SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Associated Press - Islamist preachers in Sudan call for pro-military rally

26/4/19: Associated Press – Islamist preachers in Sudan call for pro-military rally

 Islamists in Sudan long allied with ousted president Omar Al Bashir regime called Friday for a rally to support military-backed Islamic rule in the face of alleged attempts by protesters to abolish it.

 In his Friday sermon, Khartoum-based preacher Abdel-Hay Youssef accused the protest movement of seeking to “dictate their own will on the people.”

 “Did you take to the streets to impose laws that contradict people’s identity and to divorce God’s Shariah (Islamic law) from the government?” he asked rhetorically.

 Youssef rejected the blueprint for transition to civilian rule suggested by protesters and called upon the military to protect the role of Islam in the government.