{"id":1887,"date":"2004-04-13T01:44:04","date_gmt":"2004-04-13T06:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/?p=1887"},"modified":"2004-04-13T01:44:04","modified_gmt":"2004-04-13T06:44:04","slug":"ten_years_after_rwanda_sudan_crisis_grows_critical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2004\/04\/ten_years_after_rwanda_sudan_crisis_grows_critical\/","title":{"rendered":": Ten Years After Rwanda, Sudan Crisis Grows Critical"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altmuslim.com\/ee_images\/sudan_darfur.jpg\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">\n<div class=\"caption\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>With the ten year anniversary of the Rwanda genocide upon us, veteran Africa watchers are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com%2Fstories%2F1519%2F4714420.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">ringing the alarms<\/a> over a similar situation, this time, in <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtontimes.com%2Fop-ed%2F20040412-091629-1283r.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sudan<\/a>.  No, it\u2019s not that old Muslim North \u2013 Christian\/Animist South conflict \u2013 that 20-year old war is actually on its way towards resolution, pending a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.voanews.com%2Farticle.cfm%3FobjectID%3DF8ECC12F-4D90-4572-B745993A5146EC2D\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">decision<\/a> of the future of Islamic law in Khartoum.  This one involves Muslims (horse-riding Arab militias backed by the government) fighting Muslims (poor Africans, mainly farmers, in Sudan\u2019s Darfur region).  The fighting has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com%2F2004%2F04%2F12%2Finternational%2Fafrica%2F12SUDA.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">devastated<\/a> the latter, leaving a trail of refugees fleeing to neighboring Chad and on the brink of starvation \u2013 if the <a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net%2FNR%2Fexeres%2FD912231D-3905-4061-B965-A0F399DB6E99.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">militias<\/a> don\u2019t get to them first.  \u201cMy opinion is that we underestimated the situation here,\u201d said Emile Belem, a UN aid official, \u201cand the response has come too late.\u201d  Despite a last-minute truce between the two sides, the fate of those in the war zone is still largely unknown, with tales of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alertnet.org%2Fthenews%2Fnewsdesk%2FL12278870.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">ethnic cleansing<\/a> seeping out of the region.   \u201cYoung girls are whipped and raped. They kill the boys over 10,\u201d said refugee Bichara Ali Diar. \u201cThere are piles of bodies outside in the open air. Nobody has been able to bury them.\u201d  With nearly one million displaced so far, the conflict is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com%2FNASApp%2Fcs%2FContentServer%3Fpagename%3Dthestar%2FLayout%2FArticle_Type1%26c%3DArticle%26cid%3D1081462212545%26call_pageid%3D968256290204%26col%3D968350116795\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">testing<\/a> Western commitments to not let the genocide in Rwanda repeat itself.  Sadly, the intra-Muslim fighting contrasts with the legacy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestate.com%2Fmld%2Fthestate%2Fnews%2Fnation%2F8405805.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Islam in Rwanda<\/a>, where Muslims were an island of sanity \u2013 protecting Tutsis and moderate Hutus from harm \u2013 amid the ethnic hatred.  (Indeed, many Rwandans are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestate.com%2Fmld%2Fthestate%2Fnews%2Fnation%2F8405805.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">flocking<\/a> to Islam because of the collective behavior and attitude of the Muslim community.)  However, for now, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dfw.com%2Fmld%2Fdfw%2Fnews%2Fopinion%2F8402326.htm%3F1c\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">only difference<\/a> between Rwanda and Darfur, according to Mukesh Kapila, former UN humanitarian coordinator for Sudan, \u201cis the numbers of dead, murdered, tortured, [and] raped.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Shahed Amanullah is editor-in-chief of altmuslim.com.\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A battle between Muslims creates a refugee crisis in Sudan, while Rwandan Muslims are remembered for saving lives amid a genocide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":530,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-briefings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>: Ten Years After Rwanda, Sudan Crisis Grows Critical<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A battle between Muslims creates a refugee crisis in Sudan, while Rwandan Muslims are remembered for saving lives amid a genocide.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2004\/04\/ten_years_after_rwanda_sudan_crisis_grows_critical\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\": Ten Years After Rwanda, Sudan Crisis Grows Critical\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A battle between Muslims creates a refugee crisis in Sudan, while Rwandan Muslims are remembered for saving lives amid a genocide.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2004\/04\/ten_years_after_rwanda_sudan_crisis_grows_critical\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"altmuslim\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2004-04-13T06:44:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.altmuslim.com\/ee_images\/sudan_darfur.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Shahed Amanullah\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Shahed Amanullah\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2004\/04\/ten_years_after_rwanda_sudan_crisis_grows_critical\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2004\/04\/ten_years_after_rwanda_sudan_crisis_grows_critical\/\",\"name\":\": Ten Years After Rwanda, Sudan Crisis Grows Critical\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2004-04-13T06:44:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2004-04-13T06:44:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/#\/schema\/person\/0e0efbb645cc461c721083358f82f945\"},\"description\":\"A battle between Muslims creates a refugee crisis in Sudan, while Rwandan Muslims are remembered for saving lives amid a genocide.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2004\/04\/ten_years_after_rwanda_sudan_crisis_grows_critical\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2004\/04\/ten_years_after_rwanda_sudan_crisis_grows_critical\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2004\/04\/ten_years_after_rwanda_sudan_crisis_grows_critical\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\": Ten Years After Rwanda, Sudan Crisis Grows Critical\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/\",\"name\":\"altmuslim\",\"description\":\"Global perspectives on Muslim life, politics &amp; 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