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21st Jul 2022

Uganda: Muslim women complain about being forced to remove veils

By Godfrey KAMPALA, Uganda (AA): Muslim women in Uganda complained in parliament Wednesday, saying they are being forced to remove their veils before getting services. The women said that apart from being forced to remove veils before being photographed at … Continued

4th Jun 2022

Uganda: Unique shrine unites Muslims and Christians

By Godfrey KAMPALA, Uganda (AA): A shrine in the central Ugandan village of Namugongo, 12 kilometers (9 miles) from the capital Kampala, is perhaps a unique place in the world, invoking equal veneration from both Christians and Muslims. Every year … Continued

17th Nov 2021

Uganda: Two suicide bombings in Kampala leave 6 dead

By Hamza Kyeyune KAMPALA, Uganda (AA): Six people died in twin explosions that rocked Uganda’s capital Kampala Tuesday morning, including three of the presumed suicide bombers, police officials said. 36 people were injured. ISIS claimed responsibility for the terrorist … Continued

30th May 2019

Uganda: Muslim martyrs site to be established

By Godfrey Olukya KAMPALA, Uganda (AA): Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni promised the country’s Muslim community Wednesday that a Muslim martyrs’ site will be established at Namugongo. Namugongo, a township located 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) from the nation’s capital, … Continued

29th Apr 2018

Uganda: 2 killed, 36 arrested in mosque raid

By Halima Athumani KAMPALA, Uganda (AA): Uganda security forces said they have killed two people and arrested 36 others following a raid in a mosque in a Kampala suburb. Addressing reporters Saturday afternoon, Ugandan counterterrorism police director Abas Byakagaba … Continued

28th Dec 2016

Uganda: Police raid Kampala mosque, arrest 18

By Halima Athumani KAMPALA, Uganda (AA):- Uganda Police has confirmed the arrest of 18 people found at Nakasero mosque during an early morning raid in central Kampala on Tuesday. Speaking to journalists, a police spokesperson for the Kampala Metropolitan … Continued

20th Oct 2016

Uganda trial probes killings of 2 Muslim scholars

By Halima Athumani KAMPALA, (AA): A trial court in the capital Kampala on Wednesday heard a forensic pathologist’s testimony about how two senior Muslim clerics were gunned down “at very close range” in 2013 and 2015, stoking tensions in … Continued

25th Mar 2016

Ugandan Muslims condemn Christian hostility to Islamic banking

By Halima Athumani KAMPALA, (AA): Uganda’s Muslim leaders have condemned the “ignorance” of church leaders trying to block Islamic banking legislation in the majority-Christian nation. Earlier this year, parliament amended a finance bill to introduce Islamic insurance. However, church … Continued

13th Feb 2016

Uganda: President woos voters at Kampala mosque

By Halima Athumani KAMPALA, (AA): Uganda President Yoweri Museveni is wooing Muslim voters with a promise to look into the case of 14 incarcerated Muslims. Addressing a congregation during Friday prayers at the National Old Kampala mosque, Uganda’s senior … Continued

17th Jan 2016

Uganda agrees to fresh probe into 1979 Muslim massacre

By Halima Athumani KAMPALA, (AA): The Ugandan government has finally agreed to investigate the murders of 67 Muslims massacred 37 years ago. “The government has set up a team to carry out a thorough verification exercise of all the … Continued

20th Sep 2015

Ugandan fish seller makes it to Hajj after 10-year struggle

By Halima Athumani KAMPALA, (AA): Uganda plans to send 750 of its citizens – including 415 women – to this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Makkah. “I can’t wait to get to Makkah and see Prophet Muhammad’s tomb and Mount … Continued

Over 120 people attended a landmark conference on the media reporting of Islam and Muslims. It was held jointly by The Muslim News and Society of Editors in London on September 15.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2015 was held on March in London to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to the society.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2015 was held on March in London to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to the society.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence event is to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to society. Over 850 people from diverse background, Muslim and non-Muslim, attended the gala dinner.