Mulinde is a former Muslim who was attacked by radical Islamists with acid to his face because he became a Christian.
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Reporter: ACROSS
CHRISTMAS EVE 2012, THE
PASTOR WAS ATTACKED BY
MUSLIMS WITH TWO BUCKETS OF
ACID.
HE NOW YEARS A SPECIAL
PRESSURE MASK TO AID THE
HEALING PROCESS.
MY CONVERSION FROM ISLAM,
AND MY LOVE AND PROMOTION OF
THE LOVE OF ISRAEL IN MY
COMMUNITY TOUCHED THE PEOPLE
ON THE OTHER SIDE TO HAUNT
ME AND TO HUNT ME FOR A
KILL.
Reporter: HE WAS RAISED
AS A MUSLIM AND HATED
ISRAEL.
HE KNEW IF HE DESERTED
ISLAM, HE COULD BE KILLED.
BUT HE HAD A DREAM THAT
CHANGED HIS LIFE.
IT WAS A VISION YOU HAD OR A
DREAM?
IT IS A DREAM.
I WAS IN THE FIRE, CRYING.
BUT I SAW THAT THE MEN OF
THE PEOPLE WERE WITH ME, IN
THIS FIRE, WERE THE FELLOW
MUSLIMS.
I WAS CRYING ABOUT THE SIN,
SOMEBODY SHINING STOOD ON
THE RIGHT SIDE AND TOLD ME
THAT ISLAM IS LEADING YOU TO
THIS PLACE.
REPENT, AND YOU SHALL
SURVIVE.
Reporter: INSTEAD OF
BELIEVING IN JESUS, MALINDA
PRAYED MUSLIM PRAYERS
AGAINST BAD DREAMS, BUT IT
DIDN'T WORK.
AFTER THAT, I WENT BACK
FROM MY PRAYERS AND THE
DREAM WENT ANYONE.
THE FOLLOWING DAY, I TOOK
MYSELF TO THE CHURCH AND
GAVE MY LIFE TO JESUS.
Reporter: HE BECAME A
SUCCESSFUL EVANGELIST,
WINNING OTHER MUSLIMS TO THE
LORD.
HE LATER FOUND A CHURCH IN
UGANDA, WHERE 30% OF THEIR
1,000 MEMBERS ARE
EX-MUSLIMS.
HE ALSO CAME TO LOVE ISRAEL,
AND BROUGHT OTHERS TO VISIT
THE HOLY LAND.
Reporter: YOUR FORMER
FRIENDS AND YOUR BROTHERS IN
ISLAM MOST HAVE HATED YOU.
THEY HATED ME.
THAT'S THE REASON.
ON THE 24th OF DECEMBER,
2011, AS I WAS COMING OUT OF
MY CHURCH, SOMEBODY
PRETENDED AS A BELIEVER, AND
SAID, PASTOR, CAN YOU HELP
ME.
HE WANTED MY ATTENTION, MY
FULL FACE.
AND HE HAD A BUCKET OF ACID
IN HIS RIGHT HAND.
AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD IN ME
TOLD ME HE IS THE WRONG
PERSON.
SO I TURNED MY FACE, TO
ENTER MY CAR QUICKLY TO
DRIVE AWAY.
AS I WAS APPROACHING MY CAR,
HE POURED A BUCKET OF ACID
ON MY HEAD.
SO I FELT LIKE I'M BEING
THROWN INTO HELL.
I FELT FIRE FROM UP AND
DOWN, TO MY TOES, AND I WAS,
LIKE, SOMETHING IS COOKING
ME.
AND THEY SHOUTED THREE
TIMES.
AND I REALIZED I HAVE FALLEN
INTO THE AMBUSH OF MUSLIM
TERRORISTS.
Reporter: MALINDA WAS
RUSHED FROM ONE HOSPITAL TO
ANOTHER, FIRST IN UGANDA,
THEN IN INDIA, AND FINALLY
ISRAEL.
IT WAS A VERY DEEP AND
SEVERE BURN TO THE FACE,
EAR, AND EYE.
