According to the National Census 2002 Islam is practiced by 12. 1 percent of the population. [1]
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History
Islam had arrived in Uganda from the north and through inland networks of the East African coastal trade by the mid-nineteenth century. Some Baganda Muslims trace their family's conversion to the period in which the kabaka Mutesa I converted to Islam in the nineteenth century. Buganda is the kingdom of the Baganda people the largest of the traditional kingdoms in present-day Uganda. A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion Mukaabya of Buganda (c 1837 &ndash October 19 1884) better known by his royal name Mutesa I, was Kabaka of Buganda from October
Islam after independence
When Idi Amin, a Ugandan Muslim, became president in 1971, his presidency seemed to be a victory for Uganda's Muslim community. Idi Amin Dada (mid 1920s &ndash 16 August 2003 commonly known as Idi Amin, was a Ugandan military dictator and the President of Uganda Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Then in 1972, Amin's expulsion of Asians from Uganda reduced the Muslim population significantly. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. As his administration deteriorated into a brutal and unsuccessful regime, Uganda's Muslims began to distance themselves from those in power.
After Amin's overthrow in 1979, Muslims became the victims of the backlash that was directed primarily against the Kakwa and Nubian ethnic groups who had supported Amin. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) The Nubians (Arabic نوبي Nuubi are an ethnic group originally from northern Sudan, now inhabiting East Africa and some parts of Northeast Africa in southern Egypt Yusuf Lule, who served a brief term as president from 1979 to 1980, was also a Muslim (and a Muganda). Yusuf Kironde Lule ( 1912 - January 21, 1985) was provisional President of Uganda between 13 April and 20 June 1979 Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Buganda is the kingdom of the Baganda people the largest of the traditional kingdoms in present-day Uganda. He was not a skillful politician, but he was successful in reducing the public stigma attached to Islam.
In 1989 President Yoweri Museveni appealed to Uganda's Muslim community to contribute to national reconstruction, and he warned other Ugandans not to discriminate against Muslims. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni ( (born c 1944 Ntungamo, Uganda) has been the President of Uganda since 29 January 1986 But at the same time, Museveni admonished Ugandans to avoid "sectarian" allegiances, and this warning was directed at the Islamic community as well as other ethnic and religious groups.
The Islamic University in Uganda is one of Uganda's premier institutes of Islamic teaching. The Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU is a university for advanced study of several undergraduate and post graduate subjects based in Mbale, Uganda. It is located in Mbale in the foothills of Mount Elgon. This article refers to the town of Mbale For the corresponding district see Mbale District. See also Mount Elgon District Mount Elgon is an extinct Shield volcano on the border of Uganda and Kenya
Recent Statistics
As it is with many African nations, religious population statistics vary widely depending on the source. For example, more than a million Muslims were estimated to have lived in Uganda in 1998 according to Islamic Web and 9. 42 in 2005 according to Islamic Population. The 2004 national census recorded that Muslims represented 12. 1% of the population. [1]
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References
- ^ a b 2002 Uganda Population and Housing Census - Main Report (PDF). Listing of Muslims by country Important note Population counts by religious affiliation like most demographic characteristics of a Population Uganda Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved on 2008-03-26. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.
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