Social Science Research Council

This last few days, this blog has launched a discussion on political Islam in Sudan, focusing on the recent book The First Islamist Republic: Development and Disintegration of Islamism in the Sudan, by Abdullahi Gallab. It began with an essay by Abdullahi. Mine is the first commentary—others will follow over the next month.
The Sudanese Islamists [...]

Part II of The Sudanese Islamists’ Wars: Processes of Disintegration from Khalil to Turabi
Khalil’s War
The mutual hostility among the Islamists has been merciless. However, the same al-Turabi supporters who had subjected other political, social, and ethnic groups to such treatment now complained of their fate, after the state turned against them. But this hostility that [...]

Part I: The Sudanese Islamists’ Wars: Processes of Disintegration from al-Turabi to Khalil
In an interview published on 22 May in the London based Saudi Daily al-Sharq al-Awsat, Khalil Ibrahim, leader of Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) confirmed that he had been part of the Islamist regime of Khartoum when that regime declared its intention to [...]

Posted on behalf of Ambassador Hassan E. Talib.
First of all, I would like to extend my gratitude to this blog for allowing this opportunity for the debate on the issue of culture and political conduct of the Islamic Movement in Sudan, including the National Islamic Front (NIF). I thank, as well, Dr. Al-Affendi for his [...]

One of the great ironies of the Islamist adventure in coup-making (leading to the creation of the National Salvation regime in June 1989) was that the move dealt a more serious blow to the Islamist movement than it to any other political group. When the government banned all political parties, all of them resisted and [...]