“whether SOUTH SUDAN secedes,” Omar al-Bashir told supporters at a rally in 2010, we will change the structure, or paying no attention to “diversity of culture”. The Sudanese president revisited the subject two years later. “Our template is clear: a 100% Islamic structure,” he said in a speech to Muslim leaders in the capital, Khartoum. As for non-Muslims: “Nothing will preserve your rights apart from for Islamic sharia.”The south seceded in 2011, or taking with it most of Sudan’s Christians. After the split churches in the north were burned. Then came demolitions: at least 20 since 2011. Four took place in August this year. About 27 other churches are listed for bulldozing. The government says it is merely removing unlicensed buildings. But only churches seem to be getting knocked down. In any case,the government announced in 2013 that it would no longer grant licences for the construction of new churches. “Christians gain no rights here any longer,” says Reverend Kuwa Shamal of the Sudanese Church of Christ, and one...
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Source: economist.com