Uganda hit by sad news of the death of Political Analyst, Islamic Scholar and a Lecturer, Sheikh Dr. Abdu Anas Kaliisa
The family member in min statement revealed that they don’t know the cause of death of Ants of yet because he left his office at Naguru today and returned home to have a rest as was his routine but he collapsed dead at home.
“It is with great pain that I share with you that my elder brother, and Chairman of Salam Charity Foundation, Dr. A. A. Kaliisa, has died this evening. Dr. Kaliisa has been more than just my brother. He raised me and has been a father figure to me. May God rest his soul in eternal peace,”Kin Kaliisa, NBS TV Chief Executive Office tweeted
The deceased’s body has now been taken to Mulago to carry out a postmortem that will tell the exact cause of death.
Kaliisa also has been a panelist at NBS on program Ensi N’ebyayo that runs every Sunday.
Sheikh Dr. Anas Kaliisa was the founding chairman of the House of Zakat and Waqf Uganda, a non-denominational and not-for-profit organisation.
The organisation was set up to manage and administer Zakat (alms) and Waqf or endowment in accordance with the teaching of the Holy Quran and Hadith for the social well being of Muslims and development of Islam.
Kaliisa, also served as the Secretary of the Eminent Council of Sheikhs of Uganda and Chairman Muslim Jurists Uganda.
Some information sourced from Nile Post.