Malakachomo Revival Church of God in eastern Uganda was destroyed on May 6, 2022. (COURTESY PHOTO/MSN)
A Church building in Kibuku district, eastern Uganda, has been destroyed in a brutal revenge attack by Muslims who were troubled by the fact that the Christians led an Islamic leader in the area, and his wife to Christ.
Sheikh Musyoya Anasi a resident of Malakachomo village, Kibuku district and his wife accepted Christ as their personal Lord and Savior recently on May 6, 2022.
That same day, Islamic extremists corralled, burned and demolished the Malakachomo Revival Church of God building and the home of Pastor Wilberforce Naaya who led the couple to Christ.
According to Morning Star News (MSN), a US-based persecution watchdog that spoke to Pastor Wilberforce, the Islamic extremists were seen with wielding machetes and clubs during the attack.
“They were carrying machetes, clubs, sticks and marching towards our church building while chanting ‘Allah akbar! Allah akbar! Allah akbar! [God is greater]’ slogan,” Pastor Naaya told media. “We quickly left the church, because we knew we were in danger for having a sheikh pray with us and quickly rang the police.”
The pastor and other believers who had vacated the premises saw smoke rising from the church building shortly after their escape.
“We knew that the Muslims had started burning it,” Pastor Naaya said. “After one hour the police arrived at the scene of the incident, but the church structure was already burned. The police managed to arrest a few attackers and take them to the police station.”
According to MSN, the assailants demolished the church building as well as Pastor Naaya’s house.
Background
MSN reports that the church had visited the home of Sheikh Musyoya Anasi and prayed for his wife after learning she had been sick for two years. After prayer for healing, Anasi said, she immediately rose and asked for food.
“She had been suffering from acute pain in her throat that made her not able to swallow dry food, as well as from an inflamed breast – she could only take liquid food,” the Sheikh told MSN. “After the prayers, she requested some cooked bananas, which was prepared and eaten with ease. The breast inflammation was reduced.”
It is this miraculous incident that prompted the couple to accept Christ as their personal Lord and Saviour.
“As we left the home of the sheikh, some of my Muslim neighbors were not happy about the conversion of the sheikh and the wife to Christianity,” said the church member, whose name is withheld by the media source. “Some were even saying that they were going to report the incident in the mosque, since it was a Friday prayer day for the Muslims.”
