Sudanese intelligence official sacked over remarks on abandoning Islamic laws
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March 21, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – A prominent Sudanese intelligence official
has been sacked from his position due to a widespread controversy over
his remarks on the possibility of abandoning Islamic Shar’iah laws in
the country if political parties come to consensus to that effect.
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Secretary-general of Sudan’s National Security Consultancy Lt-Gen
Hassab Allah Omar Al-Almin (Al-Intibaha newspaper website)
Sudan’s National Security Consultancy, an advisory body established in
2009 under the directorship of the country’s former intelligence chief
Salah Abdulla Gosh, announced at a late hour on Sunday that its
secretary-general, Lieutenant-General Hassab Allah Omar Al-Almin, had
been relieved from his duties effective immediately, expressing
gratitude for the man’s efforts in service.
However, the consultancy failed to mention that the reason behind the
decision is an increasingly hostile campaign waged against the man by
a chorus of pro-government commentators and clerics who were angered
by his suggestion in an interview with Sudan radio last week that the
government might repeal Islamic Shari’ah laws if other political
parties agreed to the move.
"If political parties agreed to repeal [Islamic] Shari’ah [law] then
Shri3ah should go,” Hassab Allah reportedly said, triggering a
sweeping wave of angry reactions despite his attempt to defend himself
by saying that he was quoted out of context.
Lt-Gen Hassab Allah, a veteran intelligence officer who served in the
security dockets since the Islamist government of President Al-Bashir
seized power in a military coup in 1989, confirmed that he had
received notification of his removal, saying he wishes the best of
success for the rulers of the country.
Sources speaking to Sudan Tribune linked the sacking of Hassab Allah
to a campaign orchestrated against him by Al-Tayyib Mustafa, the
columnist and owner of the ultraconservative newspaper Al-Initbaha,
and who is also the maternal uncle of Sudan’s President Al-Bashir.
Meanwhile, the committee of social affairs in the Sudanese parliament
on Sunday summoned the sacked official and questioned him on the
veracity of his statements.
The committee expressed reservation towards his statements and
considered them as “controversial and strident,” saying it had
received numerous objections to his statements.
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