 Christian leaders acknowledge that they usually refrain from preaching on political or other sensitive topics; some Muslim imams avoid political topics in their preaching as well.The GoSS does not appear to monitor religious activities at mosques or churches in the south.In a 25 July 2007 interview with the Saudi Arabian newspaper "Okaz" the Minister of Defense, Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussein, claimed that "24 Jewish organizations" were fueling the conflict in Darfur.