FORMER MUSLIM LEADER IN UGANDA WHO CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY DIES AFTER BEING BEATEN BY RELATIVES
A former muslim leader in eastern Uganda who converted to Christianity died on Tuesday, January 25 after succumbing to injuries sustained when Muslim relatives beat him up on January 13, sources said.
Pastor Bashir Sengendo, a father of four, was 35.
He returned home to visit his family in Namaato village, Kigalama Sub-County in Namutimba District this month for the first time since leaving Islam in 2016. Relatives had long sent him messages urging him to return to tend to a portion of land supposedly allocated to him.
He decided to return home from his base in Kiboga, western Uganda for a visit on January 12, and the next morning his brother and uncle attacked him with a sharp object that wounded his head, back and hand.
Pastor Sengendo lost much blood and was not able to obtain adequate medical help, sources said.
His children are ages 10, 8, 5 and 2 years old.
“The family needs a lot of financial, moral and psychological support,” a Kiboga area pastor said.
After putting his faith in Christ on May 13, 2016, through the ministry of another former Muslim, a church helped arrange for Pastor Sengendo to attend Bible college for six months, and he became a pastor shortly thereafter.
The assault in eastern Uganda was the latest of many instances of persecution of Christians in the country that Morning Star News has documented.
Source: Morning Star News
