Berna Namata
20 March 2008
Kampala — President Paul Kagame was among eleven African Heads of State who attended the official opening of the Gaddafi Mosque in Kampala, Uganda, yesterday.
Libyan President Muammar Gadaffi who funded the construction of the mosque named after him presided over the function.
Apart from the host, President Yoweri Museveni, other leaders included Kenya's Mwai Kibaki, Pierre Nkurunzinza (Burundi ), Abdullah Yusuf (Somalia ), Amadou Toumani Toure (Mali ) and Zanzibar's Amani Karume.
Also present were Idriss Deby (Chad ), Ismail Omar Guellehi (Djbouti ), Teodoro Obiang of New Guinea, and Tanzania's Vice President Dr Ali Mohammed Shein.
The ceremony which attracted over 500 delegates mostly from Muslim countries was preceded by national prayers to celebrate the birth of Mohammed which were led by Gadaffi at Nakivubo Stadium.
The Libyan leader urged African Presidents to resist influence from the western world, resolve conflicts within their region for the interest of their people and to unite for development.
"This inauguration is something of honor to all Moslems," Rwanda's Mufti and current chairman of Council of Muslims in Eastern and Central Africa, Sheikh Saleh Habimana told The New Times..
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