Lakes State Governor denies arrest of six Muslim
By Manyang Mayom
April 10, 2007 (KHARTOUM) — The governor of Lakes state, Daniel Awet Akot, has denied arresting six Muslim in Rumbek for rebuilding of mosque in Lakes state located in town centre inside the heart market.
In an interview with Sudan tribune on Tuesday evening, Daniel said that Lakes state authorities have new town mapping and there was a special land that was allotted for the mosque out-side the town centre to build in their Mosque.
“People who disseminate rumours that Awet had arrested six Muslim trying to renovate mosque in Rumbek are totally liars groups” the governor said.
Speaking in a meeting of the NCP in al-Gadarif, eastern Sudan, Sudanese Vice-President Ali Osman Mohamed Taha, on April 6 asked the government of southern Sudan to take the necessary measures to ensure the protection of religious rights for Muslims in the south.
The First Vice President, Salva Kiir, said alarmed by the incident of Rumbek indicating that directive would be given to Lakes State Governor to respect the religious rights of Rumbek city.
Akot accused Muslim people of making thing complicated in Lakes state; “last year I had been attending some more ceremony organized by Muslim, it show that I am cooperating with Muslim people so that the right of religious in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) is mostly respected with immediate implementing by both partnership of NCP/SPLM.”
The governor said that Rumbek has it own policies that need to be implemented by creating roads using new town mapping and expanding town larges by all main.
“We have not confiscated the land of Muslim; we have showed them new place to build their own mosque even we need more mosque to be builds in Rumbek. We don’t have any reason to reject Muslim right in Southern Sudan.”
Before the signing of the CPA, Khartoum authorities destructed systematically churches built by southern Sudanese displaced in Khartoum suburbs.
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Ladu Ladu
Lakes State Governor denies arrest of six Muslim
Since when did the NCP begin to care about religious rights? Taha himself was one of the masterminds behind the corrupt NIF/NCP policy of creating an Islamic Republic of Sudan after Beshir and his crooks took power in 1989. Pity they are still considered the backwaters of Arab and Islamic civilization! Southern Sudanese will tolerate and respect these Muslim elements in the spirit of the CPA.
mayom mabuong
Lakes State Governor denies arrest of six Muslim
mosque or not mosque should be a big deal, many rooms are here not like north.for sure it the matter that the mosque should be build outside town.
so it does not need many people to jump up and say, ‘we are arrested’
have agood atmosphere and walk straight on your path and wish you no 1, 2, 3,said by… and done by…
citizen from south sudan.
Mr Famous Big_Logic_Boy
Lakes State Governor denies arrest of six Muslim
Your right Mr Akot those Islamic who are creating wrong elements for self expressions should be in eyes of Goss otherwise later people will regret to their own ignorance.I advice those Islamic in South not to nominate the idea of Taha to increase their pressure in South,its good to act social and responsible as everyone else.Because religion has a big point which will create a huge issue among Southern,so please be nice live as you were before dont change yourself like chameleone.we have enough piece of land in South.otherwise if your thinking to add fuel to the fire then its possible to slove it in seconds.be specfic about the policy of Taha planning to buy same votes from us in 2011 but nothing will be done to black Islamic later for sure and hopefully,this is a right time for you to organise and decide deep in you own dreams.
Loving brother LOGIC is back fresh and respsonible
jubaone
Lakes State Governor denies arrest of six Muslim
Governor Daniet Akot should not be apologetic or even have guilty conscience on the arrest of muslims. If these muslims acted contrary to the laws, then they must be apprehended. Equally, many mosques elsewhere in the South were built on sites confiscated by the then muslim-jihadists of the PDF without prior consent or wishes of the local communities. Now the GoSS must review the illegal acquisition of land by these muslims. Fellow Southern christians in North Sudan have never had the opportunity to complain otherwise. GoSS will be better advised, to let the local commmunities decide as to whether or not a mosque can be built in their neigbhorhood.