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Uganda: Churches step up security after threats from Islamic jihad group

May 24, 2014 8:54 pm By Robert Spencer

UgandaSurely Muslim leaders in the West who know that Islam preaches peace and tolerance are jetting to Somalia right now, in order to explain to the leaders of Al Shabab that jihad is peaceful and benign, and that Islam respects Christians as the People of the Book, and that jihadists would never attack churches. Aren’t they?

“Uganda churches warned of Al Shabab ‘threats,’” WorldWatch Monitor, May 22, 2014:

Uganda and Kenya authorities have scaled up security in recent days in response to warnings from Western countries that a jihadist group is planning to attack churches in Uganda.

The U.S. embassy in Uganda warned that churches there may face “specific threats” from Al Shabab, a Somalia-based militant Islamist terrorist group. The threats against the two East African countries are said to be due to each having peacekeeping troops in Somalia.

“All the churches have been informed. The anti-terrorist police and police board in Uganda are providing security to the churches. There are further efforts to inform the people on what the explosives may look like so that they can identify them. We are especially concerned about the situation based on what we have seen happening in Kenya,” Rev. Mead Birungi of World Shine Ministries told World Watch Monitor during the International Convention on Healing of the Nation last week.

On May 21, a grenade attack a few metres from a mosque in Garissa, close to the Kenyan border with Somalia, is believed to have killed one and injured 11. No one yet has claimed responsibility. On May 16, 10 people were reported killed and more than 70 people injured in Gikomba, a market in the capital city, Nairobi. Three people died and 86 were injured during a twin blast May 5 along Kenya’s busy Thika highway.

Some Western countries such as Great Britain, the United States, France and Australia have issued travel advisories concerning Kenya, based on the threats from Al Shabab. British tourists in particular have abandoned travel plans to Kenya or have returned home.

“The influx of guns and other dangerous weapons into the country is alarming,” Cardinal John Njue, chairman of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops, said May 9. “Suddenly, Kenyans cannot go to places of worship without fear. A country that has for years been called the oasis of peace in the region has become a terrorist playground.”…

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  1. Jay Boo says

    May 24, 2014 at 9:11 pm

    Muslims claim to respect Jesus as an earlier prophet of Islam.
    They just can’t seem to understand why the hatefulness of Muhammad is ‘never enough’ to fill the vast emptiness in their corrupted souls.
    Mathew 7:23 (KJV ) And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

    • Jay Boo says

      May 25, 2014 at 1:32 am

      Caution !
      Ismail (Sayyed) the pretend ex-Muslim troll is trying to stink up this thread with diversions.

      • Jay Boo says

        May 25, 2014 at 1:40 am

        Hopefully they will be deleted

      • Isabella says

        May 25, 2014 at 9:54 am

        You are correct!!!!

    • gravenimage says

      May 25, 2014 at 6:53 pm

      The “Jesus” of Islam—”Isa”—of course has very little in common with the Jesus of the Gospels, as I’m sure you know, Jay Boo.

      From the Hadith:

      “On the day of resurrection he (“Isa”) will be a witness against the Christians…”

      “Isa’s” main purpose in the last days is to “break the cross and kill the pigs”, and offer Christians one final choice: Islam or death.

      After that, he will kill any remaining Christians…

      Only the willfully uninformed believe the Taqiyya about Islam “respecting” Jesus…

      • dumbledoresarmy says

        May 26, 2014 at 2:10 am

        Yes.

        A good outline and summary of the ways in which the Mohammedan “Isa” differs from the Jesus of Christianity may be found in ex-Muslim now-Christian Canon Dr Patrick Sookhdeo’s handy booklet, “Is the Muslim Isa the Biblical Jesus?”

        That booklet can be bought online – for about one dollar! – from the Barnabas Fund website or over the phone from any one of the various branches of Barnabas Fund in the UK, NZ, Australia, and elsewhere.

        It should be in *every* parish church of *every* Anglophone country. Fortunately, Barnabas Fund is quite active among Christians in Anglophone Africa (Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya) so it is possible that a good few East African Christians may be better informed than the average American, Aussie or British Christian, to date.

        I encourage churchgoing Jihadwatchers to visit the Barnabas Fund website and obtain copies of the booklet, to give to their parish clergyperson – and their Bishop, if they belong to a Catholic, Anglican or Lutheran church – and to share with their fellow parishioners.

        And if you are Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Jewish, atheist, or agnostic, but have regular contact of some kind with Christians…get that booklet and give it to every Christian that you know.

        Then the mohammedan da’wa artists who slily tell Christians, “but we Muslims respect Jesus!” will be seen for what they are: **deceivers**.

