Uganda, June 1 -- Muslims, through the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC), will today gather at Masgid Noor Shuhadau, which is a Muslim Martyrs mosque in Namugongo, Wakiso District, to pray for more than 100 Muslim faithful who were martyred for their religion by Kabaka Muteesa I in 1876.

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The national chairperson of the Muslim Martyrs Committee, Prof Badru Kateregga, said Muslims will hold special prayers at the Muslim martyrs mosque today in memory of the Muslims who were killed by the then Kabaka (king) of Buganda for defying his orders on account of their Islamic beliefs.

Prof Kateregga added that remembering the martyrs is a sign that Muslims should stand firm to the...