Idd celebrations: Muslim World League to slaughter animals worth sh300m
Flagging off the project, Third Deputy Prime Minister Hajjat Lukia Nakadama commended the Royal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for its continuous humanitarian projects in Uganda.
Third Deputy Prime Minister Lukia Nakadama flagging off the Idd Adhuha meat slaughtering at the Muslim World League office at Old Kampala on Wednesday. (Photos by Farooq Kasule)
By Farooq Kasule
Journalists @New Vision
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The Muslim World League office in Uganda says it will slaughter animals worth shillings 300 million as part of the Idd Adhuha festival slated for tomorrow, June 6, 2025.
Muslim World League country director Muhamed Gabriel Amumalan made the revelation during the flagging off of the project at the league offices in Old Kampala city on Wednesday, June 4.
“Under this project, we shall distribute meat and food baskets to the selected people in Kampala, Kiryandongo refugee settlement, Luwero, Arua, Adjumani, Koboko, Iganga, Jinja and Masaka, giving priority to the needy and the marginalised,” he said.
Flagging off the project, Third Deputy Prime Minister Hajjat Lukia Nakadama commended the Royal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for its continuous humanitarian projects in Uganda.
Muslim World League is an international Islamic non-governmental organisation based in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
“I pray that the relationship between Saudi Arabia and Uganda continues to strengthen, especially in the areas of trade. We grow coffee and Saudi Arabia consumes it a lot. I, therefore, invite the Royal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to prioritise our coffee, and banana, among other products,” Nakadama said.
H.E. Mohammed Bin Khalil Faloudah, the Ambassodor of Saudi Arabia in Uganda interracting with the 3rd Deputy Prime Minister Lukia Nakadama while flagging off the Idd Adhuha slaugtering of animal project.
Nakadama specifically commended Saudi envoy to Uganda Mohammed Bin Khalil Faloudah for his unwavering love for Uganda.
“I represented the President in Saudi Arabia recently, but I saw you fighting for Uganda, and I commend you for loving Uganda,” Nakadama said.
Nakadama wished all Muslims a happy idd adhuha festival. She underscored the need for the Muslim World League projects to spread upcountry, noting that this would not only give it more visibility but also promote unity among Muslims.
Nakadama underscored the importance of the project saying it minimises conflicts within the underprivileged families.
Kampala affairs minister Hajjat Minsa Kabanda also saluted the Muslim World League for the project.
She, however, called upon Muslims with the means to also slaughter animals and share the meat with the needy and their neighbours, regardless of their religions, to give meaning to the festival.
Slaughtering of animals on idd adhuha embodies the value of compassion and solidarity among Muslims worldwide in addition to building social bonds.
Slaughter after prayers
According to Sheikh Imran Ssali, the secretary for religious affairs at Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC), slaughtering of animals begins after idd prayers.
“Whoever intends to slaughter must do it after idd prayers; otherwise if you do it before, it is regarded as a normal slaughtering,” Ssali said.
Sheikh Ssali emphasised that not every animal is slaughtered. He said it is only those animals allowed in Islam that are slaughtered and they must be free from any physical injury.
Genesis of the ritual
Slaughtering of animals by Muslims on idd adhuha is drawn from Prophet Ibrahim’s commitment to sacrifice his only son Ismael as an act of obedience and submission to God in fulfilment of his earlier undertaking that if God gave him a child he would sacrifice him.
As Prophet Ibrahim attempted to slaughter his son, God sent him a sheep for slaughter, hence the beginning of the ritual.
Dr Muhammad Musoke Kiggundu, the director of communication and research at the office of the Supreme Mufti at the Kibuli parallel muslim administration, argues that many lessons are drawn from the ritual, but the most important ones include fulfilling one's undertaking regardless of whatever difficulty it might take.