A sudden day for the birthday .. and rebuild what was destroyed by violence in the name of religion – something for the fatherland – ✍️ Mr. Salah is strange
Each year, August twenty-second is in August, to remind us of all the international day to commemorate the victims of violence based on religion or belief. It is not only a story in the United Nations agenda, but rather a cry in the face of intolerance, and an appeal to human conscience to condemn all the forms of persecution that targets a person because of their beliefs. This day acquires particular importance in our world today, and in Sudan in particular, where the scars of wars and conflicts which are fueled by divisions always affect each house.
Talking about violence based on religion in the Sudanese context goes beyond telling the facts. The country has experienced difficult periods, in which jurisprudence and sectarian differences have been transformed into flammable material, which led to armed conflicts and internal fights. These differences, which wore the dress of religion, were able to break the social fabric and cultivate hatred between the components of a society. The Sudanese people have paid a high price for this violence, from the soul of Zahta, the countries that have destroyed and the dreams have dissipated.
Today, while Sudan is going through a critical stage of his history, in which he sees his way towards the recovery of a new fierce war, the question is renewed on how to overcome these deep wounds. The calls for the voluntary return of the fatherland and the beginnings of reconstruction are not only logistical efforts, but rather a complex psychological and social building which requires an in -depth understanding of our past.
A permanent and complete peace cannot be carried out without tackling the roots of conflicts, including conflicts with a religious environment. The reconstruction process must be accompanied by a complete national dialogue, without excluding anyone, and its objective is to overcome these divisions. This dialogue should be based on the recognition of the other, respect for diversity and awareness that the difference in belief is not a reason for violence, but rather a wealth that adds to our collective identity.
In this context, the role of religious institutions, in particular Sudan Scholars Association, becomes more important than ever. This body cannot remain just a traditional legal reference. Rather, it must play an active and influential role in carrying out the company towards tolerance and acceptance.
The form of Sudan scholars must go beyond his usual discourse and launch practical initiatives aimed at dismantling hatred discourse and working systematically to dismantle concepts that justify violence in the name of religion. This requires a reading of religious texts in their correct context and to provide a modern understanding which is in harmony with the values of tolerance and mercy.
Dialogue with the other by creating dialogue bridges with the different religious components in Sudan, and not only in the Islamic spectrum. This included Open Dialogues with the Sudanese Church, with the Aim of Enhancing Joint Understanding and Working Together On National Issues, As Well as Enhancing the Values of Teaching Tolerance, Especially Religious Tolerance and Integrating Their Values in Religious Educational Curricula, Training Imams and Preachers These values in their sermons and lessons, and mediation in conflicts using spiritual position to mediate in local conflicts that may take a religious character, and work to solve them peacefully before that it exacerbates.
It is not possible to speak of religious tolerance in Sudan without praising the great roles played by the Sudanese Church and the Christians of Sudan. They had a central role in preserving the social fabric, whether in period of peace or in periods of war.
In peace, Christian churches and institutions were active in the fields of education, health and social development, and presented a model of peaceful coexistence and mutual respect. Sudanese Christians were an integral part of our national identity, and they greatly contributed to the construction of the fatherland.
In wartime, their roles have emerged more lighting. Some churches have been destroyed and damaged, and some of them have opened their doors to everyone, without discrimination, and received the displaced from all sects. The priests and monks worked alongside the Sudanese people, providing assistance and relief, brushing injuries. These noble positions are not only humanitarian actions, but rather conclusive evidence that religion can be a source of mercy and compassion, no violence and hatred.
Sudan Christians represent a real bridge for communication and cooperation. These are witnesses that national unity is not carried out by homogeneity, but rather with mutual respect for diversity. Their contributions to the constancy of the Sudanese people before the horrors of war, and their role in assistance to the needy, must be a source of pride for all of us, and be considered a model.
The commemoration of the victims of violence based on religion or belief is not simply adapted to speeches. It is an invitation to work. An invitation to reassess our past, extract lessons from them and work to build a future that has no place for intolerance.
In Sudan, this work requires a complete national dialogue intended for tolerance and reconciliation, and implies all religious specters, as well as more effective roles for religious institutions, in particular Sudan Scholars Authority, to disseminate the discourse of tolerance and the fight against hate speeches, recognition and celebration of contributions from all components of Sudaine society, including The Sudanese Church and the Christians of Sudan, in the construction of construction and the defense of construction.
The path of recovery and reconstruction in Sudan will be long and difficult. But this path cannot be completed if we do not deal with psychological and social injuries caused by violence. We must build our future on the basis of mutual respect, the acceptance of diversity and firm belief that humanity is our common religion and that mercy is our supreme law. Let us make the memory of victims of religious violence an incentive for us to build Sudan more tolerant and equitably, because everyone can live in peace, whatever their beliefs.
