The Muslim pilgrims Saturday visited Kigali genocide memorial site where they paid tribute to victims of the genocide against Tutsi.
The pilgrims including men and women laid wreaths on the mass graves. Thousands of victims are buried at the site.
Pilgrims had just returned from the holy pilgrimage in Mecca Saudi Arabia. They gave messages of peace, prayed for Rwanda and denounced the repeat of genocide in Rwanda.
They toured of the genocide museum which depicts Rwanda’s tragic history which claimed the lives of over a million people.
The head of the delegation of pilgrims who had just returned from Mecca in Saudi Arabia Hadj Munyakazi Isiaka said their objective of visiting the genocide memorial was to give messages of peace and love that will help Rwandans fight ethnic divisionism and divisive politics.
The pilgrims donated 2 cows and 11 goats to genocide survivors living at Mageragere sector in Nyarugenge district and constructed houses for 7 homeless families.
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