In Sudan , the largest country in Africa , over two million Black Muslim, Christian and Animists (tribal) have been killed by government supported rebels in what it proclaims to be ‘Jihad’ (Holy War). 4.5 million People have been displaced and for all but 11 years since independence, Sudan has been overtaken by civil war. http://www.amnestyusa.org/amnestynow/sudan.html

In the 1800s, Southern and Central Sudan of Christians, Animists and Black Muslims was conquered by the north who began to enforce Islamic rule in the region (RE-Write this sentence).

In the 1800 Animists and Black Muslims who lived in Southern and Central Sudan , were conquered by strongly religious Muslims from the North.

Although there was a brief period of autonomy in 1972, fighting resumed in 1983 and in 1989 the National Islamic Front staged a coup and remain in power to this day. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/84927.stm

Since then, six pro-government Sudanese Imams issued an explicit fatwa granting religious legitimacy to the murder of Christians, Animists and the Black Muslims. It is now being applied to the Muslims of Dafur who remain opposed to the fundamentalist regime. http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/2004/07/002691print.html

The first genocide of Christian, Anamists and Black Muslims started in the early '90s and continued until 2002. Over two million people perished and five million more were displaced http://www.sudantribune.com/article.php3?id_article=11445 before peace protocols were signed. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2005/40459.htm

The second genocide affected black, Sufi Muslim tribes in Darfur . http://mathaba.net/x.htm?http://www.mathaba.net/0_index.shtml?x=45769

Satellite images have been presented to the UN showing the selected destruction of Black villages, leaving surrounding Arab villages untouched. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4134-2004Jun24.html

http://www.usaid.gov/locations/sub-saharan_africa/sudan/satelliteimages.html The genocide has been described as systematic and government supported. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2004/33891.htmhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/04/22/sudan.genocide/ 1.2 million Darfur villagers have been driven from their homes and hundreds of thousands of these refugees are expected to die within the next nine months simply due to disease and malnutrition. http://www.freedomhouse.org/religion/country/sudan/general%20bashir's%20genocide.htm

The Sudanese regime forcibly places non-Muslim children in Koranic schools. They interfere with international aid and rule that conversion out of Islam is punishable by the death penalty. http://freedomhouse.org/religion/sudan/ Many people have been taken into slavery, deported on mass, and forced to convert to Islam. http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/31952.pdf

In order to destroy the African tribal system, girls as young as eight are being systematically raped in Darfur and used as sex slaves. http://www.amnesty.org.uk/deliver/document/15501.html. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16001-2004Jun29.html ) It is estimated that 80% of the war's casualties have been women. http://www.amnestyusa.org/countries/sudan/document.do?id=23FE42969B6C168A80256EC900529ED0

The government is also pursuing a 'scorched earth' policy to clear the land of civilians and to make way for the exploration and exploitation of oil by foreign oil companies. http://www.christian-aid.org.uk/indepth/0103suda/sudanoil.htm

Presently, Sudan is the only country in the world engaged in legalized chattel slavery. http://freedomhouse.org/religion/sudan/ Government-sponsored militias, conduct frequent slave raids and there are between ten to twenty thousand Southern Sudanese slaves. http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/shea200406300855.asp
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It is time to bring this conflict to focus and conclude this chapter of history in Sudan . Without your concern and action, 3,000 people will continue to die every single day, thousands will become homeless and children will grow up with a legacy of atrocity and unending war. Help FreeMiddleEast to make a move for peace in the Sudan .

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