Why another study of Islam and politics in Sudan? The unique history of Sudan's Islamic politics suggests the answer. 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 centre 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.
In Warburg's view, the determination to enforce an Islamic state and an Islamic constitution on a multi-religious and multi-ethnic society has led to prolonged civil war, endless military coups and political, social and economic bankruptcy.
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A study of Islam, sectarianism and politics in Sudan since the Mahdiyya. It reveals that the determination to enforce an Islamic state and constitution on a multi-religious and multi-ethnic society led to prolonged civil war, endless military coups and political, as well as social and economic bankruptcy.
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Part 1 Islamization: Sufism and holy families; Islam and state under the Turkiyya, 1820-1881; social, economic and geo-political factors leading to revolt. Part 2 The Mahdist state, 1881-1898: background to the Mahdiyya; the path leading to revolt; Muhammad Ahmad b. 'Abdallah, the Mahdi; the Mahdist state under the Khalifa 'Abdullahi; laying the foundations of Mahdist administration. Part 3 Religious policy under the condominium: laying the foundations, 1899-1918; the emergence of neo-Mahdism; the path to independence, 1939-1955. Part 4 Independent Sudan, 1956-1989: statehood and constitution-making; the Islamic path, 1977-85; the Ansar-Umma in politics, 1954-86; the Muslim brothers and Numayri; the third democratic interlude, 1986-9. Part 5 Epilogue: the Islamist coup and the NIF-military coalition; Islam and democracy.
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'very informative and intensively researched [...] meticulously tackles the issue of Islam and politics during the contemporary era [...] will be well received by all interested in Sudan's affairs and the issue of Islam in politics.' (Dr Abdel Salam Sidahmed)
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ISBN
9781850655909
Publisert
2003-05-19
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C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
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382 gr
Aldersnivå
G, 01
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Product language
Engelsk
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Heftet
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