From: Christian Post. (Editor’s note: Many converts from Islamic backgrounds pay the ultimate price for their faith in Christ, not least in Africa)
NAIROBI, Kenya — A Muslim high school student in Uganda stabbed his brother to death, one day after he converted to Christianity.
Akram Kairoki, a third-year student at Mbale High School in Mbale city, twice knifed his brother, Shafiki Wasike, on Sept. 1 shortly before they arrived at the school, sources said. Wasike was 19.
“Why should my brother stab me — I have done nothing wrong to him. It is only changing my faith and joining the Christian faith,” the bleeding Wasike said before succumbing to his injuries, according to classmate Jonathan Kabaale.
Wasike, of Bujoloto village in Nkoma Ward, Mbale City, had put his faith in Christ after attending an open-air evangelistic event on Aug. 31, which included a Christianity versus Islam debate, said Pastor David Wabomba of Bible Evangelism Ministries.
Pastor Wabomba had debated a Muslim identified as Sheik Abudallah at the event. Kairoki learned about his brother’s conversion from a Muslim neighbor who had attended the debate, the pastor said.
“I spent a few hours guiding Wasike on the way of salvation and inviting him to church the following Sunday,” Pastor Wabomba told Morning Star News. “Wasike was very happy before we parted ways. After three hours, Wasike called me by phone and said that his brother was sending some threatening message to him about being an embarrassment to the family and the Muslim faithful, hence risking his life.”
When Wasiki returned home that evening, his brother angrily told him that he must understand that, in their home, they do not accept the practice of two religions and that he should denounce Christianity immediately, Pastor Wabomba learned from him.
While Wasike and his brother, Kairoki, were on their way to school on Sept. 1, just before arriving, Kairoki removed a knife from his bag and stabbed Wasike in the chest and again near his ribs on his left side, the pastor said. Wasike’s cries drew three students who found him screaming and calling for help, classmate Kabaale said.