Darfur Sheikh calls for support from Muslim scholars

Sheikh Abdallah Mohamed Abdelrahman, head of Religious Affairs of the Association of the Darfur Displaced and Refugees, has appealed to the International Union for Muslim Scholars and Muslims all over the world to stand by “their brothers in Sudan, and especially in Darfur”. The Sheikh called via Radio Dabanga on “our Muslim brothers and sisters” not to remain silent about the killings, rapes, and assaults in Darfur. “They should tell the truth into the face of an unjust ruler. A Muslim does not oppress his brother nor betrays him.”He strongly condemned the attack by militiamen on a group of sheikhs and Koran scholars near Manawashi in South Darfur a week ago. 15 people were killed and many others wounded. He also pointed the reported mass rape by army troops in the village of Tabit in North Darfur on 31 October, as an example of “the ongoing, widespread attacks on citizens and displaced all over the region”.“On behalf of the Darfuri keepers of the Holy Koran, imams, and preachers, I urge the International Union for Muslim Scholars, and imams and sheikhs all over the world, in particular in the Muslim and Arab world, to support their brothers in Sudan and especially in Darfur, We call on them to speak out, and denounce the continuing injustice, and the aggression practised against them.” ‘Tense’The Commissioner of Mershing locality, Mohamed Nur Bosh, reported to Radio Dabanga that the situation in the area is still tense, “though Sudanese army troops have been sent to Hamada village, where the murdered sheikhs came from, to contain the situation”. File photo: The burial of the slain sheikhs in Hamada on Wednesday, 26 November 2014 (Radio Dabanga correspondent) Related:Sudanese demonstrate worldwide against alleged mass rape in Tabit (26 November 2014)15 elders, sheiks ambushed, slain near Manawashi, South Darfur (26 November 2014)Sudan again blocks Unamid’s mass rape investigation (17 November 2014)