JUBA, South Sudan, March 6, 2020 (Morning Star News) – Christian leaders in Sudan were skeptical about a government statement this week that it will consider removing Sundays as a student exam day.
Disregarding Sunday as a worship day for Christians, Sudan even before the 30-year Islamist regime of former President Omar al-Bashir had scheduled exams for both primary and secondary schools on Sundays.
Following the downfall of Bashir last year, new Sudanese Minister of Education Mohamed Al-Amin Al-Toam told church leaders in Khartoum this week that the government would consider excluding Christian holidays and Sundays in scheduling national exams, newspaper Sudan News Now reported on Thursday (March 5).
Persecution-weary church leaders said Christians in Sudan seek action rather than empty promises. The Rev. Yahya Abdelrahim Nalu of the Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church said Christians have rights and shouldn’t have to beg for them.
“We are tired of such promises from the government,” Pastor Nalu told Morning Star News. “We need action to show the good motives from the government.”
Al-Toam reportedly told Coptic church leaders in Sudan that his ministry will also consider the appointment of Christian teachers to teach Christianity nationwide.
Unlike Islam, Christianity has not been taught in public schools in Sudan for more than 30 years. Prohibiting the…
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