Comments on: Darfur Fast in D.C.–Day 1 http://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2005/08/01/darfur-fast-in-dc-day-1/ "When things speed up hierarchy disappears and global theater sets in." --Marshall McLuhan Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:46:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jim Fussellhttp://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2005/08/01/darfur-fast-in-dc-day-1/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Jim Fussell Tue, 02 Aug 2005 07:53:11 +0000 http://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2005/08/01/darfur-fast-in-dc-day-1/#comment-51 Family News In Focus, CO August 2, 2005 http://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0037409.cfm Prayer And Fasting Against Genocide In Sudan By Bill Wilson Arab Muslims in Sudan have waged a war of genocide against Christians and others resulting in the death of an estimated 200 thousand to 400 thousand people. A small group of Christians is fasting and praying for peace outside the Sudan embassy in Washington , D.C. Scott Schaeffer-Duffy is in the group. “With my own eyes, I witnessed government troops and government-sponsored troops perpetrating some of the genocide. And certainly witnessed many of the victims in the camps for eternally displaced people, who testified to me that they had been driven from their homes by Sudanese army troops and Sudanese sponsored militias.” But hopes for a lasting end to the genocide were dashed with the unexpected death of Sudan ’s Vice President and chief peace negotiator, John Garang. United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan. “Here is a man who lived and fought for peace and one united Sudan and just as he was on the verge of achieving what he lived and fought for, he is taken away from us.” Not only are the demonstrators petitioning God – Mike Benedetti from Massachusetts says they are also trying to influence embassy workers. . “Fasting, I think to purify our own hearts and our own intentions as a form of prayer. And demonstrating for an end to genocide in Darfur , hoping, you know, to persuade people, maybe some of the Sudanese folks in the embassy.” The small group intends to pray, fast and peacefully demonstrate for the next four days. Meanwhile, officials at the United Nations hope that the death of Sudan ’s Vice President does not cause even more conflict. Family News In Focus, CO

August 2, 2005 http://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0037409.cfm

Prayer And Fasting Against Genocide In Sudan
By Bill Wilson

Arab Muslims in Sudan have waged a war of genocide against Christians and others resulting in the death of an estimated 200 thousand to 400 thousand people. A small group of Christians is fasting and praying for peace outside the Sudan embassy in Washington , D.C. Scott Schaeffer-Duffy is in the group.

“With my own eyes, I witnessed government troops and government-sponsored troops perpetrating some of the genocide. And certainly witnessed many of the victims in the camps for eternally displaced people, who testified to me that they had been driven from their homes by Sudanese army troops and Sudanese sponsored militias.”

But hopes for a lasting end to the genocide were dashed with the unexpected death of Sudan ’s Vice President and chief peace negotiator, John Garang. United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan.

“Here is a man who lived and fought for peace and one united Sudan and just as he was on the verge of achieving what he lived and fought for, he is taken away from us.”

Not only are the demonstrators petitioning God – Mike Benedetti from Massachusetts says they are also trying to influence embassy workers. .

“Fasting, I think to purify our own hearts and our own intentions as a form of prayer. And demonstrating for an end to genocide in Darfur , hoping, you know, to persuade people, maybe some of the Sudanese folks in the embassy.”

The small group intends to pray, fast and peacefully demonstrate for the next four days. Meanwhile, officials at the United Nations hope that the death of Sudan ’s Vice President does not cause even more conflict.

]]> By: Adam Villanihttp://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2005/08/01/darfur-fast-in-dc-day-1/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Adam Villani Tue, 02 Aug 2005 02:16:47 +0000 http://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2005/08/01/darfur-fast-in-dc-day-1/#comment-50 Good job! Knowing that you're making a difference has got to help keep you strong. Good job! Knowing that you’re making a difference has got to help keep you strong.

]]> By: Jim Fussellhttp://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2005/08/01/darfur-fast-in-dc-day-1/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Jim Fussell Tue, 02 Aug 2005 01:46:43 +0000 http://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2005/08/01/darfur-fast-in-dc-day-1/#comment-49 Apparently the Embassy also shut it's doors as the result of protests in August 2004. See: "Sudan: Embassy in Washington Closes Doors Over Darfur Protests allAfrica.com August 23, 2004 Staff Reporter Washington, DC Sudan's U.S. embassy in Washington, D.C. closed Monday, according to its official Web site and a notice posted outside the embassy's door. A sign reading, "Notice from the Embassy: This is to inform that the Embassy will be closed starting from Monday, August 23, 2004 until further notice" was posted in Arabic and English on the embassy's front door. http://allafrica.com/stories/200408231536.html Apparently the Embassy also shut it’s doors as the result of protests in August 2004. See:

“Sudan: Embassy in Washington Closes Doors Over Darfur Protests

allAfrica.com August 23, 2004 Staff Reporter Washington, DC

Sudan’s U.S. embassy in Washington, D.C. closed Monday, according to its official Web site and a notice posted outside the embassy’s door.

A sign reading, “Notice from the Embassy: This is to inform that the Embassy will be closed starting from Monday, August 23, 2004 until further notice” was posted in Arabic and English on the embassy’s front door.

http://allafrica.com/stories/200408231536.html

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