Doha: Participants in the second international conference on religious freedom and peacemaking, currently being held in Doha, have discussed the most prominent challenges facing Sudan and the causes of conflicts that have claimed the lives of innocent people, stressing the need to organize future challenges facing Sudan in terms of identity and building a national societal framework that accommodates everyone.
This came during a special dialogue session Wednesday to discuss the challenges of the Sudanese crisis on the sidelines of the three-day conference, organized by the Doha International Center for Interfaith Dialogue in cooperation with the Multi-Religious Neighbors Network under the slogan "From Religious Freedom to Religious Responsibility: Peacemaking in a Destabilized World."
The participants in the session indicated that the identity crisis is one of the root causes of conflicts in Sudan, underscoring the need to establish the concept of "comprehensive national identity" to be a basic pillar for building a unified Sudan.
During the session, they highlighted the importance of amending school curricula to promote the values of coexistence and peace and organizing media campaigns to combat hate speech that has emerged from the current war, in addition to the importance of establishing national unity as a fundamental pillar for building the modern Sudanese state, to prevent divisions and national disintegration.
They noted that national unity must exist as an option stemming from the principle of collective national sense, noting that reaching this stage requires an escalating mechanism of action and practical policies embodied on the ground to ensure the participation of all Sudanese in building the state, and this requires the state to enhance transparency and reduce development gaps between the different regions.
The session also touched on UN reports that indicated that this war destroyed a large percentage of the infrastructure in conflict areas, as more than 60 percent of health and educational facilities were destroyed.
In this regard, the participants stressed that reconstruction requires a clear plan that begins with assessing the damage and determining priorities, such as rebuilding schools, hospitals, and roads, in addition to compensating those affected for the huge losses and activating the principle of transparency in aid management.
UN reports indicated the destruction of more than 90 percent of hospitals that are now out of service, in addition to the deletion of the Sudanese national memory related to local, national, and historical heritage, and the erasure of all real estate records that prove citizens' ownership of their properties and private facilities.
Participants during the session spoke about the psychological and social dimensions caused by the war, including horrific and heinous crimes, and its pressing dimensions on the people and new generations in particular, which requires the existence of real mechanisms for preparation before the issue of peace.
In another context, participants referred to the wealth enjoyed by Sudan, represented by fertile land and fresh water, and natural resources in the ground, such as gold, in addition to the strategic geographical location.
They stressed the need to manage the population diversity in Sudan on the principle of unity of origin in light of the diversity that regional interventions have exploited to spread chaos and destruction to achieve their interests.