Reporter: I SPOKE WITH
DR. JOSEPH HYPE AT THE
MEDICAL CENTER.
BECAUSE IT WAS TWO WEEKS
OLD, WE HAD TO WAIT AND SEE
THAT OUR CLEANSING WAS GOOD
ENOUGH FOR SUFFICIENT.
AND THEN IN THE SECOND
STAGE, WE ORDERED SKIN, AND
WE R RECONSTRUCTED THE FACE
IN ASSOCIATION WITH HIS OWN
SKIN GRAPHS.
Reporter: THIS IS THE
MAN FROM UGANDA, AND HERE WE
ARE IN ISRAEL.
SO WHY WOULD YOU TAKE HIM IN
HERE?
THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE,
AND WE DO NOT DISCRIMINATE
BETWEEN AGE, RACE, OR
RELIGION, OR WHATEVER.
THIS HOSPITAL HAS A BIG
TRADITION, FOR MANY YEARS
NOW, TO HELP AROUND THE
WORLD.
Reporter: WHAT IS IS
THE PROGNOSIS NOW FROM HERE
ON OUT?
MOST OF THE GRAFTING
HELPED AND SUCCEED 100%.
BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, WE'LL
NEED FURTHER SURGERIES.
Reporter: MALINDA TOLD
ME PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND
IT TAKES THE POWER OF GOD TO
SPREAD THE GOSPEL AND COMES
WITH PERSECUTION.
SO YOU'RE NOT ANGRY WITH
GOD?
I'M NOT ANGRY WITH GOD.
IT HAS ENCOURAGED ME MORE TO
EXPOSE THE LIES.
PEOPLE SAY ISLAM IS IS A
PEACEFUL RELIGION, IF YOU
SAY ISLAM IS PEACEFUL, LOOK
AT ME.
I AM THE TRUE PICTURE OF
WHAT ISLAM IS ALL ABOUT.
Reporter: THEY SAY
THERE ARE RADICAL ELEMENTS
AND GOOD ELEMENTS, PEACEFUL
ELEMENTS, IN ISLAM AS WELL.
THAT'S NOT PRACTICAL
BECAUSE THESE RADICAL
PEOPLE, THEY READ WHAT THEY
READ FROM THE QURAN.
AND WHENEVER A MUSLIM DOES
NOT LIKE SOMETHING,
EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD
PEOPLE KNOW.
IF THEY'RE NOT KILL, THEY
WILL BIND THE HOUSES AND
EVERYTHING.
Reporter: HE SAYS ISLAM
WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD, AND
TERRORISTS TAKE THEIR
INSPIRATION FROM VERSES IN
THE QURAN.
[SPEAKING A
FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
WHICH MEANS KILL, FIGHT,
AND KILL THOSE MEN, UNTIL
THERE IS NOT ANY OTHER
ACCEPT THE RELIGION OF
ALLAH.
Reporter: HOW DO WE, AS
CHRISTIANS, IN MY CASE, AND
AMERICAN CHRISTIAN FROM
SCOTLAND -- HOW DO WE FIGHT
THAT?
HOW DO WE DEFEND OURSELVES
AGAINST THAT?
ISLAM IS EATING THE WEST
BECAUSE THE WESTERN WORLD
HAS COMPROMISED AND SWEET
TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS
HAPPENING.
AND THINKING THAT KEEPING
QUIET WILL STOP THE
SITUATION.
BUT YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER
HIDING YOUR HEAD IN THE SAND
CANNOT CHASE YOUR ENEMY, WHO
IS DESTINED TO KILL YOU.
Reporter: HOW DO I LOVE
MY ENEMY, IF IN THIS CASE
YOU SAID YOU LOVE YOUR ENEMY
AND THEY DID THIS TO YOU.
THE BEST WAY TO LOVE YOUR
ENEMY, IN THIS CASE TO LOVE
THE MUSLIMS, IS TO PREACH
THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST TO
THEM.
IF WE TELL THE GOSPEL TO
THEM AT WHATEVER COST, WE
ARE LOVING THEM.