We can’t have two Muftis!
May 04, 2009
EDITOR—I am not happy with the Ugandan media addressing Sheikh Shaban Mubajje and Sheikh Zubair Kayongo as “Mufti†whenever they’re writing or talking about them. I request them to start using quotes when using the title “Muftiâ€.
EDITOR—I am not happy with the Ugandan media addressing Sheikh Shaban Mubajje and Sheikh Zubair Kayongo as “Mufti†whenever they’re writing or talking about them. I request them to start using quotes when using the title “Muftiâ€. Since when did Muslims have two Muftis serving at ago?
Kayongo and Mubajje should now be covered as individuals but not as Muslim leaders since they seem bent on leading regardless of whether the faithful support them or not.
Recently, my younger brother asked me what the correct answer in an examination would be if one was asked who the current Mufti of Uganda is. Would one be correct to say there are two Muftis, one called Mubajje and the other called Kayongo?
I started beating about the bush until I confused the boy! The ongoing standoff in the Muslim community has caused more harm than good since it began three years ago when Mubajje was dragged to court for fraudulently selling Muslim property. When two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. The grass is we the Muslims.
Businesses have come to a standstill wherever these two ‘Muftis’ happen to pass and chaos has been reported.
On April 7, I read a story entitled, “Mosque works halted over split†published in The New Vision. It was reported that the order from the district security committee chaired by the RDC, Geoffrey Kyomukama to stop the construction of a multi- million mosque by the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC) was due to the wrangles between the Muslim factions over its ownership.
Can you imagine the scuffle also forced teachers at the nearby Kasana primary school to suspend classes! But why all this?
It is amazing to hear the two ‘Muftis’ calling for unity and telling Muslims to “forget about the current wrangles and continue fostering development among the fraternityâ€. The wrangles will not if it is true Kayongo is planning to sue Mubajje of embezzlement.
As long as we continue having these two ‘muftis’, we are not going to have peace. I would be happy if I heard them calling in unison for reconciliation. It is not about who supports who but who is wrong.
Umaru M. Kashaka
IUIU, Mbale
Kayongo and Mubajje should now be covered as individuals but not as Muslim leaders since they seem bent on leading regardless of whether the faithful support them or not.
Recently, my younger brother asked me what the correct answer in an examination would be if one was asked who the current Mufti of Uganda is. Would one be correct to say there are two Muftis, one called Mubajje and the other called Kayongo?
I started beating about the bush until I confused the boy! The ongoing standoff in the Muslim community has caused more harm than good since it began three years ago when Mubajje was dragged to court for fraudulently selling Muslim property. When two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. The grass is we the Muslims.
Businesses have come to a standstill wherever these two ‘Muftis’ happen to pass and chaos has been reported.
On April 7, I read a story entitled, “Mosque works halted over split†published in The New Vision. It was reported that the order from the district security committee chaired by the RDC, Geoffrey Kyomukama to stop the construction of a multi- million mosque by the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC) was due to the wrangles between the Muslim factions over its ownership.
Can you imagine the scuffle also forced teachers at the nearby Kasana primary school to suspend classes! But why all this?
It is amazing to hear the two ‘Muftis’ calling for unity and telling Muslims to “forget about the current wrangles and continue fostering development among the fraternityâ€. The wrangles will not if it is true Kayongo is planning to sue Mubajje of embezzlement.
As long as we continue having these two ‘muftis’, we are not going to have peace. I would be happy if I heard them calling in unison for reconciliation. It is not about who supports who but who is wrong.
Umaru M. Kashaka
IUIU, Mbale