President visits Kalmunai Mosque

President Mahinda Rajapaksa pledged to draw-up a programme to send every Muslim to visit the Islamic holy site of Mecca at least once in their lifetime. The President who was visiting the Kadalkarai mosque in Kalmunai said that the pilgrimage to Mecca should not be the luxury of a privileged few. President Rajapaksa who participated in prayers at the mosque, reminded that it was his Government that had ensured freedom to all ethnicities and religions. He also insisted that his Government had always served the masses equally irrespective of their party affiliations.