SUDAN NEWS ALERT: AP - Islamists in Sudan rally in support of Islamic rule

24/5/19: AP – Islamists in Sudan rally in support of Islamic rule

 AP reports that thousands of Sudanese Islamists long allied with ousted president Omar al-Bashir’s regime are rallying to support military-backed Islamic rule in the face of alleged attempts by protesters to abolish it.

 Friday’s rally in the capital Khartoum was called by Nusrat al-Sharia and Rule of Law, a coalition of Islamic parties. Protesters chanted, “Freedom, peace, justice and Shariah are the people’s choice.”

 Mohammad Abdel-Kareem, vice president of the coalition, says the rally is a message to the Forces for the Declaration of Freedom and Change “that (Islamists) have a say in Sudan.”