The military officers justified the action saying the four were “peace violators” and said they had new secret intelligence justifying their arrest.A group of evangelical Christian ministers throughout the year repeatedly said they would resist a draft government policy that would require religious groups to submit information about their followers’ “social-economic transformation” to the government, submit annual financial reports, and impose minimum academic qualifications for religious leaders (although the specific educational requirements remained undefined). Missionaries first arrived at the court of Kabaka Muteesa in 1877, almost a century after the missionary impetus from Europe had begun. The Catholic Church, the Church of Uganda, the According to the national census of 2014, Christians of all denominations comprised 85 percent of Uganda's population.A 2015 study estimated some 35,000 believers in Christ from a Muslim background residing in the country at the time.According to the 2014 National Census, 13.7 percent of Ugandans adhered to Islam.There are a small community of Ugandan Jews called the Uganda has received media attention for interfaith efforts in Only 0.7 percent of Uganda's population are classified as "Other Non-Christians", including The Uganda Buddhist Centre, founded in 2005 by Venerable Buddharakkhita, is a major initiative in the heart of Africa that intends to provide the first stable source of Buddhism in Uganda.Only 0.9 percent of Ugandans claim no religion. The inhabitants of Uganda are mainly Roman Catholic and make up 39.3% of the total population. In 1971, the country had its first Muslim president. Other religious groups, which collectively constitute less than 5 percent of the population, include Seventh-day Adventists, adherents of indigenous beliefs, Baptists, Orthodox Christians, Hindus, Jews, and those with no religious affiliation.According to the Indian Association in Uganda, the largest non-African ethnic population is of Indian origin or descent, most of whom are Hindu. According to the national census of 2014, Christians of all denominations comprised 85 percent of Uganda's population. The URSB requires faith-based organizations to provide a copy of a land title or proof of ownership of premises, a copy of the board resolution to start a faith-based organization, a copy of the memorandum and articles of association spelling out what the organization intends to do, allotment of shareholding, and national identity cards of the directors. We are ready to sacrifice our lives for the sake of the gospel.”If passed by Parliament, the new policy will require that all ministers obtain formal theological training from a recognized institution.Ministers will also be required to register new and existing churches and declare their source of income.A vote on the policy was set in Parliament for March but was delayed.Mugabi said the new policy is targeting the born-again Pentecostal churches, noting that the preaching of the gospel did not require "intelligent people" or educated clergy but rather people called by God to serve.“People in government don’t understand the word of God,” he said. The Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC) stated the government continued to discriminate against Muslims when hiring for public positions.A Christian man filed a lawsuit against all Muslims to prevent them from calling God by the name Allah.U.S embassy representatives regularly discussed human rights issues, including religious freedom, with government officials at every level. Local media reported that a week after the UPF ban, Okumu’s followers returned and resumed operations at his church, which the reports said led the nearby community to set the church premises on fire. The case was ongoing at year’s end.Embassy representatives regularly discussed human rights issues, including religious freedom, with government officials at every level. Those that have been found guilty have been sentenced to pay a fine and to complete community service. The law also prohibits radio and television stations from broadcasting advertisements that “promote psychic practices or practices related to the occult,” material that encourages persons to change their faith, and content that uses or contains blasphemy.

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