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**womberte** · 03-07-2012, 03:02 PM

Ugandan Muslims recently marked 170 years since the arrival of Islam in Uganda.

Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania. The southern part of the country includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, which is also shared by Kenya and Tanzania.

According to the National Census 2002 Islam is practiced by 12.1 percent of the population.

According to MuslimPopulation.com in 2011 Muslims constituted 35% of the population which would amount to about 12,080,000 people.

Further, Islamicweb puts the figure at 36%.

According to an IINA news report dated June 31, 2001 the Mufti of Uganda speaks about problems faced by the Muslim community.

The Mufti of Uganda, Sheikh Sha’aban Ramadhan, has outlined some of the problems facing the Muslims here, and told IINA that there are six million Muslims out of Uganda’s population of 21 million. He said there are 6,700 mosques, and in practically every mosques there is a Qur’an Study Circle, plus there is one Islamic University, and it comes under the aegis of the of the Jeddah-based Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC).

As for Christian missionary activity, the Mufti said that while there are 60 missionary radio stations in the country for calling people to Christianity, there was only one Islamic radio station, known as the Bilal Station, which is supported by Saudi Arabia and by the Makkah-based Muslim World League (MWL).

As for Islamic action to counter Christian activities, Sheikh Ramadhan said that such countries as Libya, Saudi Arabia and Egypt have their Daawa activists in the country, but that these were not adequate to the task. He said that at the moment there are 60 Ugandan students studying at the Azhar, and at Saudi Islamic universities there are at present 100 Ugandans studying on scholarships from the MWL. He said that this year there were 25 student Daawa activists who graduated from the Azhar, whose expenses were paid for by the Azhar and the Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs in Egypt.

The Mufti, however, appealed to Muslim states to increase their help to Uganda’s Muslims.

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womberte Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 408 Senior Member	Islam in Uganda Ugandan Muslims recently marked 170 years since the arrival of Islam in Uganda. Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania. The southern part of the country includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, which is also shared by Kenya and Tanzania. According to the National Census 2002 Islam is practiced by 12.1 percent of the population. According to MuslimPopulation.com in 2011 Muslims constituted 35% of the population which would amount to about 12,080,000 people. Further, Islamicweb puts the figure at 36%. According to an IINA news report dated June 31, 2001 the Mufti of Uganda speaks about problems faced by the Muslim community. The Mufti of Uganda, Sheikh Sha’aban Ramadhan, has outlined some of the problems facing the Muslims here, and told IINA that there are six million Muslims out of Uganda’s population of 21 million. He said there are 6,700 mosques, and in practically every mosques there is a Qur’an Study Circle, plus there is one Islamic University, and it comes under the aegis of the of the Jeddah-based Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC). As for Christian missionary activity, the Mufti said that while there are 60 missionary radio stations in the country for calling people to Christianity, there was only one Islamic radio station, known as the Bilal Station, which is supported by Saudi Arabia and by the Makkah-based Muslim World League (MWL). As for Islamic action to counter Christian activities, Sheikh Ramadhan said that such countries as Libya, Saudi Arabia and Egypt have their Daawa activists in the country, but that these were not adequate to the task. He said that at the moment there are 60 Ugandan students studying at the Azhar, and at Saudi Islamic universities there are at present 100 Ugandans studying on scholarships from the MWL. He said that this year there were 25 student Daawa activists who graduated from the Azhar, whose expenses were paid for by the Azhar and the Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs in Egypt. The Mufti, however, appealed to Muslim states to increase their help to Uganda’s Muslims.
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