Murder of Christian woman Nasiimo Mirembe by her Muslim husband
Nasiimo Mirembe, a Christian woman in Uganda, was murdered by her Muslim husband.
Nasiimo Mirembe, 41, was a mother of six children who was stabbed to death by her Muslim husband multiple times for attending church services for the first time.
Mirembe came to faith in Jesus Christ on March 21 after her friend preached to her. She was planning to go to church for the first time with her friend in late March, the Muslim month of Ramadan, when she was seen by one of her Muslim neighbors, who learned of Mirembe's visit to church.
Despite the fear that her neighbors might inform her husband and her life might be in danger, Mirembe went to church to attend the service. She went to church and was introduced as a Christian convert.
Mirembe's friend, who witnessed the argument and her husband's attack, said of the incident: "Mirimembe was introduced to other members in the church as a Christian convert. We were returning home when her husband appeared in front of us near the church. Mirembe's husband said to her: 'I saw you coming out of the church, what you did is unforgivable, especially during the month of Ramadan.'"
"He started slapping Mirembe and I screamed for help. In an instant, her husband took out a knife he had hidden and, in an uncontrollable rage, struck his wife several times in succession. Mirembe fell to the ground, bleeding profusely, and moaning in pain. When his wife saw some church members coming towards them, she ran away."
Church members rushed her to a clinic as soon as they reached Mirembe, but her condition worsened two hours later due to her injuries and she eventually died. She was the mother of six children aged between 3 and 18 when she died. A crime that is being committed by extremist Muslims against Christians these days.
Mirembe's murder occurred despite the fact that Uganda's constitution guarantees religious freedom and recognizes the right to profess and change one's religion. In addition, Christians make up more than 12 percent of the population, mostly in eastern Uganda.
