Authorities in Sudan prevented Christians internally displaced by war from celebrating Christmas in a park where they had taken refuge, sources said. #Sudan #SudaneseMuslims #MuslimsbanChristianworship
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SudaneseauthoritiesbanChristiansfromattendingworshipservice:Notallowedin‘Muslimareas’ByMorningStarNews,Wednesday,January15,2025ThreewomentouchacrossastheyleaveaCatholicchurchinShagarabrefugeecamponAugust15,2021,inShagarab,Sudan.Situatedabout70kmwestoftheEritreanborder,therefugeecampexistsince1968andhostsmorethan60,000people.|AbdulmonamEassa/GettyImagesJUBA, SouthSudan—AuthoritiesinSudanpreventedChristiansinternallydisplacedbywarfromcelebratingChristmasinaparkwheretheyhadtakenrefuge,sourcessaid.
InNorthernstate’stownofWadiHalfa,theinternallydisplacedChristianswereshockedwhensecurityofficialsattheparkwheretheyhadsetupmake-shiftshelterstoldthemtheyneededpermissiontoholdtheirChristmasservice,contrarytowhatNationalSecurityauthoritieshadtoldthempreviously,saidPastorMugadamShrafAldinHassanofUnit
