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Islamic clerics reject south Sudan referendum, demand Islamic laws

December 25, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – A group of radical Muslim clerics on Friday overtly faulted the Sudanese government for accepting south Sudan’s referendum on independence, and demanded imposition of Islamic Shar’iah law in the entire country whether citizens of the mainly Christian region of south Sudan like it or not.

Mohamed Abdel Karim (L) appears in a press conference held in Khartoum by Leadership of Association of Muslim Scholars on 22 Dec 2010 (Al-Sahafa.sd)
Mohamed Abdel Karim (L) appears in a press conference held in Khartoum by Leadership of Association of Muslim Scholars on 22 Dec 2010 (Al-Sahafa.sd)
South Sudan, whose population mostly follows Christianity or traditional beliefs, is bound for secession from the Muslim-ruled north in a referendum vote due in January 2011, a plebiscite stipulated by the 2005’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) which in 2005 ended nearly half a century of intermittent civil war between north and south Sudan.

Under the CPA, north Sudan maintained Islamic laws whereas the south was given extensive autonomy under a secular government led by the former southern rebels Sudan People’s Liberation Movement [SPLM].

The legitimate League of Muslim Preachers and Clerics (LLMPC), a group of radical clerics existing in parallel to the official clerical body known as the Association of Muslim Scholars, marched in protest on Friday, 24 December, and held a press conference in which the group’s leaders declared rejection to south Sudan’s referendum on independence and called on the government to implement Shari’ah law in full.

The group’s prominent member Mohamed Abdel-Karim addressed the protestors and demanded the government in the north fulfills its long-standing promise to implement Shari’ah Islamic law regardless of what southerners want.

Abdel-Karim, whose name is often cited in association with Al-Qaidah branch in the Land of the Two Niles, said that the implementation of Islamic Shari’ah was currently incomplete in Sudan as evidenced by the fact that president Al-Bashir said he would adopt an Islamic constitution after south Sudan secession.

Sudan president Al-Bashir last week sparked a nationwide controversy when declared that the north would change the constitution to make Shari’ah the only source of lawmaking and Arabic the only language if the south decided to part ways with the north.

“If god forbids, the South separates [then] the constitution will be amended [and] a lot of things relating to the South will go away,” he said in a speech in the eastern state of Al-Gadarif.

“But the opaque talk [about] the Sudanese people I don’t know what…is multi-racial and multi-religious, the [Islamic] Shari’a will be the main source for lawmaking….and Arabic language will the official language of the state as will be stipulated in the upcoming constitution,” Al-Bashir added.

The group’s leaders declared south Sudan’s referendum on independence as “null and void” and part of a “Zionist-Western” plot to divide Sudan into five frail states, implying that the government was already aware that signing the CPA would pave the way for the south to secede.

“Those who say that the agreement [CPA] was consented by all sides and that they are surprised that the people of the south [will] choose secession have deceived the nation because the agreement works in favor of secession,” Abdel-Karim was quoted by the daily newspaper Al-Sahafah.

Abdel-Karim further warned that secession would reflect negatively on the Islamic gains in the south under a strong secular drive to boot Islam out of the region.

In August 2009, Mohamed Abdel-Karim and his group sparked concerns of raising religious extremism when they issued a Fatwa branding members of the Sudanese communist party as infidels and instructed that they should be divorced from their spouses and their children to be deemed children of adultery.

Separately, the leader of the National Umma Party Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi, who is also the leader of Al-Ansar religious sect, poured scorn on the LLMPC, saying that their demands would tear Sudan into pieces.

(ST)

47 Comments

  • Covert
    Covert

    Fundamentalist clerics reject south Sudan referendum, demand Islamic laws
    The cleric Abdul Karim who opposed South Sudan referendum and wants to impose shar’irah law is highly welcome to South after 2011; we’ll see how brave he is to enforce his shar’irah law in the South.

    Mr. Cleric we will see you in the South after independent and see whether we like your shar’irah law or not.

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  • Bol Deng
    Bol Deng

    Fundamentalist clerics reject south Sudan referendum, demand Islamic laws
    Dear Mohamed Karim and your likes,

    Jeez! If you can afford,please do.I think,the secession of South Sudan is not going to be rejected just like the way you think. You are demanding for two contradictory things that can not go altogether in the present of South Sudanese.Why do you repute the South Sudan referendum,and at the same time you want Islamic laws to be imposed in the Sudan?
    I have no doubt that there are some people( Arabs North) who are completely blind ,and that blindness is not going to help them to see things that are existing in the modern world. You words are war like,and SPLM is not going to back off from hyenas like you mr Muhamed!

