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'''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.  

'''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>

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."

[[Open Doors]] earlier placed Sudan as number 7 on the Worldwide Watch List. The number of Christians in the country is estimated at just under 2 million, or 1,963,000. <ref>https://www.opendoors.org.au/persecuted-christians/world-watch-list/sudan</ref>

==See Also==

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