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 NERFINISHED
Second Sudanese Civil War NERFINISHED
cameToPowerThrough 1989 Sudanese coup d’état NERFINISHED
controlledParty National Congress Party NERFINISHED
National Islamic Front NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
goal Islamization of state institutions
implementation of Islamic law in Sudan
restructuring society according to Islamic principles
hasPart Islamic Charter Front NERFINISHED
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
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 NERFINISHED
Salafi thought
lostPower overthrow of Omar al‑Bashir in April 2019
notableLeader Ali Osman Mohamed Taha NERFINISHED
Ghazi Salahuddin al‑Atabani NERFINISHED
Hassan al‑Turabi NERFINISHED
Nafi Ali Nafi NERFINISHED
Omar al‑Bashir NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
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