ICC Note:

In the Islam religion, the title Sheikh is given to an esteemed expert and teacher of the Quran. It was a double blow to the minority group of Eastern Uganda’s Islam community when their Sheikh along with his family came to Christ and boldly proclaimed it in public. Almost 90% of the Ugandan population is Christian and for the most part, Christian and Muslim communities live in harmony. Incidents of violence are witnessed mostly among Muslim communities when a member of their family converts to Christianity.

12/14/2016 Uganda (Morning Star News) – Relatives of a former Islamic teacher attacked his 60-year-old mother on Thursday-Dec. 8 for becoming a Christian, wounding her head and breaking her hand, sources said.

Aimuna Namutongi sustained a deep cut on her forehead. She and her son, 30-year-old Malik Higenyi, were trying to gather cassava at 10 a.m. on the homestead he had been forced to abandon in Bufuja village, Butaleja District, after Muslim relatives threatened to kill him if he returned.

Higenyi, whom Muslim relatives had beaten unconscious on Nov. 13 after he publically confessed having embraced Christianity, managed to escape the fury of those who arrived at his farm on Thursday-Dec. 8 while he and his mother were trying to harvest something to eat, he told Morning Star News.

Namutongi became a Christian after visiting her ostracized, injured son on Nov. 26 and listening to his faith journey, a local source said. He has continued to receive threatening messages, he said.

“We had warned you to stop winning Muslims to your newfound faith of Christianity, but instead you have decided to ignore this warning,” read an anonymous message to Higenyi, apparently from one of the relatives. “You will regret what will befall you soon.”

[Full Story]