Military vs. militia fighting has killed at least 330, internally displaced thousands, created 20,000 refugees, and deprived 50,000 malnourished children of life-saving food
Washington, D.C.; (4/20/2023) – The U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), the nation’s umbrella group of national, regional, and local Muslim organizations, adds its voice to the growing international cry for Sudan’s previously cooperating coup leaders, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the army chief, and General Mohamad Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo, the head of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to immediately cease their unconscionable power struggle resulting in growing bloodshed and human rights tragedy that threatens to devolve into full-blown civil war.
“No good will come to the suppressed and suffering people of Sudan from this personal fight for the military dictatorship of the country, waged supposedly to ‘save’ the country and bring people prosperity,” said Oussama Jammal, USCMO secretary general. “All it’s doing is killing the innocent, turning the downtrodden into impoverished wanderers, destroying their healthcare system, starving the poor, and blocking direly needed democratic political change.”
Sudan, like most of the Arab world, has endured endless military coups (at least a dozen since its 1958 independence). Always conducted in the name of saving the nation and enriching the people, without exception they end in disastrous, massively oppressive, and impoverishing strongman dictatorships.
“When have any of these military coup leaders ever returned power to the people? When has any coup brought national prosperity and the people’s freedom? When has a single one of these ostensibly ‘great’ generals and armies ever even won a real war against an aggressor? They’ve done nothing but repress, intimidate, and wreak violence against their own and other innocent peoples of the region,” said Jammal.
USCMO leadership and American Muslims call for the people of Sudan to have free civilian political parties, elections, and rule. The nation’s army and military leaders should come under that civilian, democratically elected rule of government, and generals and would-be military commanders should focus on providing the nation with an effective defense.
Our sincere prayers, like our American Muslim voices, are with the beleaguered and suffering people of Sudan. God keep them secure, provide for their sustenance, and set them free from the bondage of militarized politics and power-hungry generals.
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