A Muslim father in Lelya-A village, Kabweri County in Kibuku District has attacked, disowned, and vowed not to pay school fees for his 20-year-old step son for leaving the religion of Islam to become a born-again Christian.
Asuman Kaire is missing his last year in high school in eastern Uganda following his father’s decision to stop paying his school fees for having become a Christian two years ago.
After putting his faith in Christ in 2017 and secretly meeting with an undisclosed church, Christian Persecution Watchdog Morning Star News reported on July 2 that Kaire’s life began to crumble this year when Muslim relatives began monitoring his movements after his mosque attendance dropped.
In March a Muslim classmate told his stepfather, Abdu Talisuna he attended a church.
On 7th April, Talisuna gathered fellow radical Muslims in the district who attacked the 20-year-old as he made his way home from a church service.
“Talisuna alone beat him with a blunt object, leaving him unconscious, his clothes bloodied, his left leg broken and his right hand injured,” sources told Morning Star News.
A Church elder who witnessed the ordeal said: “He cried for help. Several members of the church were still around who rushed to the scene. When the Muslims saw the big number from the church, they ran away, leaving the young man unconscious.”
Kaire was rushed to a Kibuku hospital and discharged after a week, the church leader said.
He has not been able to go home since then.
“My stepfather beat me saying I am a disgrace to the family,” Kaire told Morning Star News by phone. “After recovering, I feared going back home because I knew they were going to kill me.”
Kaire needs a long-term place to stay and an opportunity to attend school elsewhere, area Christians said.
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