Posted on 10/22/2015 6:42:20 PM PDT by markomalley
Police in Omdurman, Sudan demolished a church building on Wednesday (Oct. 21), sources said.
A bulldozer rammed down the Sudanese Lutheran Church building in the Karari area of Omdurman, twin city of Khartoum across the Nile River, church leaders said. The building was reportedly also used by an Evangelical Lutheran Church congregation.
Local authorities said they tore down the building because it was located in an area designated for business. Area Christians said they did not accept this rationale as a mosque stands nearby. Karari officials had told church leaders that they would not demolish the building but later gave them 72 hours’ notice to prepare for its destruction, church leaders said.
“The government has lied to us, because they told us that this church will not be demolished,” one leader said on condition of anonymity.
Appeals from the church to let the building remain were dismissed. The congregation will find it difficult to find a place to worship this Sunday.
“This is something that was well planned,” another church leader said.
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the mosque should be available on Sunday....don’t they meet on Saturday???Can’t we all just get along???
See Churchill’s The River War concerning Omdurman. It seems another massacre of dervishes by Maxim Gun is due.
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