In Khartoum, Sudan, 27 defendants are on trial for apostasy. According to
Middle East Online and the
Sudan Tribune, the charges under Sec. 126 of the
Sudanese Criminal Code potentially carries a death sentence, but such a sentence is unlikely to be carried out. The defendants are charged with preaching that only the Qur'an had religious authority, and rejecting the authority of the
Hadith and of
Sunnah.