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British teacher leaves Sudan after presidential pardon

SudanTribune "Sudan’s influential Council of Muslim Scholars had urged the government on Sunday not to pardon Gibbons, saying it would damage Khartoum’s reputation among Muslims around the world. About 50 demonstrators shouting 'There is no God but Allah' and 'We will die for the Prophet Mohammad' handed over a petition to the embassy about the affair. 'Retracting this light sentence ... would wound the sensibilities of the Muslims in Sudan,' Council Spokesman al-Sheikh Mohammad Abdel Karim said. Many Sudanese said they thought it was an innocent mistake which could be forgiven after an apology."

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