Sudan's police used batons and tear gas to break up angry demonstrators who gathered for the second day at a Khartoum court demanding the death penalty for a journalist charged with blasphemy. Demonstrators gathered outside the court in Khartoum waving banners and chanting "God is great". One of the protestors was wounded by police as 1,500 to 2,000 people tried to storm the court where Mohamed Taha Mohamed Ahmed, editor of Al Wifaq newspaper, was appearing on charges of questioning the parentage of the prophet Muhammad (PBH). "Oh judges of the Sudan, defend the honour of the Prophet," said a banner carried by the crowd as they chanted "death to the apostate."Mohamed Taha Mohamed Ahmed has been charged with blasphemy. The National Press Council has suspended Al Wifaq newspaper for three days starting Friday, for publishing the article; insulting to the Prophet (PBUH) and provoking the public. In his article, the journalist claimed that Prophet Muhammad's father was not Abdullah.
---[this is not a totally new claim, a number of sources say that Mohammad and another baby were switched at birth]----
Mr. Ahmed, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood Movement, and his newspaper staff claim that his actions have been misunderstood. Islamic Sharia law requires the death penalty for such an offence.