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Created page with "'''Christianity in Sudan''' is a minority religion. Sudan is a country in North Africa that has traditionally been almost completely Islamic, with strict laws against conversi..."
'''Christianity in Sudan''' is a minority religion. Sudan is a country in North Africa that has traditionally been almost completely Islamic, with strict laws against conversion to Christianity.
Recently, these laws were abolished, "In one of a wide-ranging series of legislative reforms, apostates from Islam no longer face the death penalty in Sudan. “We [will] drop all the laws violating the human rights in Sudan,” Justice Minister Nasredeen Abdulbari said Sunday during an interview on state television." <ref>https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2020/july/sudan-drops-apostasy-law-death-penalty-christians-alcohol.html</ref>
As of 2011, 97% of the population adhered to Islam<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120605132439/http://www.sd.undp.org/sudan%20overview.htm</ref> "While the population of Sudan predominately descends from both indigenous African groups and Arabs, today most tribes in the country speak Arabic and the Arab culture predominates. Over 97% of the population of Sudan are Sunni Muslims with a very small Christian minority."
==See Also==
*[[Christianity in Africa]]
==References==
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[[Category:Christianity by Country]]
[[Category:Christianity]
Recently, these laws were abolished, "In one of a wide-ranging series of legislative reforms, apostates from Islam no longer face the death penalty in Sudan. “We [will] drop all the laws violating the human rights in Sudan,” Justice Minister Nasredeen Abdulbari said Sunday during an interview on state television." <ref>https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2020/july/sudan-drops-apostasy-law-death-penalty-christians-alcohol.html</ref>
As of 2011, 97% of the population adhered to Islam<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120605132439/http://www.sd.undp.org/sudan%20overview.htm</ref> "While the population of Sudan predominately descends from both indigenous African groups and Arabs, today most tribes in the country speak Arabic and the Arab culture predominates. Over 97% of the population of Sudan are Sunni Muslims with a very small Christian minority."
==See Also==
*[[Christianity in Africa]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Christianity by Country]]
[[Category:Christianity]