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  • Maguangdit
    Maguangdit

    Fundamentalist clerics reject south Sudan referendum, demand Islamic laws
    Remain in the North Sudan to fuck your asses with your bulshits. You have proved to the world that you are mentally retarded. I really feel that young boys of 8-10 years old in Southern Sudan rural villages are better than you Arabs in the Northern Sudan.

    In fact, Southern Sudan is already gone willy-nilly and I`m confident that some of your criminal bosses of the National Criminal Party had already acknowledged that Southern Sudan is gone. Please, watch out for other parties in the North Sudan. You will soon be left with a futile piece of land in the North Sudan.

    Therefore, keep on preaching or uttering these bulshits yet you don`t know that you are inviting more rebellion in the North Sudan.

    Islam or violence, it is none of our business anymore.
    Long live Southern Sudan!

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  • original sudanese
    original sudanese

    Fundamentalist clerics reject south Sudan referendum, demand Islamic laws
    Jongkuch
    To visitor
    You are nothing but an ignorant person. What do you know about Islam? If Islam is that bad why is it the most growing religion in the world, specially the United States of America? If you don’t believe me since you are ignorant go and check the statistics by yourself. So I advise you to leave Islam alone you can talk bad about Muslims because they are human beings and they make mistakes but not Islam as religion. All the religions preach peace, it’s people like you or parties like SPLM, NCP etc. who are ignorant and worry about nothing but money, oil, power and personal gains

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  • Marco A. Wek
    Marco A. Wek

    Fundamentalist clerics reject south Sudan referendum, demand Islamic laws
    Mohamed Abdel Karim and your suicide bombers group, do you think Omar Hassan Al Bashir had any choice when he accepted the CPA which underlined Southern Sudan referendum?

    You can spply your Satanic Sharia laws in the North for the South Sudan you talking about is long gone. I have already voted for separation even before JANUARY 09 2011 and if you and your group don’t like, then GO TO HELL. We Southern Sudanese really love it when we see those of you going crazy like that.

    MASALAMA TERORISTS and we will see you burning in hell for the innocent lives you take away every time just to pleas your TRUE FATHER SATAN THE DEVIL.

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  • Justice
    Justice

    Fundamentalist clerics reject south Sudan referendum, demand Islamic laws
    Shame to you Mr Abdul Karim for your total ignorance. Whether you like it or not, South Sudan will become a legistimate country recognizes worldwide by all international communities very soon. If you still have the elusion of enforcing your sharai fundamentalists idealogies to South Sudan, manage to try it you hard-headed man! We the Southerns will teach a lesson you will never forget.

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  • LongTweng
    LongTweng

    Fundamentalist clerics reject south Sudan referendum, demand Islamic laws
    Shar’iah law
    Islam, Muslims
    Jihad or Mohamed, none of these exist in my family names, from great great great, grand fathers and mothers before time.

    One reason why I would never be muslin is, why push it? Why force people to it? Don’t beliefs any of the old school illusionists.

    Now, how would Islamic laws work in South Sudan? Does he think? Muslims will still rule there? That’s a big fucking No number one.

    Did you read the paragraph that says people cited this puppet name in prayers? (Abdel-Karim, whose name is often cited in association with Al-Qaidah branch) ha!, this will never happen in my world.
    The man want people to worship him by citing his names, that how people get fools so blindly that they are worshiping god.
    I like the way the writer put it in small letters; he knew what is he talking about.
    South Sudan solution is written in the stars with blood of our martyrs. It can be never be change by sitting preaching farts.
    LongTweng,

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  • Stephen Gatloth K
    Stephen Gatloth K

    Fundamentalist clerics reject south Sudan referendum, demand Islamic laws
    Islam fundamentalists are running out of their mine,how come that this nation be ruled by muslim,agressive and cruel Arab.God knows what to do this time for southerners to live peacefully like the rest of nation in the world.
    With the exception of president Bacher himself and other peace lovers,others Arab are not exually a human being like.
    Thank goes to El-bacher becuase of doing what so good for we the southerners like granted us with CPA though there was pressure some where else.however he tried his best hard and harder.
    You remain in and we shall be stand bahind you if south sudan seperated from cruel north and then fuck those Arab.
    Shame on the Arab Muslim fundamentalist.
    God bless Bacher and others peace lovers in Sudan.

