Khartoum orders Christian schools to operate on Sundays
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Elisabeth Janaina
Jul 31, 2017, 1:26:56 PM7/31/17
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Khartoum orders Christian schools to operate on Sundays
Khartoum State’s Ministry of Education has ordered all Christian
schools in the capital to stop regarding Sunday as a public day off,
effective immediately.
“In order not to affect the educational process and the ongoing plan,
we ask you not to observe Sunday holiday,” The ministry’s Awadia
El-Sheikh Saleh Omer wrote in a letter dated 26 July.
Fridays and Saturdays are public holidays in Sudan. Sunday is regarded
a work day in Sudan, but Christian schools do not operate.
Reacting to the news, Rev. Yahya Abdelrahim Nalu, Moderator of Sudan
Presbyterian Evangelical Church, urged the government to revoke its
decision.
The government’s move is seen as a way to prosecute the
Christian-minority in the country.
Khartoum State’s Ministry of Education has ordered all Christian
schools in the capital to stop regarding Sunday as a public day off,
effective immediately.
“In order not to affect the educational process and the ongoing plan,
we ask you not to observe Sunday holiday,” The ministry’s Awadia
El-Sheikh Saleh Omer wrote in a letter dated 26 July.
Fridays and Saturdays are public holidays in Sudan. Sunday is regarded
a work day in Sudan, but Christian schools do not operate.
Reacting to the news, Rev. Yahya Abdelrahim Nalu, Moderator of Sudan
Presbyterian Evangelical Church, urged the government to revoke its
decision.
The government’s move is seen as a way to prosecute the
Christian-minority in the country.
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