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Avoid Beauty Contests, Says Mubajje.
(From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM)
Byline: Isaiah Kitimbo
The Mufti of Uganda, Sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubajje, has urged Muslims to desist from attending beauty contests and nude dance shows (ebimansulo).He said the two are Satanic and are a hindrance to the promotion of the Islamic culture.
Mufti Mubajje made the call last Wednesday while speaking at Al-Haramein Islamic foundation offices in Jinja where he presided over a function to raise funds for the construction of premises for the proposed Al Haramein ...
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