Sudan vows to implement “executive measures” to combat terrorism
April 29, 2016 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government said it would address the phenomenon of terrorism through dialogue and intellectual work besides implementing administrative and executive measures.
He told the official news agency (SUNA) that Sudan has a moral obligation towards 650 million Muslims in Africa which requires the government to mobilize all regional and international Islamic institutions in order to address this problem.
Adam added that the danger of extremism and terrorism in the African continent is in its early stages and could be avoided and brought to an end, pointing that a proposal was made to hold the conference periodically in order to review and follow up on the implementation of its recommendations.
He stressed that all participants called for developing detailed plans to implement the recommended strategies on the African and international levels.
For his part, the head of the Sudan Religious Scholars Committee (RSC) Mohamed Osman Salih called for developing objective studies and scientific researches to confront the sectarian extremism, stressing the need to implement the outcome of the specialized conferences through executive and administrative measures.
He added that such measures would reflect the peaceful nature of Islam, calling for the importance to return to the moderate Sunni Islam.
The conference was organized by the Sudanese Ministry of Guidance and Endowment in collaboration with the Muslim World League (MWL) between 28 to 29 April in Khartoum.
Addressing the opening session of the conference, President Omer al-Bashir said the enemies of Islam continued to link Islam to terrorism with the aim of depicting it as a violent and merciless faith.
He urged the conferees to come up with resolutions that would lead to practical solutions for the continent to avoid such dangers and encourage co-existence and tolerance among its peoples.
Presence of the extremist Islamic State (ISIS) in Sudan has made the headlines in March 2015 after several medical students from Sudanese origins fled the country to join the group.
Also, dozens of the Sudanese young people have been killed in incidents relating to the extremist group in Syria, Iraq and Libya.
Sudan was placed on the United States terrorism list in 1993 over allegations it was harbouring Islamist extremist working against regional and international targets.
In June 2015, the US State Department released the 2014 terrorism report maintaining Sudan’s status as a state sponsor of terrorism and mentioning the existence of certain terrorist groups in the country as well as links between Khartoum and some of these organizations.
(ST)