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160 thE sudan handbook These criticisms found a new strength in 1983 when, following a mutiny amongst southern troops at Bor dee ...

sudan’s fRaGilE statE, 1956–1989 161 break down the regional identities and potential solidarities of the nine provinces that ha ...

162 thE sudan handbook economy remained largely stagnant. The tension produced by multiple failures contributed to the instabili ...

sudan’s fRaGilE statE, 1956–1989 163 Woodward, Peter. Sudan 1898–1989: The Unstable State. Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 1990 and Lond ...

164 10. Islamism & the State abdEl salam sidahmEd Islamist groups are movements which work for the establishment of an Islam ...

islamism & thE statE 165 constitution for the country onto the agenda of the mainstream, parties, the Umma Party and the Dem ...

166 thE sudan handbook Just a few weeks before the collapse, Nimeiri had imprisoned the Islamist leadership, which, fortunately ...

islamism & thE statE 167 Utilizing their freedom of action and the cover of religious advocacy activities, the IM sought to ...

168 thE sudan handbook not visible to the public – there was an initial uncertainty among the rank and file members as to the id ...

islamism & thE statE 169 had been banned. Another explanation was to be found in Turabi’s pragmatic approach to politics and ...

170 thE sudan handbook however, the NCP – even with Turabi at the helm – did not have a lot of power or clear control over the a ...

islamism & thE statE 171 President al-Bashir’s powers through the creation of a new position of prime minister with executiv ...

172 thE sudan handbook later amendments of the NCP statutes, the post of secretary-general was abolished altogether and replaced ...

islamism & thE statE 173 became no more than a crisis management agency that barely coped with the rapidly deteriorating sit ...

174 thE sudan handbook vision. The Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) was created. In the beginning, it assumed wide legislativ ...

islamism & thE statE 175 held for the National Assembly, and so were presidential elections. Omar al-Bashir became the ‘elec ...

176 thE sudan handbook Islamic-oriented constituencies to cultivate their support, and thereby broaden the popular base of the r ...

islamism & thE statE 177 (15 in the north and 10 in the south). Further legislation was subsequently issued to organize admi ...

178 thE sudan handbook lifted, and most of the publicsector corporations were either privatized or disbanded. Economically, libe ...

islamism & thE statE 179 imposed mandatory military service among government employees (those who escaped the dismissal axe) ...