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  • david mabior deng
    david mabior deng

    Fundamentalist clerics reject south Sudan referendum, demand Islamic laws
    In human history or rather human life its sometimes vital to take time and think some awkward situations critically in order to devoid the negative implications.Ever take time and observed whats common among this failed states in the word,i mean iraq,pakistan,Afghanistan,sudan,yemen?their common feature that successfully drive them towards failure is religion-obssession or rather their religion-blinded nature and its become even worst when its the destructive-oriented islam.Ever heard of religion which supports mass killing of innocent lives in the name of “jihad”??May almighty open up their ears and eyes because Northerners are destined for the worst after seccesion of the south.As for Abdel Karim and his religion-blinded dummies i have no words but to congratulates them guys because they just dreamed the most and the biggest unrealistic dream in the word because not even their so-called Mohammed would perform his ancients miracles to make their dream come true.
    Lastly but not the least all readers or rather participators of this site should take care of idiots like saban john,original sudanese because am death sure they are out to chaotise southerners against each other through their tribalistic utterances like dinka this or nuer that.Shame on you!and let it be their vivid knowledge that they are destined for failure.

    David mabior
    high school student in kenya

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  • Bol Deng
    Bol Deng

    Islamic clerics reject south Sudan referendum, demand Islamic laws
    I can see in their pictures that they are Taliban. They are brothers to B.l.D.

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  • Jada Lotole
    Jada Lotole

    Islamic clerics reject south Sudan referendum, demand Islamic laws
    Why dare reject something that you even dont deserve ? These clerics are just crazy and thier hands are full of blood of the innocent Southerners ! the Referendum belongs to Southerners. These so called clerics have nothing to Reject and so, they should bear in thier osamic heads that the refrendum shall take place as planned . If they feel bad about it, i suggest they go and hang on a tomato tree . No more slavery, no more islamisation and no more dictatorship! We are actually already an independent nation . What is left is to only announce to the world !

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  • John M. Atem
    John M. Atem

    Islamic clerics reject south Sudan referendum, demand Islamic laws
    Folks,
    The thuggish and murderous Criminal National Congress Party will never impose their stupid sharia laws on us. They are trying it, but they will never success. Folks, Islam is the religion of lunatic people. The question is: Why do they want to impose their religion beliefs on people who do not want it? If these thugs think that is the right way to do it, then let us go for it. We will not let ourselves to be ruled by blood-thirsty strip of islamic sharia laws.

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  • John M. Atem
    John M. Atem

    Islamic clerics reject south Sudan referendum, demand Islamic laws
    Folks,
    Iam greatly shocked by the statements made by these lunatic Islamic clerics. These thugs have not achieved any thing worth appreciation in their entire life. They have making living by preaching hate-filled and cheap propagandistic lies aimed at derailing the peaceful implementation of the hard-won 2005 Comprehensive Peace.

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  • Martin Noah
    Martin Noah

    Islamic clerics reject south Sudan referendum, demand Islamic laws
    Who the hell these clerics think they are? There is no chance in hell that we would bow down to these killers. We southerners would rather die than accepting your stupid sharia law. If you guys can’t stand diversity, tolerance,and other compenents essential to co-existance between Southerners and Notherners, then leave us alone. You had already killed millions of southerners, exploited our resources, and made the South a living hell for us by not developing it like the North. What more do u guys want? May God bless Sothern Sudan and the soon to be new nation.

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  • Freedom Fighta
    Freedom Fighta

    Islamic clerics reject south Sudan referendum, demand Islamic laws
    Are these the preachers sent by Omar El Bashir! I wonder why UNITY isn’t made attractive by this corrupt regime. All they want is war, coming to war they shOuld know that we are not scared of war, we fought for mOre than 30 years against them Arabs. They want war again? Let them continue these nOn sense and they will see Khartoum being bombed, this time it ain’t going to be American drone Or missile but it’s gOing to be South Sudanese Air Force, this time it’s going to be hard and destruction will be evident all around Khartoum, because in the past we were nOt fighting sudan’s Arabs but we were fighting many Arabs an we prevailed, South Sudan will be a fOrce to reckon with, not even an Arab can defeat us. If war starts this time, i’m coming home to fight for my people, ward up.

    Freedom Fighta from Australia.
    South Sudanese forever.

