Ugandan religious leaders protest continued closures
The Interreligious Council of Uganda-IRCU plans to meet the Health Ministry to communicated disappointment over the proceeded with conclusion of spots of love, the Mufti of Uganda, Sheik Shaban Ramadhan Mubaje has uncovered.
As indicated by Sheik Mubaje, they settled this during their gathering on Thursday. Sheik Mubaje is the current seat of the IRCU Council of Presidents, which unites heads of standard strict gatherings in the country.
“During our gathering we communicated disappointment on the proceeded with conclusion of spots of love. However a few spots with a lot of individuals are working,” Sheik Mubaje said.
Adding that, “We need to get a clarification from the Ministry of Health, which informs the president why spots concerning love are as yet shut at this point we set up Standard Operating Procedures,” he said.
While declaring the lifting of the multi day lockdown forced to contain the second rush of COVID-19 on July 30th, 2021, president, Yoweri Museveni said spots of love will stay shut for 60 days. Sheik Mubaje says they need Ministry of Health to clarify the rationale of the extra days of the lock down set on the spots of love.
He clarified that as strict pioneers they have been getting unlimited inquiries from their devotees why places of love are as yet shut.
“A portion of our kin should be directed. We need these spots opened under the SOPs we set up. We hope to meet Ministry of Health one week from now and anticipate a positive reaction,” he said not long after logical Friday supplications at Gaddafi National mosque at Old Kampala slope.
The Mufti likewise disclosed that they chose to hold the logical Juma with a little gathering of admirers in order to convey a message to Muslims who were following on line.
“We held a logical Juma at old Kampala to empower our siblings at home to follow. It doesn’t imply that mosques are open. We are as yet under lockdown on account of the official mandates,” he said.