Posted on March 24, 2008 • By Miriam Schwab
Category: Social | Tags: Tags: Darfur, jihad, Simon Deng, slavery, Sudan | 2 Comments
The following is an open letter to Bishop Desmond Tutu from Simon Deng, a native of the Shiluk Kingdom in southern Sudan, and an escaped jihad slave and a leading human rights activist. In this article, Deng asks Bishop Tutu why he is so intent on criticizing Israel as an apartheid state, when Israel is so obviously not the same as South African was, and while so many people around the world truly in need of help are being ignored.
Deng is an activist who fights to stop slavery, and has spoken on the topic around the world. More links on the topic are at the end of this article. Read more»