Sheikh Abdullah Ssekimwanyi was the first
Ugandan to make a holy pilgrimage to
Mecca in
Saudi Arabia in the 1920s. Making a pilgrimage to Mecca is the 5th pillar or obligation of the faith
Islam
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. On his return, he urged
Muslim
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s to stop holding the daily Dhuhuri (noon prayer on Friday). He also started translating Friday khutuba (sermons) in
Luganda
The Ganda language or Luganda (, , ) is a Bantu language spoken in the African Great Lakes region. It is one of the major languages in Uganda and is spoken by more than 10 million Baganda and other people principally in central Uganda including ...
and other local languages. He is the founder of
Africa Muslim Community, Juma Sect, of Bukoto-Nateete.
As of July 2009, there are an estimated 3,916,717 Muslims in Uganda.
Muslims are 12.% of Uganda's Population
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External links
The History of Sectarian Differences Among Uganda's Muslims
(Luganda)
See also
* Islam in Uganda
References
Ugandan Islamic religious leaders
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
Ugandan Muslims
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