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| Ugandans 'forgive' Gaddafi remark | Ugandans 'forgive' Gaddafi remark |
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| Ugandan Church leaders have asked Christians to forgive Libya's leader for suggesting the Bible was forged as it didn't mention the Prophet Muhammad. | Ugandan Church leaders have asked Christians to forgive Libya's leader for suggesting the Bible was forged as it didn't mention the Prophet Muhammad. |
| Ugandan clerics pointed out the Bible was written before Muhammad was born. | Ugandan clerics pointed out the Bible was written before Muhammad was born. |
| Kampala Archbisop Cyprian Lwanga told an Easter mass congregation to forget Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi's remarks. | Kampala Archbisop Cyprian Lwanga told an Easter mass congregation to forget Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi's remarks. |
| Colonel Gaddafi made his comments whilst in Uganda's capital, Kampala, last week to open a giant mosque. He | Colonel Gaddafi made his comments whilst in Uganda's capital, Kampala, last week to open a giant mosque. He |
| has since left the country. | has since left the country. |
| "How can we be blamed for not including what was not in existence?" said Archbishop Lwanga in his sermon for Easter prayers at Rubaga Cathedral. | "How can we be blamed for not including what was not in existence?" said Archbishop Lwanga in his sermon for Easter prayers at Rubaga Cathedral. |
| "I ask fellow Christians to forgive Gaddafi like Jesus forgave those people who crucified him on the cross." | "I ask fellow Christians to forgive Gaddafi like Jesus forgave those people who crucified him on the cross." |
| At Kampala's Christ the King Church, Monsignor Paul Ssemwogerere said: "Since the Muslim community has already distanced itself from Colonel Gaddafi's sentiments, let's forgive him as Christians." | At Kampala's Christ the King Church, Monsignor Paul Ssemwogerere said: "Since the Muslim community has already distanced itself from Colonel Gaddafi's sentiments, let's forgive him as Christians." |
| Incident | Incident |
| Namirembe Bishop Samuel Balagadde Ssekadde asked the government to guide foreign visitors who might make divisive remarks in future. | Namirembe Bishop Samuel Balagadde Ssekadde asked the government to guide foreign visitors who might make divisive remarks in future. |
| "We should pray for such people who don't know that in Uganda, we have an Inter-Religious Council that unites us regardless of our religious differences. Muslims and Christians live harmoniously without any problem," he said. | "We should pray for such people who don't know that in Uganda, we have an Inter-Religious Council that unites us regardless of our religious differences. Muslims and Christians live harmoniously without any problem," he said. |
| Seeking to defuse the row, President Yoweri Museveni said he had spoken to the Libyan leader about Christianity after the speech. | Seeking to defuse the row, President Yoweri Museveni said he had spoken to the Libyan leader about Christianity after the speech. |
| "I do not believe in competition between religions. After all, God has no religion. God is for us all," the president said during Easter prayers at Nshwere Church in Kiruhura, according to a statement. | "I do not believe in competition between religions. After all, God has no religion. God is for us all," the president said during Easter prayers at Nshwere Church in Kiruhura, according to a statement. |