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Mosque leader plotted rape of pastor’s relatives after wife converts to Christianity

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The leader of a mosque in western Uganda allegedly sent men to rape three female relatives of a church pastor last month as a warning after the imam’s wife converted from Islam to Christianity, according to a report from Morning Star News.

According to the U.S based newspaper three relatives of Rev. Nelson Walina, the pastor of All Saints Cathedral, were raped in Mussa village of Kasese district on Feb. 16. The incident came two days after imam Caled Bwambale Hussein was enraged after learning that his wife, Mariam Mbambu, converted to Christianity.

The ages of the three girls allegedly victimized by rape are 19, 17 and 16.

Church members said that they learned of the imam’s orders from a Muslim who was sent to the church’s worship services on Feb. 21 and Feb. 28 allegedly to help plan an attack on the church.

“The church leaders surrounded the stranger, known as Ali Masereka, who feared the possibility of mob justice by the members of the church,” a church member was quoted as saying.

“He pleaded for mercy and revealed that he had been sent on a mission by an imam of Kasese masjid [mosque] to inflict suffering on the Christians for the conversion of his wife to Christianity together with his five children.”

Masereka also confessed that the imam had sent the men to rape the pastor’s relatives and was also planning an attack on the church. The mosque leader had also paid about $815 to 13 teenaged Muslims to attack the church, the man alleged.

Masereka was reportedly arrested on Feb. 29.

Pastor Walina told Morning Star News that he received a text message last Wednesday from the imam. According to the pastor, the imam’s text message warned that he only had two weeks to “send back my wife and children to me.”

“If not, we are going to teach you a lesson that will make you regret for the rest of your life,” the message allegedly stated. “Your church also stands at a high risk.”

The imam’s wife, Mbambu, said she ran from home because her husband intended to kill her after learning of her conversion on Feb. 14.

“When my husband interrogated me about being a Christian, I refused to answer him,” she told Morning Star News’ East Africa Correspondent. “Soon, a Christian neighbor told me that my husband was out to kill me; hence I should escape with my children. That particular day in the evening hours, I escaped with my five children. I am thankful that the church received us.”

The pastor says the church will not reveal the whereabouts of Mbambu.

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