Mother leaves Islam and is beaten for marrying a Christian

A mother in Ugandain Africa, she was beaten unconscious when it became known that she had renounced Islam to marry a Christian.

As reported by Morning Star News, a woman who has 4 children was beaten by her father when she learned that she had renounced Islam and divorced to marry a Christian.

Additionally, Morning Star News reported that her father forced her to ingest mosquito repellent as punishment as she separated from her husband because he was constantly beating and abusing her.

Hajira Namusobya, 34, reported having attempted suicide many times as a result of mistreatment from her husband, including torture.

"I tried to commit suicide by hanging myself with a rope, but I failed because my furious husband was following and monitoring my actions," said Namusobya, who had told her father to pay back the money they had paid to get her married so that she could separated from her abusive husband, but was unsuccessful.

A Christian woman from the village urged her to pray as the abuse intensified, her prayer focused on asking the Lord for intervention to help her.

Later the woman converted to Christ, divorcing the following month and losing custody of her children aged 13, 11 and 9, respectively.

Then, the woman found a job as a waitress in a hotel and there she met the Christian man with whom she married: "When I arrived in Pallisa, my parents welcomed me without my knowing that they were already angry with me for leaving a Muslim and marrying a Christian, ”he said.

“I told him everything, how I left the furious husband who almost took my life and married a Christian man who is friendly and treats me like a wife. My father replied out loud that this is impossible and it is blasphemy to leave a Muslim for a Christian, saying: 'Besides, you are the daughter of a Haji' ”.

His father, Al-Haji Shafiki Pande, a haji, who is a Muslim who went to Mecca for the usual ceremonies of the religion, ordered her to return to her ex-husband and renounce Christianity but, due to her refusal, received severe punishment.

“He slapped me and pulled out his secret truncheon and mosquito repellent. He brutally beat me and then forced me to swallow the liquid. It was terrible".

The terrible scene reached the ears of the neighbors - Muslims - who took her to the hospital because of the beating her father gave her. The woman was unconscious for three days.

After waking up, she was able to reunite with her husband and her Christian friend who helped her find a better place to live in addition to paying for medical bills. However, no complaints were filed for fear of retaliation.