President Museveni has called upon all Muslim leaders across the country to preach a message of peace, hard work and prosperity so that Ugandans may experience the development of their nation and total transformation.
Museveni’s message come at time when Muslim faithful across the globe started a month-long period of fasting commonly known as Ramadhan. Fasting started on 2 April 2022.
In his messages to the entire Muslim leadership and Ugandans belonging to the Muslim faith and all well-wishers in the country and the entire world, Museveni wished them a blessed month full of peace and prosperity.
“I have the pleasure, on my own behalf and that of government and the entire NRM leadership to yet again wish you a fruitful month of fasting in the year 2022. The Holy month of Ramadhan is a time of prayer, retreat from all routine and a moment of complete submission to God as the supreme authority to bring about positive changes in our lives,” he said.
Museveni said that as Muslims embark on fasting the Holy month of Ramadan, it is important for him to ask Allah’s blessings rest on them, their supplications be heard and granted by Allah.
“May all the rewards that come with your participation be manifest in your lives and come to fruition. He prayed.
About Ramadhan
Fasting depends on the sighting of the crescent moon, in fulfilment of the third pillar of the Islamic faith.
It is based on a special calendar [Lunar calendar], which begins when a thin crescent moon is sighted in the sky after sunset within a day or so after the new moon.
The Islamic calendar is about 11 days shorter than the widely used solar calendar. This explains why Muslim fasting and other Islamic holidays change each year.
