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Islam,
Sectarianism and Politics in Sudan since the Mahdiyya The revolt in 1881 was led by a Mahdi who came to renew and purify Islam. It was in effect an uprising against a corrupt Islamic regime, the largely alien Turco-Egyptian ruling elite. The Mahdiyya was therefore an anti-colonial movement, seeking to liberate Sudan from alien rule and to unify the Muslim Umma, and it later evolved into the first expression of Sudanese nationalism and statehood. Post-independence
Islamic radicalism, in turn, can be viewed against the background
of the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium (1899–1956). It also thrived
as a result of the resurgence of Islam since the mid-1960s, when
Nasserism and other popular ideologies were swept aside. Finally,
Sudan has emerged as the center of militancy in Sunni Islam since
June 1989, when a group of radical Islamic officers, under the
guidance of Dr. Hassan al-Turabi and the NIF, assumed power. For more information contact our publicity manager, phone: (608) 263-0734, email: publicity@uwpress.wisc.edu |
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