alice Nanduja, 27, James Bazanya (often known as Kyuma Kya Yesu) and Frank Biribawa, all from Bwikwe District, the supply stated.
Six milk sellers on bikes stopped and helped rescue the 4 Christians, and an space retailer safety guard fired his pistol within the air, inflicting the assailants to flee.
Kasozi stated he was taken to a hospital for therapy, the place he was nonetheless recovering.
“I’m going to file a case after leaving the hospital,” Kasozi stated.
Not one of the assailants has been arrested, although some had been recognized to space residents.
The assault was the newest of many cases of persecution of Christians in Uganda that Morning Star Information has documented.
Uganda’s structure and different legal guidelines present for spiritual freedom, together with the correct to propagate one’s religion and convert from one religion to a different. Muslims make up not more than 12 p.c of Uganda’s inhabitants, with excessive concentrations in jap areas of the nation.
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