{"id":2483191,"date":"2025-09-06T15:16:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T19:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/protestant-pastor-arrested-in-sudan-in-middle-of-funeral-service\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T15:17:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T19:17:41","slug":"protestant-pastor-arrested-in-sudan-in-middle-of-funeral-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/protestant-pastor-arrested-in-sudan-in-middle-of-funeral-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Protestant Pastor Arrested in Sudan in Middle of Funeral Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fprotestant-pastor-arrested-in-sudan-in-middle-of-funeral-service%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2483191&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Authorities in Sudan arrested Presbyterian Pastor Peter Perpeny and four other Christian believers during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/memorial-service-held-for-slain-fbi-agent-in-fla\/\" title=\"Memorial service held for slain FBI agent in Fla.\">funeral service<\/a> in North Khartoum on August 16. The detainees, reportedly foreigners accused of being in the country illegally, were sent to Omdurman Prison; one female detainee was asked to pay a fine equivalent to nearly $1,000 for release, which church leaders suspect is a bribe. These arrests reflect a growing pattern of persecution against christians in Sudan, a predominantly Islamic country currently embroiled in a civil war between islamic military factions. The conflict and ongoing instability have severely worsened conditions for Sudanese Christians, who face discrimination, violence, and limited religious freedom despite recent slight improvements following the 2019 overthrow of longtime dictator omar Al-Bashir. Many Christians, especially those from Islamic backgrounds, live in fear and hardship amid increasing searches and arrests targeting Ethiopian and South Sudanese nationals.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Authorities in Sudan arrested a Presbyterian pastor last month, alongside other believers, in the middle of a funeral service.<\/p>\n<p>The officials interrupted the funeral prayer meeting in North Khartoum on Aug. 16, arresting Pastor Peter Perpeny of the Presbyterian Church of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/historian-dire-warning-west-islam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sudan<\/a>, as well as four other believers, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/morningstarnews.org\/2025\/08\/five-south-sudanese-christians-arrested-in-sudan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from Morning Star News.<\/p>\n<p>The Christians were allegedly foreigners present in the country illegally, but they have been neither charged nor deported, the outlet said.<\/p>\n<p>The believers were sent to Omdurman Prison.<\/p>\n<p>One of the detainees, a female, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">told<\/a> she had to pay 600,000 Sudanese pounds, equivalent to $995, in order to be released.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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the church leader told Morning Star News.<\/p>\n<p>Both sides of the civil war, the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces, are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/iranian-regime-detains-53-christians-charges-espionage-confiscates-bibles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Islamic<\/a> military groups that have attacked places of worship.<\/p>\n<p>The broader conflict has killed tens of thousands of people while displacing at least 11.9 million more.<\/p>\n<p>Sudan had been seeing increased religious freedom before the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces staged a coup in 2021 and started sharing power.<\/p>\n<p>Omar Al-Bashir, an Islamic strongman dictator, had been removed after three decades of power in 2019, and the new government has reversed some Islamic laws.<\/p>\n<p>They had nixed laws labeling non-Muslim groups as infidels and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >reversed apostasy laws enabling capital punishment<\/a> against those who leave Islam.<\/p>\n<p>Christians make up 4.1 percent of the Sudanese population, and the nation&rsquo;s Sunni Islamic majority has been known to persecute them, according to the ministry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opendoorsus.org\/en-US\/persecution\/countries\/sudan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Doors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Christians are also experiencing exceptional hardship in the hunger crisis because local communities discriminate against them and won&rsquo;t give them support,&rdquo; the organization said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Much of the church in Sudan, which might have been able to help with aid distribution, is on the run.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Christians who come from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sharia-law-enshrined-syria-will-fate-christians-now-islamic-jurisprudence-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Islamic<\/a> backgrounds are particular targets for violence and imprisonment.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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