Sudanese Islamist movement

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The Sudanese Islamist movement is a political and religious current in Sudan that seeks to organize society and the state according to Islamic principles, playing a major role in the country’s modern political history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamist movement ⓘ
political movement ⓘ
religious movement ⓘ
alliedWith Sudanese military officers in 1989 ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Darfur conflict ⓘ
Second Sudanese Civil War ⓘ
cameToPowerThrough 1989 Sudanese coup d’état ⓘ
controlledParty National Congress Party ⓘ
National Islamic Front ⓘ
country Sudan ⓘ
criticizedFor authoritarian governance ⓘ
gender discrimination in law and practice ⓘ
human rights abuses ⓘ
religious intolerance ⓘ
currentStatus remains influential in Sudanese politics and society despite loss of formal power ⓘ
emergedInPeriod 1960s ⓘ
facedSetback 2018–2019 Sudanese revolution ⓘ
goal Islamization of state institutions ⓘ
implementation of Islamic law in Sudan ⓘ
restructuring society according to Islamic principles ⓘ
hasPart Islamic Charter Front ⓘ
National Congress Party ⓘ
National Islamic Front ⓘ
Popular Congress Party ⓘ
Sudan Islamic Movement (al‑Haraka al‑Islamiyya al‑Sudaniyya) ⓘ
ideology Islamism ⓘ
implementedPolicy Islamization of education curriculum ⓘ
Islamization of legal system in Sudan ⓘ
creation of Popular Defence Forces ⓘ
expansion of Islamic banking in Sudan ⓘ
introduction of sharia‑based criminal laws ⓘ
influencedBy Islamic revivalism of the 20th century ⓘ
Muslim Brotherhood ideology ⓘ
linked to: Muslim Brotherhood

Salafi thought ⓘ
lostPower overthrow of Omar al‑Bashir in April 2019 ⓘ
notableLeader Ali Osman Mohamed Taha ⓘ
Ghazi Salahuddin al‑Atabani ⓘ
Hassan al‑Turabi ⓘ
linked to: Hassan al-Turabi

Nafi Ali Nafi ⓘ
Omar al‑Bashir ⓘ
linked to: Omar al-Bashir
opposedBy Sudanese leftist parties ⓘ
Sudanese professional associations ⓘ
Sudanese rebel movements in the peripheries ⓘ
Sudanese secular parties ⓘ
politicalPeak 1989–2019 ⓘ
positionOnDemocracy advocates Islamic democracy or shura ⓘ
positionOnSecularism opposes secular state in Sudan ⓘ
religiousOrientation Sunni Islam ⓘ
supportedBy Islamist student organizations in Sudanese universities ⓘ
segments of urban middle class in Sudan ⓘ

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Hassan al-Turabi → influenced → Sudanese Islamist movement ⓘ
Sudanese Islamist movement → hasPart → Sudan Islamic Movement (al‑Haraka al‑Islamiyya al‑Sudaniyya) ⓘ
linked to: Sudanese Islamist movement