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Title: | Islam and State in Numayri's Sudan |
Author: | Warburg, Gabriel R. |
Year: | 1985 |
Periodical: | Africa: Journal of the International African Institute |
Volume: | 55 |
Issue: | 4 |
Pages: | 400-413 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Sudan |
Subjects: | Islamic movements Church and State Religion and Witchcraft Politics and Government Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) |
External links: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/1160174 https://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pao:&rft_dat=xri:pao:article:4011-1985-055-00-000027 |
Abstract: | It is not surprising that 100 years after the Mahdi's death the Sudan is still divided in its evaluation of the Mahdist revolt and its heritage. 'Abd al-Rahman 'Ali Taha regards the Mahdiyya not only as the first expression of Sudanese national independence but also as its only hope for the future. Others, such as 'Ali 'Abd al-Rahman al-Amin, denounce the Mahdiyya and regard it as a dark period in the Sudan's history, a period of reaction, despotism and suffering which should never be allowed to re-emerge. These divisions were sharpened following the reconciliation of President Numayri with the Ansar's Oxford-educated leader, al-Sadiq al-Mahdi, in 1977. They were further enhanced when Numayri announced in September 1983 that the Sudan would henceforth adopt the Islamic path. This article examines some of the major political aspects of this conflict during Numayri's rule, especially in so far as the Ansar, the Muslim Brothers and the Sufi orders are concerned. The author determines how far Numayri's return to Islam may have been influenced by other Islamic political forces in the Sudan. Finally he examines the ideological positions of the major protagonists and determines to what extent there is a real cleavage in their attitudes towards the 'Islamic state'. - Notes, ref., sum. in French. |