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“Two Christians Jailed under Blasphemy Law in Uganda,” Morning Star News, December 22, 2023:
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Two evangelists in eastern Uganda will spend Christmas in jail, charged under a blasphemy law after Muslims upset at their street preaching beat them and summoned police, sources said.
On the final day of a three-day evangelistic campaign in the city of Soroti, police on Nov. 21 arrested Joseph Omadi and Isaac Napakol after a Muslim mob beat them, said a participating pastor who managed to escape.
The Christians had preached on the street for 30 minutes when they were surprised to see “a multitude of Muslims,” said Pastor Robert Omodingi.
“We thought that maybe they had come to listen to the word of God, but to our surprise, they just grabbed my colleagues and started beating them, and shortly police came and arrested them,” Pastor Omodingi said.
On Nov. 23 police charged them under Section 122 of Uganda’s penal code for allegedly “wounding the religious feelings” of the Muslim community, and a grade one magistrate court sent them to jail to await trial, he said.
The Muslims were upset that the evangelists were using the Koran in their message. Pastor Omodingi said district leader Sheikh Ramadhan Ibwakit had sent a local imam to warn them to stop using the Koran on the second day of the evangelistic campaign.
He said the district leader later told authorities, “We as Muslims have worked hand in hand to get these kafir [infidels] after warning them to stop using our Koran and other Islamic literature, but they refused. They were quoting the Koran while speaking to our Muslims on the streets of Soroti – this is unacceptable in our faith.”
At a hearing on Wednesday (Dec. 20), Omadi was limping, but it was unclear whether the injury to his left leg was a result of the mob beating on Nov. 21 or whether it was inflicted in custody, sources said.
“We are concerned about the deteriorating physical appearance of our two evangelists, and we are calling for the court to handle the case with justice,” said another pastor on condition of anonymity.
The court has scheduled the next hearing for Jan. 10, he said.
“The two evangelists will continue languishing in the cell for the coming three weeks as the Christian lawyers continue presenting their case,” he said. “When the two evangelists appeared in court yesterday [Dec. 20], they had lost a lot of weight and were in a very sad mood; possibly they may have been subjected to some kind of torture.”
Their condition has prompted the chairman of the churches in Soroti to mobilize members to pray and fast, he said. He criticized the district official for leading police to arrest the evangelists for using the Koran in their preaching.
“We have been seeing Muslims in their open-air crusades using our Bibles,” he said. “Even the Muslims do use the Bible, but the church has never accused them in any court of law in Uganda.”…
FYI says
In koran 10:94 allah says to muhammed that if in doubt,he should check with the people who know… the BIBLE.
It is an islamic lie that the Bible was corrupted- because the law of Moses has never changed.The fact that allah says to check with the Bible folk means allah does not actually deny the veracity of the Bible.See also koran 3:3
muslims don’t read the koran and their ‘scholars’ deliberstely misinterpret things to keep them in ignorance. Any muslim who actuallly follows allah’s advice in koran 10:94 will see the koran is false.So the ‘holy men’ of islam don’t want them to see that.They lose their control over them
God bless the Christian Evangelists.
islam is a stupid ignorant cult that does not even have the Golden Rule.
There is no love in islam nor Logic.
rick says
Ask a Muslim that if he could only have ONE item, would he choose a copy of the Koran or a sharp knife.
Goofy says
The Messenger of Allah, the Prophet Mohammed who prophesied correctly his own death as Allah’s punishment for misrepresenting him, swore on the truthfulness of the Bible.
Still the imams preach Islam in ways to make it a clear blasphemy of Christianity and Judaism!
God of the Jews and Christians is a merciful God, and He is a strong God. Revenge belongs to the LORD! Therefore the notion of blasphemy is quite foreign to Jews and Christians.
Allah is defined by what he cannot do. He cannot have a son for instance, unless he procreates with a consort of how own! That goes against him being one and unique.
Therefore his faithful Muslims have to defend his honour while God of the Jews and Christians can look after himself!
We can expect hurt Muslim feelings to push for blasphemy legislation in countries in the Judeo Christian tradition. Before that happens it will be appropriate to try the entire Qur’an for anti Jewish and anti Christian blasphemy!
If our politicians are hesitant to provoke a clash of religions let us at least try the Qur’an for its calling it’s believers to act in ways which contradictory national laws and international conventions on war, have man rights etc.
T.jefferson says
I am longing for the day when I hear of a Muslim getting his behind whooped when his victim excersizes their right of self defense and hits back.
Why do we not hear of this? Is it because most of their victims are unarmed and afraid?
mike says
your comments is spot on, Now if I may governments around world and here are either complisied, afraid or ordered to treat them with kid gloves. If you or me were in there country and did not follow the local laws. Jail or death would be the out come. By not hold Muslims accountable they become brazen and it’s expanding. It’s jail or fines for us
Muslims have created there own Islamophobia
I’m sure it’s nothing that you don’t already know
abu taleb says
Islam experts are afraid that non muslims are using Quran to tell the truth about Islam to ordinary muslims who do not really know Islam. That is why the Indonesian Cleric Council (MUI = Majelis Ulama Indonesia) urges the muslims no to engage a dialog with non muslims in internet forum, some non muslims may know Quran very well so that they can use Quran and hadiths to show how evil Islam is
maria villa says
It will be a day of ‘Rejoicing’ when Almighty God Jesus Christ Destroys all Evil in the world by the Breath of His mouth..!