{"id":30370,"date":"2022-05-01T17:24:42","date_gmt":"2022-05-01T17:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/muslims-to-celebrate-eid-on-monday"},"modified":"2022-05-01T17:43:38","modified_gmt":"2022-05-01T17:43:38","slug":"muslims-to-celebrate-eid-on-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/muslims-to-celebrate-eid-on-monday","title":{"rendered":"Muslims to celebrate Eid on Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Muslims across the world will celebrate Eid-al-Fitr on Monday (May 2, 2022) to mark the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.<\/p>\n<p>The Acting Director of Sharia, Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC), Sheikh Muhammad Ali Waswa, explained that Eid-al-Fitir will be celebrated on Monday starting at 8am.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to inform the Muslim fraternity and the wider public in Uganda that it has been confirmed the new moon has not been sighted this evening. Therefore, Eid-ul-Fitir will be celebrated on Monday May 2, 2022,\u201d Sheikh Waswa explained in an April 30 statement.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the national prayers will be held at National Mosque, Old Kampala which is UMSC headquarters and will be led by Sheikh Ramadhan Mubajje, the mufti of Uganda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrayers will commence at exactly 8am-9am. It is important to note that UMSC advises Muslims to observe Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Carry your prayer rags, wear a mask, observe social distance, sanitize and avoid touching surfaces,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that, \u201cwe congratulate all the entire Muslim fraternity upon reaching a graceful completion of the holy month of Ramadhan and we wish you a blessed Eid-al-Fitir.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. Muslims across the world will celebrate Eid-al-Fitr on Monday (May 2, 2022) to mark the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. The Acting Director of Sharia, Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC), Sheikh Muhammad Ali Waswa, explained that Eid-al-Fitir will be celebrated on Monday starting at 8am. \u201cI would like to inform [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":30369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,8],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-30370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-homepage-english","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Muslims to celebrate Eid on Monday - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Muslims across the world will celebrate Eid-al-Fitr on Monday (May 2, 2022) to mark the end of the fasting month of Rama ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/muslims-to-celebrate-eid-on-monday\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Muslims to celebrate Eid on Monday\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Muslims across the world will celebrate Eid-al-Fitr on Monday (May 2, 2022) to mark the end of the fasting month of Rama ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/muslims-to-celebrate-eid-on-monday\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-05-01T17:24:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-05-01T17:43:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/05\/postQueueImg_4.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/muslims-to-celebrate-eid-on-monday#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/muslims-to-celebrate-eid-on-monday\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Muslims to celebrate Eid on Monday\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-01T17:24:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-05-01T17:43:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/muslims-to-celebrate-eid-on-monday\"},\"wordCount\":203,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/muslims-to-celebrate-eid-on-monday#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/05\/postQueueImg_4.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Uganda\",\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"homepage-english\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/muslims-to-celebrate-eid-on-monday#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/muslims-to-celebrate-eid-on-monday\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/muslims-to-celebrate-eid-on-monday\",\"name\":\"Muslims to celebrate Eid on Monday - 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