Muslims destroy Christian church, livestock in Uganda
Muslims destroyed a church building and killed the livestock of Christians in Nalugondo village in Uganda earlier this month.
A group of Muslims reportedly attacked and killed the pigs of Samuel Kijali, one of the lay leaders of the Nalugondo Church of Uganda, while singing praises to Allah and Muhammad. The pigs were an important source of income for Kijali and his family.
Sources claimed that Kijali had received text messages a few weeks before his livestock was attacked, warning him he should stop raising pigs because these are unholy.
"Let this be known to your church members that pigs are extremely unholy and an abomination before Allah, very outrageous and shameful. They are haram [forbidden] and unlawful as our holy Quran does prohibit them," a text message read.
Two days after the slaughter of Kijali's pigs, some Muslims again attacked at midnight and demolished the church building. Witnesses who saw the destruction of the church building said the Muslims were shouting that they were fighting "for the cause of Allah" and they could not tolerate living together "with neighbors who are infidels," according to Morning Star News.
Although there are a lot more Christians than Muslims in Uganda in general, the opposite is true in Nalugondo village, where Muslims have outnumbered the Christians.
"It is quite difficult to resist these militant Muslims, because they have outnumbered us the Christians and are accusing us that we are defiling their faith," Kijali lamented.
The Nalugondo church has 450 members. With their church building gone, many of them are left without shelter.
According to the East African Center for Law and Justice, Muslims in Uganda comprise approximately 12 percent of the population. However, persecution of Christians still occur in the country.