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  • Padiet Deng Alony
    Padiet Deng Alony

    Islamic clerics reject south Sudan referendum, demand Islamic laws
    Haaaaaaahaaaa a barking dog while camel is working. never ever will it happen it is only nightmare that is narrated by the cleric. Till Jesus come back to the world islam sharia will NOT function in Southern Sudan Country.that lucifer law is not functioning only for stupiid people like cleric and their stupid follwers.

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  • Cholmaduk
    Cholmaduk

    Islamic clerics reject south Sudan referendum, demand Islamic laws
    Mr.Karim and his radical Muslim Clerics demanded “imposition of Islamic Shariah law in the entire country whether citizens of the mainly christain region of South sudan like it or not” Mr.Karim you are free to impose shariah law in North Sudan not in the South Sudan. The South Sudan is leaving not matter what your demanding will be effective or not. The Southerners can not tolerate shariah law or any injustice systems at this time. No body is fraid of what you says or whatever you want to do . It is better for you and your radical Muslim Clerics to stop running your mouth against the South Sudan’s independent. you are suppose to preach this imposition of shariah law in the North only since you will be left alone in the upcoming few months.

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  • original sudanese
    original sudanese

    Islamic clerics reject south Sudan referendum, demand Islamic laws
    To
    Maguangdit
    Marco A. Wek
    Nhomlawda
    Konybaai

    This forum is not for religion debate so like I mentioned before leave religions alone. You can talk bad or good about Muslims clerics, Christians preaches, etc. all day and you are entitled to your opinion. To call a religion as a devil or evil you are insulting billions of the followers of that religion. Like I said all the religions preach peace and worshiping the same God. I read the bible and Quran and I don’t see any verse that talks about imposing Christianity or Islam on none. I am not going to have words war with you and also I am not going to use foul language as some of you are using, because I am a civilized person. Using foul language does not make you a man, as matter of facts it makes you a punk. So I advise all to leave the religions alone. By the way I don’t care about NCP, SPLM, Muslims Clerics or Christian’s preachers as all make mistakes.

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  • original sudanese
    original sudanese

    Islamic clerics reject south Sudan referendum, demand Islamic laws
    Covert
    for some reason you did not get what I am saying. Don’t associate me with anyone. Read the end of my comment. If you don’t undererstand it then ask somone to explain it to you or break it down for you. Stop been hard head. By the way I am oringal Sudanese as my title suggest.

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  • original sudanese
    original sudanese

    Islamic clerics reject south Sudan referendum, demand Islamic laws
    To so called
    Freedom Fighta and victory
    I am not going to use aggrisive language with you. I am having a good day therfore I am not going to let you mess it up. You guys are nothing but PUNKS like I said before. I did not insult none of you and you are acting like cry babies. A man is the one who control himself not the one who just park like a dog. This is a free forum so therfore I can express my opnion like anybody else. You don’t have the right to tell tell me not to post here….. Thank you Sudan Turbine for letting everyone express there opions in this forum. I suggest that anyone uses foul langauge should be stoped from posting as there are nothing but PUNKS

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  • Freedom Fighta
    Freedom Fighta

    Islamic clerics reject south Sudan referendum, demand Islamic laws
    I’ll say it again to ur face Original Sudanese, fuck of you and your false religion, You ain’t knowin shit to say myn, if you can’t take it, then put on ur fucking Jalabia andy take ur fuckin camel and fuck of from Sudan, you might be in the west to learn them English, whose money you usin to go to such places, it’s blood money myn, the money of our people who were murdered by your parents and ur president O mar Suck a Dick. You’ll see one day The whole Sudan being ruled by real Sudanese, and you and ur fuckin sharia bulshit will fuck of from my land. Ward up.

    Freedom Fighta
    Fight for my people till I die.
    Long live South Sudan in peace and freedom.

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  • Freedom Fighta
    Freedom Fighta

    Islamic clerics reject south Sudan referendum, demand Islamic laws
    I’ll say it again to you Original Sudanese, fuck of you and your false religion, you ain’t knowin shit to say myn, if you can’t take it, then put on ur fucking Jalabia and don’t forget ur fuckin camel and fuck of from Sudan, you might be in the west to learn them English, whose money you usin to go to such places, it’s blood money myn, the money of our people whom were murdered by your parents and ur president O mar Suck a Dick. You’ll see one day The whole Sudan will be ruled by real Sudanese, and you and ur Punk ass Clerics wit them fuckin sharia bulshit will fuck of from my land. Ward up.

    Freedom Fighta
    Fight for my people till I die.
    Long live South Sudanese people in freedom
    And prosperity.
    Long live South Sudan in peace and freedom.

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