{"id":178147,"date":"2017-06-13T17:50:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T17:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/fines-issued-in-sudan-s-el-gedaref-for-selling-food-during-ramadan\/"},"modified":"2017-06-13T17:50:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T17:50:00","slug":"fines-issued-in-sudan-s-el-gedaref-for-selling-food-during-ramadan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/fines-issued-in-sudan-s-el-gedaref-for-selling-food-during-ramadan","title":{"rendered":"Fines issued in Sudan\u2019s El Gedaref for selling food during Ramadan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The court in El Gedaref has fined people, including Christians, for selling food and tea during the fasting month of Ramadan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More than 10 people received a fine of SDG2,000 ($298) each. Lawyer Ramzi Yahya told Radio Dabanga that public order police arrested them during a campaign last week.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a clear discrimination against Christians and contrary to the slogans of religious coexistence launched by the Sudan Government for the international community.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Yahya said that local restaurants have been barred from catering during Ramadan for two years in a row. &ldquo;Meanwhile there are a considerable number of Christians and other people who excuse themselves from the fasting in El Gedaref.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Freedom of Christians probed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The European Union Special Envoy for the Promotion of Freedom of Religion or Belief visited Sudan mid-March to inquire about the situation of Christians and the demolition of churches in the country. He pointed to the planned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/demolition-of-27-churches-in-khartoum-delayed\">demolition of 27 churches<\/a> and church buildings in Khartoum which was delayed after an appeal was made to the court by lawyers.<\/p>\n<p>The chairman of Sudan&rsquo;s Legislation and Justice Committee at the National Assembly, Ahmed El Tijani, then told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/sudanese-partners-open-to-dialogue-on-religious-diversity-eu-envoy\">visiting Jan Figel<\/a> that the freedom of belief is sanctioned by the Sudanese constitution, and the state does not impose any religious belief or practice on its citizens. 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