Since the International Criminal Court's (ICC) prosecutor asked for an arrest warrant for President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan a few days ago, there haven't been many big reactions in the Sudanese blogosphere (although we covered reactions of several bloggers elsewhere in Africa in this roundup). Activity in the Sudanese blogosphere is at an all time low. However, the Sudanese debate has been alive and full of passion on Facebook. Reactions from Sudanese bloggers Three Sudanese bloggers, Ras Babi, The Sudanese Thinker (disclosure: it's me), and Black Kush, have been among the few that commented on the matter. Black Kush rolled out a sequence of posts on the issue as it progressed where he wrote the following: SO Bashir has been indicted by the ICC. So what comes next now? The ICC prosecutor has taken the boldest step ever. Charging a sitting head of state fo genocide can get him a round of applause,but that is leaving lots of people wary of the future. So far the armageddon predicted has not happened, yet. No UN staff has been shot in the street and no car-jackings reported in Khartoum. Were the fears groundless? Not at all. There are lots of people out there in the street who are stupid enough to start anything. It may not be the official response of the government, but some lunatics may take the lawlessness into their hands and rick havoc. I personally think it was a wrong move on the part of the ICC. Now that he has made his point, I think UN Security Council should suspend the possible arrest warrant from being issued. Ras Babi, as he usually does, wrote a short poem: is it true? the Arabs support you… is it true? some Sudanese stand with you…. … Hitler had his fans Franco had his fans it is true… they have gone ….. China will sell you Russia became like you too bad too trust …. you brought to us genocide janjaweed Russians and Chinese polluting our land stealing our resources Sudanese Thinker published his analysis and shared two photos he found in a very active Sudanese Facebook group discussing the ICC's decision, which he thought summed up the extremes of Sudanese opinion on the matter rather well -from rational debate to rejecting responsibility and conspiracy theories. Reactions from Sudanese Facebookers The aforementioned Facebook group where the most heated discussions are taking place is called: “معا ضد المحكمة الجنائية الدولية . فلنتحد لنصرة الرئيس عمر البشير” (translation: “Together Against the ICC. Let’s Unite for President Omar al-Bashir’s Victory”) The group was started by a Sudanese and currently has over 2,700 members, virtually all Sudanese as well. While a sizable number of the members oppose the Sudanese regime, the group clearly leans on the side of condemning the ICC's decision. The following are some random quotes from a thread representing the diverse opinions in the group fairly well. Gino Mino: Did people forget that Al-Bashir took power by force, that he executed and murdered countless Sudanese, that under his watch Millions of Sudanese died in warfare and from extreme poverty, that he and his cronies dragged the name of Sudan to the gutter that today it's on every tongue as a terrorist sponsoring nation? Wake up ya Sudanese… AlBashir is a criminal and it's about time that he is cornered! Khadega Malik: He deserves worse than international court. He deserves Allah's Justice. Where he would face soon in his grave … I am with the international court if it can at least achieve the goal of embarassing him internationally. Ayman Ayman: You know nothing…..and u will be the first people to cry…..shut up … Admin please kick them out Khadega Malik: Believe me, you will be the one to CRY, and I will remind you there INSHA ALLAH. Someone like you who is that blind, would be the one to CRY. Gino Mino: Why should we be kicked out? We have not used profanity nor have we insulted only one.