Gadhafi Mosque in Uganda
Gadhafi Mosque is Uganda’s national mosque for Muslims, located at Kampala Hill in Old Kampala. The mosque was built in 2006; it seats about 15,000 worshipers of Allah and holds another 1,100 in the gallery, while the terrace caters for 3,500.
The Gadhafi mosque was commissioned by the former Libyan president, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, as his gift to Uganda, and this project was for the benefit of the Muslim population. Gaddafi Mosque is the skyscraper.
The mosque was opened in June 2007 under the name Gaddafi National Mosque; the head offices of the Muslim supreme council are located at the mosque.
After some years, the mosque was renamed the Uganda National Mosque in 2013, following the death of Colonel Gaddafi and the end of the Libyan administration.
It’s the modern, prestigious, venerable monument of the Islamic faith in Uganda.
