Comments on: Ugandan Muslim cleric threatens to hunt down gays

By: NPR on Uganda — Warren Throckmorton

NPR on Uganda — Warren Throckmorton — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 13:54:12 +0000

[...] very much like the promise of the Martin Ssempa colleague and Islamic cleric Multah Bukenya who promised youth squads to round up [...]

By: Missing Ugandan gay man found dead — Warren Throckmorton

Missing Ugandan gay man found dead — Warren Throckmorton — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:55:09 +0000

[...] in January, a Tabliq cleric and colleague of Martin Ssempa in the war on gays, Multah Bukenya, announced his readiness to unleash squads of young men to hunt down gays promising “to wipe out all abnormal [...]

By: Vanderbilt University professor says Islamic law provides death penalty for homosexuals — Warren Throckmorton

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:09:54 +0000

[...] I also wonder if the Islamic element of Uganda has infiltrated those Christian clerics who are calling for dramatic punishments and violence. Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can [...]

By: Taylor Siluwé

Taylor Siluwé — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:43:14 +0000

@ Michael – They’ve been thinking alright, but about the wrong things. And they’ve been listening to the wrong people as well, all of whom are scurrying away from Ssempa like cockroaches afraid of the light.

By: Michael Bussee

Michael Bussee — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:37:14 +0000

Observers outside of Uganda have correctly pointed to the anti-gay conference in Kampala back in March as being fuel on the fire of anti-gay sentiment there.

What the heck were they thinking? Did they bother to think at all?

By: Warren

Warren — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:22:56 +0000

Lynn David – You read correctly about Reid…

By: Lynn David

Lynn David — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:27:14 +0000

There was a Sheikh Murtadha Bukenya, a Tabliqi leader who had been named one of Uganda’s most wanted terrorist suspects. Not sure if he is/was a relative of Multah Bukenya. BTW, the vice-president of Uganda is named Bukenya.
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I read somewhere that shoe-bomber Richard C. Reid was a member of the London wing of the Tabliqs, an Islamic movement, but he left the group because it wasn’t radical for him.

By: Michael Bussee

Michael Bussee — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:16:23 +0000

Many Christians are reacting in a similar fashion to these statements and coalitions in Uganda, sadly, in this case, led by a Christian minister – Martin Ssempa – who is supported by many in the United States.

All these groups claim the title “Christian”. It causes one to wonder what “Christian” truly means. Where is Christ in this?