Abudlawali Kijwalo receives medical treatment after machete attack in Kibuku District, Uganda on June 27, 2021. (Image credit: Morning Star News)
A Christian man in eastern Uganda is recovering after his Muslim brother hit him in the head with a machete. The reason for the attack? Leaving Islam to accept Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and Saviour.
International Christian persecution watchdog Morning Star News (MSN) reports Abudlawali Kijwalo, 39, who comes from a family of devoted sheiks and hajjis (pilgrims to Mecca), was grazing his cattle on June 27 in Nankodo, Kibuku District when his brother, Musoga Murishid, confronted him.
Kijwalo said his family had warned him about listening to gospel music or claiming that Jesus Christ was his Lord and Savior.
He told the US-based media source he had been listening to a Christian radio station earlier that day.
“Are you still a Muslim, or you are now a Christian?” Murishid asked him.
“I am for Christ,” Kijwalo told him.
Kijwalo said his brother then pulled a machete from underneath the long robe he was wearing and struck him on the head with it. The brother walked away, likely thinking he had killed Kijwalo due to the wound which caused a heavy amount of bleeding.
A village elder witnessed the attack and contacted first responders who rushed to help the man.
Kijwalo has since gone into hiding, fearing for his life, according to MSN.
Uganda’s constitution and other laws provide for religious freedom, including the right to propagate one’s faith and convert from one faith to another. Muslims make up no more than 12 percent of Uganda’s population, with high concentrations in eastern areas of the country.
