20-year-old Magale (also called Mabala) Hamidu, of Nanoko village in eastern Uganda, had become a Christian seven months before. He had been failing to attend mosque prayers, and his father had learned that twice a Christian pastor had visited him at their home. He did not answer after his father asked him if he had ditched Islam to become a Christian.
As Hamidu kept quiet, his father began beating him with a stick, sources told Morning Star News. They said other family members picked up sticks and joined in.
A neighbor told Morning Star News that Hamidu's father, Kasani Mubali, said he wants to kill his son (for becoming a Christian).
"I will rest only after getting rid of Hamidu - he has become a big embarrassment to my family," Mubali (Hamidu father) told a neighbour.
Hamidu is now in hiding for his dear life.
It was on Wednesday, September 20, Hamidu's screams on that day, alerted neighbors who managed to pull the bleeding young man away and rushed him to a community clinic in Tirinyi Sub-County, Kibuku District, where he was treated for injuries to his head and right hand and discharged, the eye witness said.
After being discharged from the hospital, Hamidu was taken to Pastor Joseph Kisense of New Valley Baptist Church in Kiryolo. The clergyman said he reported the deadly assault to the chairman of the Tirinyi Local Council, who in turn notified Tirinyi police department for neccessary actions.
"I have been consulting with police officers about whether to arrest Mubali, as they believe it would trigger Islamist attacks on me and/or my church because several Muslims have come to Christ through my ministry.
Pastor Kisense has been receiving threats from Muslims.
"We are aware that several of our Muslim members are being accommodated by your church, and if you continue housing them, then be informed that your church and life has been marked, and expect something serious to happen soon," read one anonymous message, Pastor Kisense said.Earlier this year Muslims began monitoring another pastor, Christopher James Kalaja of Nakabale village, Kaderuna Sub-County, because he filed a court case against those who recently destroyed his farm, home and church building, his wife told Morning Star News.
How Hamidu got converted
A friend persuaded Hamidu to attend an open-air, evangelistic event on February 15 near the church site in Kiryolo, Hamidu had felt a deep sense of sinful mortality and spoke with Pastor Kisense afterwards. The pastor took him to the church building, where Hamidu prayed to receive Christ as Lord and Saviour.Hamidu secretly attended the church for months before he was discovered.
In August, a woman in eastern Uganda who put her faith in Christ went into hiding after her husband beat her for leaving Islam. Sophia Nakisaala, 35, turned to Christ on August 7 after her daughter was healed when a street preacher she'd heard in Bulopa village, Kamuli District, prayed for her.
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