‘You Deserve Death’: Family Allegedly Sprayed With Acid After Leaving Islam, Refusing to Abandon Newfound Faith in Jesus By Billy Hallowell for Faith Wire
A Ugandan family was reportedly attacked with acid for leaving Islam to embrace Christianity, according to Morning Star News, an outlet monitoring Christian persecution across the globe.
Juma Waiswa, 38, his wife Nasimu Naigaga, 32, and the couple’s daughter, Amina Nagudi, 13, were reportedly attacked March 8 after refusing to deny their newfound belief in Christ.
The family accepted Jesus Feb. 17, after a pastor came to their home. The conversions sparked anger among relatives and local residents and a meeting with the family was called.
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“During the meeting, we were asked about our salvation, and we affirmed to them that we had believed in Jesus and converted to Christianity,” Waiswa told Morning Star News. “They told us to renounce Jesus, but we stood by the newly founded faith in Jesus.”
This refusal sparked even more anger and dismay, with Waiswa’s father reciting verses from the Quran before the group allegedly started beating the family with sticks.
But that wasn’t the worst of the assault. The family was then purportedly sprayed with a liquid that turned out to be acid — a dangerous substance to human skin.
“As this was not enough, my father went inside the room and picked up a bottle of acid and began spraying it on us while the group started shouting, ‘Allah Akbar [God is greater], you deserve death,’ and then disowned us,” Waiswa said.
Waiswa and his family fled, and a pastor took them to the hospital for treatment. During that time, their home was reportedly set on fire. Read more about the tragic story here.
This is the latest persecution story to come from Uganda. As Faithwire previously reported, a Christian evangelist was reportedly tied up by Muslim relatives in Uganda earlier this year and told he would be burned to death over claims his faith had “embarrassed” the family.
