Dear Reader's Editor,
Today's leader column in The Guardian referred to Sudan having a
'Christian South'. This is factually incorrect. While Islam is certainly
the most popular faith in Sudan as a whole, both Islam and Christianity
are minority faiths in the south of Sudan where the majority of the
southern population follows animist practices.
For more information please see:
http://www.cia.gov/cia
Please could you look into this and publish a suitable correction.
Kind regards,
Mr Inayat Bunglawala,
Secretary,
Media Committee,
The Muslim Council of Britain
Corrections from The Guardian
24 Oct. 2003
In pointing to the Christians in the south of Sudan as one of the
reasons the Bush administration has shown an unexpected interest in
the affairs of the country, we may have unintentionally given the
impression that Christians are in the majority in the secessionist
area (Southern comforter, page 27, yesterday). The population of Sudan
comprises: Sunni Muslim 70% (in the north); Christian 5% (mostly in
south and Khartoum); other non-Muslim and non-Christian beliefs 25%.
