November 27, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese MP, Dafa’a Allah Hassab Al-Rasool, has criticized the ministry of culture and information for allowing the US based group “Yes Academy” to organise a music show in Khartoum.
On Saturday, the Yes Academy brought together 6 stars from New York city and 100 Sudanese talents to perform hip hop, break dance, rap, broadway, jazz, and Sudanese traditional music in Khartoum’s friendship hall.
The event was attended by thousands of Sudanese youths from both sexes.
The lawmaker called for summoning the minister of culture and information, Ahmed Belal Osman, to testify before the parliament, saying that the musical event offended the government and Sudan.
The move comes as the Imam (prayer leader) of Khartoum grand mosque, Kamal Osman Rizq, had earlier called for sacking Belal and put him to trial for allowing the musical event.
He demanded, in his Friday prayer sermon, the government to stop the "tamper" and said that the Freemasonry stands behinds such events in order to spoil youth minds and turn the male youth into "effeminates".
The secretary of the ruling National Congress Party’s (NCP) art sector, Al-Jailani Al-Wathig, who is also a singer stressed that the event is inconsistent with the Sudanese traditions and customs.
He told Al-Ahram Al-Youm daily newspaper that he announced a clear stance against the event, saying that the Sudanese community also denounced it.
Dafa’a Allah who is dubbed in the local media as the "controversial" MP, is known for his extreme views.
Last May, he demanded the parliament to adopt a motion calling for polygamy, saying that it is the only way to produce more males in the society to support the army and defend the country against the rebel groups.
In April of 2012, he led an incitement campaign against the famous Egyptian singer, Shereen Abdel-Wahab, who was supposed to perform in Khartoum’s main football stadium, describing the event as "immoral" and contradicts with general mobilisation for jihad.
As a result, Khartoum state authorities cancelled the concert saying that it wouldn’t allow such event while the army soldiers and the mujahedeen (holy fighters) are in the battle front.
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