“It was a wonderful celebration,” Gimbo said. “At about 1 p.m., I went home not knowing that he had come back. I came back with a lot of joy, singing Christian songs that I had learned in the church.”

She was carrying her Bible, she said. Her 4-year-old boy was at his grandmother’s house, and a friend was caring for her 5-year-old daughter.

“Immediately the door opened, and there and then my husband came out very furious,” Gimbo said.

Mwima grabbed her hand and asked her many questions about her faith, which she did not answer, she said.

“My husband beat and cut me with a long knife,” Gimbo said. “I made an alarm that brought many people who came and disarmed him. I fell down bleeding seriously and lost my conscious.”

She sustained deep wounds to her face, head and back, and bruises on her hand, she said….

Friends reported the assault to police, but Mwima has disappeared. Police were searching for him to answer for charges of assault….

Uganda’s constitution and other laws provide for religious freedom, including the right to propagate one’s faith and convert from one faith to another. Muslims make up no more than 12 percent of Uganda’s population, with high concentrations in eastern areas of the country.