On 28th May, 2018, H.E. Dr. John Pombe Magufuli President of the United Republic of Tanzania held an Iftar banquet in honor of H.E. Sheikh Saleh bin Abdull Aziz Al-Alsheikh, Minister of Islamic Affairs, Da'wah and Guidance in the presence of His Excellency Prime Minister Qasim Majelwa, Minister of Defense Dr. Hussein Muwaini and the Grand Mufti Sheikh Abubakar Bin Zubair and a large number of Tanzanian officials, Sheikhs and preachers. In this occasion H.E. the President, thanked the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the approval of building a University in Dar es Salaam.