  2. mortimer says

    May 24, 2014 at 9:20 pm

    Church leaders are terrorized for themselves and for their families, as well as for Christians in churches of the same or even different denominations who may be targeted if the condemnations of jihadists are too strong and deemed worthy of being punished. The jihadists do not want governments to strike back at them. They begin by silencing the MORAL voice of countries by intimidating their RELIGIOUS LEADERS.

    Then, no one will protest to jihad. The insidious, devious criminality of the warped Islamic mind.

    • John C. Barile says

      May 24, 2014 at 10:06 pm

      Strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter–I see why these fanatics strike at churches; it all makes sense, to their twisted, hate-filled minds.

    • xyz says

      May 25, 2014 at 2:29 pm

      Kindly note the excessive guns and bombs are all purchased with US aid…
      U poor US citizens instead of your country looking after your own poor and helping the suffering in your own country .. they are buying weapons for the jihadis.. in the form of aid.. Its very interesting that NONE of the islamic countries make any weapons but buy all of them through aid.. mostly from stupid dumbfuck nations like the US n UK.. when will u guys wake up and make ur governments more responsible.. maybe change the amount of power given to them by U

  3. Veracious_one says

    May 24, 2014 at 9:40 pm

    Muslim bloggers on many forums continue to try to pass off the lie that all this violence is just the work of a few misguided fools…

    • miriam rove says

      May 24, 2014 at 10:20 pm

      always the action of a few. always.m

  4. mortimer says

    May 24, 2014 at 11:00 pm

    The Ugandan government has a duty to protect tax-payers from unprovoked attacks from terrorists or they won’t be paying any taxes.

  5. islamisdeath says

    May 24, 2014 at 11:35 pm

    imam obama how pleased you must be all of the nasty Christians are being exterminated by your brethern! allahhu fukbar! Eh imam obama?

  6. Saleem Smith says

    May 24, 2014 at 11:35 pm

    Churches, Synagogues, Temples, etc.

    All of these non-Islamic religious communities are now bracing for future attacks from the followers of ‘the Religion of Peace’…cough, cough…

    We ex-Muslims know that these Islam inspired Muslim terrorists are simply acting upon the instructions they find in the fictitious Islamic god Allah’s Qur’an.

    The saying and doings of Muhammad the prophet of Islam found in the Sunnah are even more terrible than what is to be found in the Qur’an.

    If I were still a Muslim and could not safely apostatize from Islam, I would probably drown myself or slit my own throat with a razor blade.

    Here is a recent statement from a group of Bangladeshi apostates living in the UK explaining the reasons why they have abandoned Islam:

    “One who claims to be a messenger of God is expected to live a saintly life. He must not be given to lust, he must not be a sexual pervert, and he must not be a rapist, a highway robber, a war criminal, a mass murderer or an assassin. One who claims to be a messenger of God must have a superior character. He must stand above the vices of the people of his time. Yet Muhammad’s life is that of a gangster godfather. He raided merchant caravans, looted innocent people, massacred entire male populations and enslaved the women and children. He raped the women captured in war after killing their husbands and told his followers that it is okay to have sex with their captives (Qur’an 33:50). He assassinated those who criticized him and executed them when he came to power and became de facto despot of Arabia. Muhammad was bereft of human compassion. He was an obsessed man with his dreams of grandiosity and could not forgive those who stood in his way…

    The statement continues,

    Muhammad was a narcissist, like Hitler, Saddam or Stalin. He was astute and knew how to manipulate people, but his emotional intelligence was less evolved than that of a 6-year-old child. He simply could not feel the pain of others. He brutally massacred thousands of innocent people and pillaged their wealth. His ambitions were big and as a narcissist he honestly believed he is entitled to do as he pleased and commit all sorts of crimes and his evil deeds are justified.”

    • Saleem Smith says

      May 25, 2014 at 12:14 am

      Hi Sayyed,

      I don’t know you, Buddy.

      Nor do I have the time to hang out on Jihad Watch and talk to you tonight.

      Some religions are worse than others.

      Much worse.

      Islam being a case in point.

      Every swinging dick in town including yourself should be able to easily understand such a thing.

      Peace

    • Foolster41 says

      May 25, 2014 at 12:29 am

      “too many Christians here”
      “Fuck Allah, Mohamed and Jesus.”
      Well them, you’re yet another non-too-bright anti-Christian bigot, like Geordie and Daniel B. who thinks being anti-islam means also gunning down your allies, as if that’s a way to win a war!

      ” since if it weren’t for the existence of Christianity that predated the inception of Islam, there would be no Islam”

      You blame Christianity for Islam… because it came before? WHAT?! Yes, Islam claims to be a continuation of Christianity (though it clearly is not, if you look at what it teaches and how it contradicts Christianity). It’s nonsensical logic. If I were to create a violent cult that wants to murder all non-hindus and claim it follows hinduism, you would immediately denounce… hinduism, since it came before and I say it starting my cult, right? You understand how illogical this is?

