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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sudanese Islamist movement canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10952919 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sudanese Islamist movement Context triple: [Hassan al-Turabi, influenced, Sudanese Islamist movement]
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A.
Islamist groups
Islamist groups are political and religious organizations that seek to shape government and society according to their interpretations of Islamic principles and law.
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B.
Egyptian Islamic Jihad
Egyptian Islamic Jihad was a militant Islamist organization from Egypt known for its violent campaign to overthrow the Egyptian government and its later merger into al-Qaeda’s global jihadist network.
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C.
Islamic Jihad Organization
The Islamic Jihad Organization was a clandestine Shiite militant group active in Lebanon during the 1980s, widely believed to have been linked to Hezbollah and responsible for several high-profile attacks against Western targets.
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D.
Sudanese independence movement
The Sudanese independence movement was a mid-20th-century nationalist struggle that united diverse Sudanese groups to end joint British-Egyptian rule and establish Sudan as a sovereign state.
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E.
Muslim Brotherhood
The Muslim Brotherhood is a transnational Sunni Islamist organization founded in Egypt in 1928, known for its influential role in Middle Eastern politics and advocacy of governance based on Islamic principles.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sudanese Islamist movement Target entity description: 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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A.
Islamist groups
Islamist groups are political and religious organizations that seek to shape government and society according to their interpretations of Islamic principles and law.
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B.
Egyptian Islamic Jihad
Egyptian Islamic Jihad was a militant Islamist organization from Egypt known for its violent campaign to overthrow the Egyptian government and its later merger into al-Qaeda’s global jihadist network.
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C.
Islamic Jihad Organization
The Islamic Jihad Organization was a clandestine Shiite militant group active in Lebanon during the 1980s, widely believed to have been linked to Hezbollah and responsible for several high-profile attacks against Western targets.
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D.
Sudanese independence movement
The Sudanese independence movement was a mid-20th-century nationalist struggle that united diverse Sudanese groups to end joint British-Egyptian rule and establish Sudan as a sovereign state.
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E.
Muslim Brotherhood
The Muslim Brotherhood is a transnational Sunni Islamist organization founded in Egypt in 1928, known for its influential role in Middle Eastern politics and advocacy of governance based on Islamic principles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamist movement
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political movement ⓘ religious movement ⓘ |
| alliedWith | Sudanese military officers in 1989 ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Darfur conflict
NERFINISHED
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Second Sudanese Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cameToPowerThrough | 1989 Sudanese coup d’état NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controlledParty |
National Congress Party
NERFINISHED
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National Islamic Front NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Sudan ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
authoritarian governance
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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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| goal |
Islamization of state institutions
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implementation of Islamic law in Sudan ⓘ restructuring society according to Islamic principles ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Islamic Charter Front
NERFINISHED
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National Congress Party NERFINISHED ⓘ National Islamic Front NERFINISHED ⓘ Popular Congress Party NERFINISHED ⓘ Sudan Islamic Movement (al‑Haraka al‑Islamiyya al‑Sudaniyya) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideology | Islamism ⓘ |
| implementedPolicy |
Islamization of education curriculum
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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
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Muslim Brotherhood ideology NERFINISHED ⓘ Salafi thought ⓘ |
| lostPower | overthrow of Omar al‑Bashir in April 2019 ⓘ |
| notableLeader |
Ali Osman Mohamed Taha
NERFINISHED
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Ghazi Salahuddin al‑Atabani NERFINISHED ⓘ Hassan al‑Turabi NERFINISHED ⓘ Nafi Ali Nafi NERFINISHED ⓘ Omar al‑Bashir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Sudanese leftist parties
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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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
Islamist student organizations in Sudanese universities
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segments of urban middle class in Sudan ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sudanese Islamist movement Description of subject: 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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