Santiago, And on and on it goes in the Sudan. Please all say a prayer for the African Christians who suffer continually and greatly at the hands of the Islamist regime....
News Article by REUTERS on December 20, 1999 at 16:12:20:
Five wounded in clash over church school in Sudan
KHARTOUM, Dec 20 (Reuters) - At least five people were
reported to have been injured on Monday when police clashed with
the residents of al-Takamul, a poor northeastern suburb of
Khartoum, in a dispute over a church school.
The school is run by the Episcopal Church of Sudan (ECS) to
serve mostly Christian Sudanese displaced by fighting in
southern Sudan.
Bulus Tia, the Episcopalian Bishop of Khartoum, saidú
students and teachers had arrived to find the school cordonedú
off by police, and parents had come to demand an expanation.
"Instead they were beaten up by the police," the bishop
said. Locals said police had used teargas to disperse them. The
authorities declined to comment.
The bishop said local authorities in Khartoum state, in
largely Islamic northern Sudan, had been trying for some time to
take over the school, but that a court had ruled last Saturday
that it belonged to the church.
In the last few years, churches have accused authorities in
the state of confiscating or demolishing their property and
taking over schools in an attempt to suppress the growth of
Christianity.
The authorities deny the charge, insisting that the
properties in question have been built illegally |
