The following day, President Omar al-Bashir visited the mosque, paying his condolences to relatives of the victims and assured that a legislation would be passed to control fanatical religious groups,[1] vowing "to rectify laws in order to protect society from destructive and harmful ideas.".[2] In the wake of the massacre, police and security forces were deployed in Khartoum State in a large scale inspection campaign to prevent further violence, leading to the arresting of 65 leading members of Takfir wal-Hijra[26][27] and security laws were tightened, allowing law enforcement to detain suspects for up to six months.[28] The amendments were criticized by opposition parties for curtailing liberties and they accused President Bashir of abusing the incident to increase his power.[29]