nd on the outskirts of the capital, Khartoum.
Mohammed Taha ran the al-Wifaq paper and was taken from his home on Tuesday night by an unknown group of armed men.
Last year, he was put on trial for blasphemy after his pro-government paper reprinted an article questioning the parentage of the prophet Muhammad.
The charges were later dropped but if convicted of blasphemy under Sharia law, he could have been put to death.
The BBC’s Jonah Fisher in Khartoum says no-one has claimed responsibility but suspicion will immediately turn to Sudan’s hardline Islamic groups.
In May last year, thousands of people demonstrated outside a courtroom in central Khartoum calling for Mr Taha to be put to death.
After several emotionally charged days the case was adjourned and later quietly dropped.
He was buried today:
Many people wept openly as Mohammed Taha’s body was carried on a wooden bed from his home to the cemetery.
The BBC’s Alfred Taban says the killing has shocked Sudan. Although Mr Taha had criticised many different groups, they are all united in mourning him.
Mr Taha’s paper angered Islamists last year and some have been arrested.
Our correspondent says journalists in Sudan are scared, fearing they could be next if they do something to annoy the Islamic fundamentalists.
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