Folks,
One hardly needs to know how to read between the lines to realize that tThe Mufti is anything but 'quiet on the third term'.
However, the main point of this note is to note that Islam's most influential, if not earliest, supporter in Uganda was none other Ssekabaka Muteesa I. He learned Arabic and could read the Koran. Subsequently, He ordered his chiefs and the much of the Buganda Kingdom to adopt Islam.
The Luganda literate can read about this in Ham Mukasa's books, and others can get more about this from various literary sources about that era.
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Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 14:13:40 -0400
...and like all political decisions , this one too has repercursions.
Matek
Mubajje Quiet On Third Term
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The Monitor (Kampala)
June 4, 2004
Posted to the web June 4, 2004
Ali Ssenkabirwa
Kampala
The Mufti, Sheikh Shaban Mubajje, has said he will not pronounce his position and that of Muslims on the third term. He says it is a right of every Muslim to choose a political ideology to follow.
"I will never disclose my position on the ekisanja (third term) because I also personally don't want anyone to start questioning my kisanja. It is a right of every Muslim to decide his or her destiny," he said.
Mubajje was addressing Muslims who gathered on Tuesday to commemorate the 160 years of Islam in Uganda and the 32nd anniversary of the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC) at Old Kampala hill.
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Islam came to Uganda in 1844 through the Arab traders and the former President of Uganda the late Iddi Amin Dada started UMSC in 1972 after citing disunity that was alarming among the Muslims. Mubajje asked Muslims to maintain the existing solidarity.
"Amin established UMSC with a point of uniting Muslims. He died with a smile after hearing that what he fought for had been achieved," he told them.
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