One senior Sudanese government minister speaks out against the Anti-Christian propaganda which was posted in churches across Sudan over the Christmas season.
According to the report of Sudan Tribune, several churches were plastered with the propaganda, including flyers inciting Muslims to boycott Christian celebrations and other Christian events.
The Sudanese government's minister of (religious) orientation and endowment, Dr Amar Mirghani Hussein, reported and condemned the news in a statement released on Wednesday.
In the statement, Hussein said that he had received complaints from Christian leaders and ministers about the flyers during the season of Christmas celebration for the Sudanese Catholic and Coptic Churches.
The flyers allegedly included calls for Muslims to neither visit nor congratulate their Christian neighbours on the festive season.
"Islam does not forbid congratulating non-Muslims, especially Christians, on their religious occasions," Hussein said in his statement. He highlighted Islamic teaching which promotes co-existence, citing "the multiple fatwas (Islamic rulings) on this respect that stress the need to communicate with all religions, sects and groups".
Hussein said negative propaganda should not be allowed to drive a barrier between Sudanese Christians and their fellow citizens and called for peaceful coexistence between all religious and ethnic groups in Sudan.
This recent propaganda comes at a wrong period as Southern Sudan is on the brink of civil war and many Christians continuously face persecution for their faith.
