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"Muslims demand death sentence for editor"
iol.co.za ^ | May 06 2005 | AP

Posted on 05/06/2005 11:11:20 PM PDT by ambrose

"Muslims demand death sentence for editor"

May 06 2005 at 09:55AM

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Khartoum - Scores of Sudanese gathered on Thursday in front of a courthouse to demand a death sentence for the editor of a daily newspaper who is accused of insulting Islam's prophet.

Mohamed Taha Mohamed Ahmed, editor of the independent and pro-Islamist Al Wifaq, is standing trial for republishing an article from the Internet that questioned the parentage of the Prophet Muhammad.

The newspaper has been suspended for three days. Ahmed refuted the charges and apologised in a letter to the press.

Police filled the area around the courthouse early on Thursday in anticipation of the crowds. Hundreds of people gathered by mid-afternoon.

'A faseq shall not be asked to repent, but be killed right away' "Death for the faseq!" many chanted, using the Arabic word for a deviant Muslim.

"A faseq shall not be asked to repent, but be killed right away," one man shouted.

One group of Islamists carried a banner reading, "Attending the trial is a way of expressing your support for the prophet."

Blasphemy and insulting Islam can bring the death penalty in Sudan, which has been governed by strict Islamic Sharia law since 1983."