President Yoweri Museveni has highly\ncommended religious leaders in Uganda for the cooperation and unity that they\nhave exhibited ever since the Movement Government came to power. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President was addressing guests\nat the Iftar dinner that he hosted for the Muslim community last night at State\nHouse, Entebbe. The Muslim faithful all over the world are currently in the\nfasting month of Ramadhan that is soon coming to an end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI am happy that all the religious\nleaders have now joined NRM. When we were in the bush, we were fighters but\nalso preached religion. When we came, we chased chaplains and priests from the\nArmy barracks because they were not helping. How could you say that you are\nreligious when you are fighting each other? It was the religious and tribal\nsectarianism that created problems for Uganda. But I am glad that you formed\nthe Inter-Religious Council in 2002 and that you are now working together,\u201d he\nsaid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
President who congratulated the Muslims\nfor almost finishing the holy month of Ramadan noted that for countries that\nare located in the Middle East and are faced with never-ending conflicts, they\nmust critically analyze and realize that these conflicts of identity are not\nleading their people to prosperity but rather to death and poverty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cabinet Ministers, Judges, envoys\nfrom Egypt, Tanzania, United Arab Emirates, Sudan, Turkey Libya, Saudi Arabia\nand Christian religious leaders also attended the dinner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President used the occasion to\ncall upon all leaders to encourage their families to participate in shifting\nfrom the traditional to modernized ways of production that bring in money so as\nto get rid of household.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAfrican people right up to the\nvillage level, are rich but their disease is that they live in the traditional\nways, faced with modern demands which need money. They are in a state of being\nwithout money. You can have musicians and the audience. In sports, you can have\nplayers and spectators. For us we don\u2019t want spectators. We want all the people\nto participate in getting rid of poverty. If Africans wake up, they will know\nhow the world operates,\u201d he observed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President promised the Muslim\ncommunity in the country that they would also get A Muslim Martyrs\u2019 site in\nNamugongo just like the Catholic and Protestant Martyrs\u2019 sites, so that Muslims\nwould be able to commemorate their faithful who died for the faith. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Mufti of Uganda, His Eminence Sheikh\nShaban Ramadhan Mubajje thanked President Museveni for the continued support to\nthe Uganda Muslim Supreme Council projects. He also reiterated the Muslim\nwomen\u2019s gratefulness to the 1st<\/sup> Lady, Janet Museveni for supporting\ntheir SACCO. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sheikh Mubajje called upon Muslims in\nother parts of the world to seek solving their challenges peacefully as opposed\nto war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEnough is enough with bloodshed. We\nmust start to resolve our issues peacefully,\u201d he said.\n\nHe\nurged Muslims to continue practicing good conduct even after the holy month of\nRamadhan.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" President Yoweri Museveni has highly commended religious leaders in Uganda for the cooperation and unity that they have exhibited ever since the Movement Government came to power. The President was addressing guests at the Iftar dinner that he hosted for the Muslim community last night at State House, Entebbe. The Muslim faithful all over the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27983,"featured_media":9508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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],"class_list":["post-9507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"yoast_head":"\n