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Sudan 'rewrites Christian calendar '
Sudan has instructed christian schools to open on Sundays, reports the BBC, quoting Radio Dabanga.
Radio Dabanga reports that the instruction comes from the country's ministry of education.
Christians would have to take Friday and Saturday as as weekend instead of Saturday and Sunday as is the case with most parts of the world.
Sudan is a dominantly Muslim country.
This move is an attempt to make Christians dance to the rhythm of Muslims.
While Christians consider Sunday as a holy day (when God rested after fishing his job of creating the world), Muslims have Friday as their sacred day.
In most countries in the world, Friday is not considered a day of rest. Muslims are therefore forced to battle with prayers and their jobs.
Sudan split in 2011 after serious unrest. The Muslim-dominated north retains the name Sudan while the Christian-majority south takes the new name South Sudan.
South Sudan, the world's youngest nation, is currently in a civil war.
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