{"id":29795,"date":"2022-04-05T10:16:19","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T07:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/?p=29795"},"modified":"2022-04-05T10:16:21","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T07:16:21","slug":"preach-peace-hard-work-during-ramadhan-museveni-to-muslims-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/05\/preach-peace-hard-work-during-ramadhan-museveni-to-muslims-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Preach Peace, Hard Work During Ramadhan \u2014 Museveni To Muslims Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Museveni\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI 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,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Museveni said that as Muslims embark on fasting the Holy month of Ramadan, it is important for him to ask Allah&#8217;s blessings rest on them, their supplications be heard and granted by Allah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMay all the rewards that come with your participation be manifest in your lives and come to fruition. He prayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ramadan-Kareem-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ramadan-Kareem-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ramadan-Kareem-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ramadan-Kareem-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ramadan-Kareem-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ramadan-Kareem-360x360.jpg 360w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ramadan-Kareem.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About Ramadhan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fasting depends on the sighting of the crescent moon, in fulfilment of the third pillar of the Islamic faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. &nbsp; Museveni\u2019s message come at time when Muslim faithful across the globe started a month-long period of fasting commonly known as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2270,"featured_media":29799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[31,7389,119],"class_list":["post-29795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured","tag-ramadhan","tag-uganda-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2270"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29795"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29800,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29795\/revisions\/29800"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}