      “–as two Christian theologians, Buhaira and Waraka Ibn Nawfal, are believed to have helped Mohamed to cook up his hate-filled blood-drenched genocidal war manual, the qu’ran, and with making his equally gruesome violent sayings (the hadiths) using their religious knowledge.”
      Lazy logic, since you don’t etablish that doing so they don’t contradict their own beliefs (a religion shouldn’t be blamed for those who claim to follow it who act counter to that belief). You don’t mention that Buhaira followed the nestorian heresy (who believed in the duel divided nature of Christ), and waraqa is one historians seem to know very little about.

      If you are truly interested in fighting Islam you will cease attacking your allies. Stop sowing distention.

      • marc says

        May 25, 2014 at 12:54 am

        don’t argue with the trolls @Foolster like “Sayyed (Egyptian ex-Muslim atheist)”, as the conversation looks disjointed when i delete all their comments

    • Foolster41 says

      May 25, 2014 at 12:33 am

      “venomous hatred” is right. Whether or not you believe Christianity is benien, saying such things as you did above show you at least follow softcore equivalence: you blame Christianity for the birth of Islam. Your hatred is not based on reality, that is called bigotry, you might want to deal with that.

    • Jay Boo says

      May 25, 2014 at 1:23 am

      @Foolster41
      The anti-Christian Leftist who now goes by Sayyed AKA (Ismail) is a pretend to be (Egyptian ex-Muslim atheist) and has a long sordid track record of using anti-jihad statements merely as a SEGWAY to sneak in off-topic anti-Christian venom.
      Of course this topic is about the persecution of Christians in the name of the vile ideology of Islam.
      Leftists parasites like Sayyed AKA (Ismail) have a perverse need to condemn Christianity in order rationalize their shameful collaboration with Islam.

    • Isabella says

      May 25, 2014 at 6:25 am

      Your Muslim heritage is very real in the way you hate so much Christians. Not surprising.

      • Isabella says

        May 25, 2014 at 8:16 am

        To Sayyed the throll:
        No more wasting time on the clown that you are.

  7. Saleem Smith says

    May 25, 2014 at 12:01 am

    A copy of the koran should be given to every school-aged child on earth.

    That way peace could and would most certainly would prevail on earth.

    Or maybe not.

    Surely Obama would not disapprove of such a thing.

    But that won’t happen.

    Obama plans on following in the footsteps of Clinton and several other US prez’s and cashing in big on the established celebrity/lecturer tour scam well into retirement.

    Obama and Hillary and party are gonna fix this world!

    Didn’t you know that?

    • onisac says

      May 25, 2014 at 3:18 pm

      Islam has been brainwashing Muslims for 1400 years, so what else would you expect? They really do believe ‘all other than Muslims” must be slain. So that is exactly what they are doing….

      If you believe this is the ‘religion of peace’, you are probably a Muslim.

      Look around you don’t have to have a PHD to figure this out.

      • gravenimage says

        May 25, 2014 at 7:00 pm

        Saleem Smith is a brave and savvy apostate from islam, onisac—he knows *exactly* what Islam is all about.

        And most of those who swallow the line about Islam being “a religion of peace” are *not* Muslims, but are willfully credulous Infidels eager to believe that whitewash.

  8. Champ ✿ says

    May 25, 2014 at 12:18 am

    Surely Muslim leaders in the West who know that Islam preaches peace and tolerance are jetting to Somalia right now, in order to explain to the leaders of Al Shabab that jihad is peaceful and benign, and that Islam respects Christians as the People of the Book, and that jihadists would never attack churches. Aren’t they?

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    I love your sarcasm, Robert! lol! 😀

  9. duh_swami says

    May 25, 2014 at 5:03 am

    I only direct my insults to Christians on JW because…

    You should not be insulting anyone on JW…If you feel insulted you could always leave…Sometimes disruptions happen, but you seem to bring your disruptions in with you…

  10. tpellow says

    May 25, 2014 at 7:31 am

    Also, in Central African Republic-

    “French troops battle Muslim rebels in Central African Republic town”

    http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/24/us-centralafrica-france-idUSBREA4N09220140524

  11. Salah says

    May 25, 2014 at 12:25 pm

    @Robert,

    Commenter Sayyed (Egyptian ex-Muslim atheist) wrote:

    كس أمك يا ابن المتناكة يا عرص يا ابن القحبة

    This is so disgusting, I dare not even translate it. We don’t need such vermins on JW.

