A 37-year-old father of four has been murdered after taking part in a Christian-Muslim debate in eastern Uganda – an event at which 13 Muslims put their faith in Christ.
Ahamada Mafabi was returning from the debate in Nakaloke, Mbale when men on motorcycles shouting the jihadist slogan Allah Akbar (God is great), knocked him to the ground and cut his neck with a long Somali knife. He is survived by his wife and four children, aged three to 14, all of whom have been relocated for their own safety.
One pastor involved said: ‘Muslims responded openly to receiving Christ’ at the public debate. ‘But there were shouts from others demanding that Mafabi leave the meeting, saying: ‘Stop your blasphemous utterance of equating Issa [Jesus] to God, calling him the Son of God.’
