19 December 2010

Bashir plans Islamic law if Sudan splits, defends flogging woman

Sudan will adopt an Islamic constitution if the south splits away in a referendum next month, President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said on Sunday.

The vote on independence for south Sudan is scheduled to start in three weeks and was promised in a 2005 peace deal that ended a civil war between the mainly Muslim north and the south, where most follow traditional beliefs and Christianity. [Reuters Blogs - FaithWorld] Read more