PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni joined hundreds of Muslims at Arua Primary School grounds in Arua municipality for prayers to mark Idd Adhuha.
He congratulated the Muslim community upon marking the holy day and asked them to continue serving and praising God for the gift of life.
The President, who is also the NRM presidential candidate for next year's polls, is in the West Nile region on his campaign trail.
He appealed to all religious leaders to incorporate fighting household poverty in their teachings.
According to a release from State House, Museveni said the Government welcomed all religious institutions in fighting poverty using their close relationship with their faithful.
He added that if all households had good sources of income, it would be easy for religious organisations to fund their development activities by raising funds from their followers.
"Your leader has just told me about the need for a bigger mosque and that there are 34,000 Muslims in Arua municipality. If all these had a source of income, they would build the mosque themselves," he said.
He promised to work closely with the Arua Muslim leaders to build a new mosque.In a separate message to the nation, Museveni commended the good working relationship and fellowship exhibited by the Uganda Muslims in relation to other faiths.
"Such acts point to more similarities in the great faith of Islam and Christianity. Both preach the message of love for one another," he said yesterday in a message to congratulate Muslims upon the holy celebrations of Idd Adhuha.
Museveni also commended what he described as the spirit of hard work and enterprise displayed by most Muslims in the country.
"I pray that God rewards, especially the acts of kindness and generosity extended to his people by Muslims," he said.
Muslims worldwide celebrate Idd Adhuha to commemorate the willingness of Abraham to sacrifice of his son, Ishmael, an act God rewarded with a ram to sacrifice instead.
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