They came chanting, "Takbir, Allah Akbar" and attacked anyone who dared to stop their mission.
As they approached Old Kampala mosque, the headquarters of Uganda Muslim Supreme Council, no stone was left unturned. It is here they declared Jihad - the Islamic holy war, according, Hajj Muzamir Luswaata, 65, as he recalls incidents of the March 22, 1991 during the Tabliq attack.
It was a Friday mid-afternoon, a group of young Muslim men stormed UMSC at the Agha Khan Mosque on Namirembe Road.
Their mission was to forcefully remove the elected Mufti whom they branded a "moving dead", who deserved not to lead a Muslim community.
Sheikh Ibrahim Saad Luwemba was then the Mufti, following an election that resulted from a protracted deliberation between the two warring factions, spearheaded by Sheikh Obedi Kamulegeya and Kassim Mulumba.
Sheikh Mulumba's group on the other hand fronted and paid allegiance to Sheikh Rajab Kakooza as their lawful Mufti, who, before the Supreme Court installed Sheikh Luwemba, was acting on interim basis having been installed by Sheikh Kamulegeya. Read more
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