http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/sudan/33341/
Islamists Suspected in Abduction of Christian Girl in Sudan
Hiba Abdelfadil Anglo
Hiba Abdelfadil Anglo
Widow loses her job after taking time off to try to recover kidnapped
daughter.
NAIROBI, Kenya, February 22 (CDN) - A Christian widow in north Sudan is
agonizing over the kidnapping of her daughter eight months ago by suspected
Islamic extremists in Khartoum.
"Since my daughter was kidnapped, I have been living in a state of fear and
terror," said Ikhlas Anglo, 35, a mother of two daughters.
She said her 15-year-old daughter, Hiba Abdelfadil Anglo, went missing while
returning from the Ministry of Education in Khartoum on June 27, 2010. Hiba,
a member of Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church in Khartoum, had gone to
the education ministry office to obtain her transcripts for entry to
secondary school.
Two days later, the family received threatening telephone calls and SMS
messages from the kidnappers telling them to pay 1,500 Sudanese pounds
(US$560) in order to secure her return.
"Don't you want to have this slave back?" one of the kidnappers told Anglo
from an unknown location by cell phone, she said.
Anglo and others said they believe the kidnappers are Muslim extremists who
have targeted them because they are Christians, and that police are aiding
the criminals. She said that when she went to a police station to open a
case, police bluntly told her she must first leave Christianity for Islam.
"You must convert to Islam if you want your daughter back," officer Fakhr
El-Dean Mustafa of the Family and Child Protection Unit told Anglo, she
said. Recently transferred to another station, Mustafa was not immediately
available for comment.
A relative of the girl said police are fully involved in the crime, as
officers had traced the phone number of the kidnappers but were reluctant to
admit that to the girl's family.
''The police have a direct link with the kidnappers,'' the relative said.
Adding to the anguish of the kidnapped girl's family was Anglo's dismissal
from her job when she took time off to search for Hiba. Anglo said her
supervisor at Asia Health Center, where she had worked for many years as a
cleaner, had told her to report back to work after recovering her daughter,
but after a month she was surprised to learn that she had been fired as of
July 1, 2010.
"They dismissed me because I was looking for my daughter, although they have
given me permission," she said.
Christians in north Sudan are anticipating increased persecution due to a
referendum that gave the right of self-determination to the people of south
Sudan, the majority of whom are Christians. On Jan. 9, south Sudan voted
for secession in order to establish a zone free of sharia (Islamic law).
Northern Christians fear further dangers after July 9, when south Sudan will
officially become an independent nation.
President Omar al-Bashir, wanted by the International Criminal Court for
crimes against humanity in Darfur, has stated that the rights of southern
citizens remaining in the north after secession will be respected. But
Christians' fears grew after he said in December that an altered
constitution would be based on sharia and that Islam would be the official
religion.
Nearly four months ago, police allegedly helped a Muslim businessman to
seize property belonging to the Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church in
Khartoum (See www.compassdirect.org, "Police in Sudan Aid Muslim's Effort to
Take Over Church Plot," Oct. 25, 2010).
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