{"id":398432,"date":"2017-07-07T11:01:47","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T11:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/07\/bible-burning-ugandan-pastor-summoned-by-court\/"},"modified":"2017-07-07T11:01:47","modified_gmt":"2017-07-07T11:01:47","slug":"bible-burning-ugandan-pastor-summoned-by-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/07\/bible-burning-ugandan-pastor-summoned-by-court\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Bible burning\u2019 Ugandan pastor summoned by court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-276641\">&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-post-content\">\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"565\" height=\"381\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Pastor-burns-Bible.jpg.pagespeed.ce.21o4P_i6yQ.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Pastor-burns-Bible\"\/><\/div>\n<p>A controversial Ugandan pastor, Aloysius Bugingo, has been summoned by a court in the capital, Kampala to defend himself against allegations that he burned copies of the Bible, the privately-owned\u00a0Monitor newspaper\u00a0and\u00a0NBS TV\u00a0are reporting.<\/p>\n<p>Wameli Anthony Yeboah, the lawyer representing one of the complainants who took Pastor Bugingo to court said in court that the action abused objects of worship:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"lx-stream-post-quote lx-stream-post-quote--default\">\n<div class=\"lx-stream-post-quote__body\">\n<p><em>\u201cIt is criminal for him to burn Bibles because it goes against the constitution which guarantees freedom of worship and he is abusing the objects of worship which include Bibles, Qurans, rosaries and any other items people may choose to use during worship.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Pastor Bugingo has in the past denied allegations of burning bibles.<\/p>\n<p>However his own television station Salt TV has aired recordings of him calling for certain copies of the Bible to be destroyed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; A controversial Ugandan pastor, Aloysius Bugingo, has been summoned by a court in the capital, Kampala to defend himself against allegations that he burned copies of the Bible, the privately-owned\u00a0Monitor newspaper\u00a0and\u00a0NBS TV\u00a0are reporting. 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