Sudan: death threats to “Shabab talk”

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After the impassioned plea of a young woman in the DW Show religious extremists threaten the Moderator, and the Sudanese partner transmitter with violence. In Newspapers and Social media, it is the number one issue.

Hate speech, Boycott calls and even outright threats of Violence are circulating after the airing of “Shabab talk”broadcast on the situation of women in Sudan. The target of the verbal attacks only DW presenter Jaafar Abdul-Karim, but also the partner station Sudania 24, which was broadcast on the air.

It all started with the bold appearance of the 28-year-old Weam Shawky: In the Arabic-speaking Talk show in the DW, they criticised the oppression and victimization of women in North Africa. “If I go out on the street and a man treated me like an object and not as a human being, then the Person is reprehensible, which gives him the right to harass me and not the clothes I wear,” said Shawky. She spoke directly to the head of the Sudan Scholars Corporation, Mohammed Osman Saleh, who was sitting in the Talk round. “The clothes that I wear, is part of my humanity and my freedom of choice and not the choice of society with their sick and backward traditions,” she said.

Reactions in the network and in the mosques

In Sudan, these Comments triggered a fierce debate. In the network discussed by advocates and opponents of equality. Weam Shawky reported on Facebook: “I wanted to Express myself in the show because it gives me enough, as we are women. You can beat us, we can be mutilated genital verse! I can not accept!”

“Shabab talk”-participants Mohammed Osman Saleh warned after the show: “We have to be careful, because these media want to portray us bad!”

Mohammed Osman Saleh was against it: “I wanted to leave the discussion, but then I thought, this is correct, because you would then say, I wanted to discuss with you. We need to be careful because these media want to portray us bad!” In the network course the Hashtags “Boycotted exported, suddenly the transmitter Sudania 24” and “Werft, Moderator of the Sudan”.

On Friday, the issue came in the mosques. The preacher Abdel-Hay Youssef described it as “audacity” to wear that Weam Shawky in the program “without a head scarf and with a loud voice,” had asked permission of a man and a woman. Another preacher, Mohamed Amine Ismail, took the Moderator Abdul-Karim to target: “He comes into our country, to spread atheism, to provide the Basis of our Religion in question and to support the infidels!”

Open Threats Of Violence

In the press the debate at the weekend, filled the headlines: “religious leaders and preachers to criticize the ‘Shabab talk’ and demand the closure of the station Sudania 24,” headlined the newspaper “Al-Akhbar”. And “Al-Mejhar” opened with a quote from Mohammed Osman Saleh: “The cooperation with international TV stations that are against us, is more dangerous than guns!”

Meanwhile, religious extremists have threatened the Moderator and the owner of the partner transmitter with the use of tanks and firearms. “Sudania 24” has been temporarily placed under police protection, the station chief of the security authorities asked for the cooperation of the DW.

DW presenter Jaafar Abdul-Karim: “it is Motivating that the young Generation supports us,”

Young people for equality

The announcement of street protests against the partner station has prompted the U.S. Embassy in Sudan to warn American citizens in front of it, in the vicinity of the transmitter building to stop: To be expected on Sunday with “demonstrations that may become violent”. Will expect “heavy police presence in the area”.

Moderator Abdul-Karim holds the positive reactions to the broadcast for the far more important than all the verbal attacks: “representatives of a Religion resort to Hate speech. But it is motivating to see that the young Generation supports the enforcement of women’s rights in favour of us.”