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Article: Gadhafi Celebrates Prophet's Birthday
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- March 19, 2008
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Thousands of Ugandans celebrated the birthday of Prophet Muhammad on Wednesday, with Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and tribal and religious leaders flown in from across the Muslim world for the occasion.
Gadhafi, who celebrates the Mulid al-Nabi, or Prophet's birthday, a day earlier than most other Muslims, was in Kampala to inaugurate the huge new Gadhafi National Mosque, which he funded and is touted by Libyan officials as Africa's second-largest.
"Muhammad is everybody's prophet. He was sent to all mankind, unlike the other prophets before him," Gadhafi told a crowd estimated at 10,000 to 15,000 by organizers.
"Long live brother Gadhafi," chanted the ...