Sudanese Priest Arrested For “Kidnapping” Apostate

Now it’s this kind of news that just makes me sick. A priest was arrested for “kidnapping” a Muslim apostate who went to see him on her own. The best part is that under Sudan’s new constitution which was created last year after the January 2005 peace deal between the south and north, freedom of religion is actually enshrined. Yeah sure enshrined my foot! It now seems that any church which accepts an apostate will be charged with “kidnapping” and the apostate as Sandmonkey said will probably be charged with being craaayzeeee.

If the Sudanese government can’t honour an agreement it signed in 2005, how can we expect it to even honour an agreement with the Darfur rebels? I’m waiting to see the response of Salva Kiir on this incident. Frankly, I don’t think he will give a damn. He’s got himself a nice and comfortable position now so why would he be bothered?

The only reason Sudan was paid so much attention to in the recent years was because of the Darfur crisis. It was and still is a huge tragic issue but people must not let it overshadow the real problem. Darfur is not a disease but only a symptom of the true and real sickening disease which is the Sudanese dictatorship. For almost the past 2 decades the Sudanese regime has used the most unethical, vile, un-Islamic and disgusting methods to stay in power. The sweetest part of all is that they carried out all their crimes in the name of Islam. That’s what makes me despise them so much. It’s not just terrorist organizations like al-Qaeda that brought Islam’s name down and dragged it through the mud but also regimes like the Sudanese one. It’s no surprise this woman converted to Christianity. Would you believe me if I told you that the Zakah money (a compulsory charity for all financially-able Muslims to provide the poor) is taken by the government? Hell even some of the Darfur aid is stolen and later gets resold on open markets by them (previous post). Many poor Muslims actually end up receiving charity from honest and wealthy Sudanese individuals and also from kind Christian churches.

I’m so damn freaking frustrated. I guess I’m stupid and naive to think all these problems will go away easily. I doubt that the coming elections will bring about dramatic positive changes. The economy and multinational contracts are already controled by the current regime so even if they do lose the elections, they will still maintain “behind the scenes” control over many things. Power brought them money… lots of dirty money and now this MONEY = POWER. By the way, they just issued another statement opposing UN troops coming into Darfur. It’s a decision I don’t blame them so much for since it really is a complex issue (previous post).

Arrghhh, I’ve got an exam tommorrow so I better get back to studying. You know what makes me MAD…? The fact that there are a considerable number supporting the government and thinking that the suffering and impoverishment the people go through in Sudan is generally part of a Zionist conspiracy (previous post). Yup once again can I please have a drum roll… dum dum dum dishhhhh… Blame the Americans and the damn Jooooooz!… Let’s burn us some American and Israeli flags!