  12. onisac says

    May 25, 2014 at 3:00 pm

    “Uganda: Churches step up security after threats from Islamic jihad group”

    Because the media knows nothing about the ideology of their enemies this wont work because they (Church goer’s) had got armies of jihadists. Warriors whom would die to help Islam subjugate the world.

    The press, media, law enforcement, and nations governments better wake up and “soon”.

  13. onisac says

    May 25, 2014 at 3:07 pm

    “Uganda: Churches step up security after threats from Islamic jihad group”

    Really?..

    Do they know the ideology of Islam? Do they know that these terrorist, jihadist fight for Allah? Do they know that the Qur’an tells them to do exactly what they are doing. Do they know that there is no law except Allah’s, by means of Muhammad? Do they know that these jihadists will fight until they are dead?

  14. onisac says

    May 25, 2014 at 3:21 pm

    Islam has been brainwashing Muslims for 1400 years, so what else would you expect? They really do believe ‘all other than Muslims” must be slain. So that is exactly what they are doing….

    If you believe this is the ‘religion of peace’, you are probably a Muslim.

    Look around you don’t have to have a PHD to figure this out.

  15. onisac says

    May 25, 2014 at 3:28 pm

    It’s time we stop trying to be PC (politically correct) in this matter.

    The U.S. and all free nations must become one against this savage ideology.

    Us the truth, and nothing but the truth. The Lord our God will look after
    those whom are truthful, and peaceful. But we must know the truth before we can speak the truth. Do the research, read the history books. It is all there but you must read it for yourself.

    Stop fighting evil with appeasement and gifts.

  16. gravenimage says

    May 25, 2014 at 7:08 pm

    Uganda: Churches step up security after threats from Islamic jihad group
    ……………………………

    I’m glad these churches are taking these threats seriously. I’m also glad they aren’t waiting for protection from the Ugandan government.

    Of course, they *should* be able to rely on government protection, but as the situation in nearby Nigeria shows, this is often not forthcoming—whether out of ineptitude or complicity.

  17. dumbledoresarmy says

    May 26, 2014 at 2:23 am

    Ugandan Christians who may happen to be reading over my shoulder would do well to go online and look up the career of Orde Wingate, with special attention to his “Special Night Squads” in Mandatory Palestine (the seed that grew into the Haganah, and then in due time the IDF), and his “Gideon Force” in Ethiopia.

    They should also read, carefully and with attention, the story of the New Israeli Guardians, which may be found in these two articles here.

    http://www.carolineglick.com/e/2008/03/the-new-guardians-of-israel.php

    The New Guardians of Israel

    http://www.carolineglick.com/e/2008/05/update-on-the-new-israeli-guar-1.php

    Update on the New Israeli Guardsmen

    And another grassroots self-defence action – the Hashomer Yosh – by Jews in Israel who have been plagued by Mohammedan marauders attacking property and livestock:

    http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/166258

    More Farmers Taking Security into Their Own Hands
    “… desperate Jewish farmers tire of looking to police for help, create their own security group.”

    An unorganised and piecemeal vigilante approach is not wise nor will it be very effective. But coordinated and intelligent vigilance and appropriate self-defence, with attention to the existing non-Muslim law of the land, – and with senior clergy having a good long think about classic Christian formulations of Just War and the proper role of Government – seems to me to be eminently called for.

    And making sure that every parish clergyperson and every church has at least a couple of big, black, well-trained and vigilant *dogs*, along with well-trained human guards, would be a good idea, too.

  18. dumbledoresarmy says

    May 26, 2014 at 2:30 am

    Shoutout to any Anglophone Ugandan Christians who may have found their way here via the internets and are reading over my shoulder:

    please, please, please go online and look for two books.

    1/ “The mosque and its role in society”, by ‘Shadrach and Abednego” (the nom de plume of an ex-Muslim, now-Christian)

    and

    2/ “Al Hijra: The Islamic Doctrine of Immigration”, by Sam Solomon and Elias al Muqdisi.

    These – and the cautionary tale of the galloping Islamisation of *Britain* that is documented in ex-Muslim Patrick Sookhdeo’s “Islam in Britain” – should be read and taken to heart by every educated English-competent non-Muslim Ugandan. They will show you the Muslim “playbook” for the subversion and *takeover* of a non-Muslim “host society” into which Muslims have inserted themselves. Muslims are following this playbook to the letter, both in Africa and in Europe…and in the USA.

    You are still a country in which non-Muslims, mostly Christian, are in an overwhelming majority.

    ACT NOW. Act together. Resist Islamisation at every level. Do not allow ethnic or confessional differences among non-Muslims to prevent you from working together to oppose Islam and Islamisation. Be warned that Muslims, in various ways, often underhanded/ behind-the-scenes, will attempt to *make use of* those differences and to make them worse, so that they may pick you off one by one by one.

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