THE SUDANESE CIVIL WAR – THE EFFECT OF ARABISATION AND ISLAMISATION
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28 March 2026
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15 November 2016
Abstract
SUDAN IS NOT AN ARAB ETHNIC EVEN IF THE ARAB CIVILIZATION IS FUNDAMENTAL IN THIS STATE, SUDANESE BEING CONSIDERED AFRICANS OF DIFFERENT ETHNIC ORIGINS. THE PROCESS OF ISLAMISATION OF EGYPT HAS IGNORED SUDAN, BEING RECORDED ONLY OCCASIONAL RAIDS IN THE SUDAN OVER MORE THAN THE TURN OF THE MILLENNIUM WHAT HAS ATTRACTED THE EMBLEM OF THE BORDER OF ISLAM (TURABI USES THE WORDS “FRONTIER ZONE ARABS”). THE TRANSFORMATION OF SUDAN IN A SPACE OF ARAB CIVILIZATION HAS NOT BEEN CARRIED OUT BY MILITARY CONQUEST BUT BY TRADE AND ARAB MISSIONARIES WHICH BANISH CHRISTIAN INFLUENCES, ARABISATION ESTABLISHED ITSELF THOUGH ISLAM (TWO THIRDS OF THE POPULATIONS) AND RABA LANGUAGE (HALF OF THE POPULATION). THE PROSPECTS OF IRRECONCILABLE ISLAMIC ON THE STATE THE SUDANESE OF TABANI AND KUTJOK REFLECTS THE GRAVITY OF THE CONTRADICTIONS WHICH IT CONTAINS THE F OUNDATIONS OF THIS STATE. THE POPULATION IN THE SOUTH OF THE COUNTRY COULD ACCEPT A FEDERALIZATION, BUT THE LEADERSHIP OF THE ISLAMIC POLICY IN THE NORTH WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTED LOSS OF POWER; THE POLITICAL ELITE IN THE SOUTH OF THE COUNTRY STILL PRESSED FOR THE SECESSION. FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE STATE UNITY, THE CIVIL WAR BETWEEN THE ELITE OF THE NORTH AND THE MINORITY POPULATIONS OF SOUTH AFRICA (NILE MINORITY DINKA, NUER MINORITY OF BAHR AL-GHAZAL, MINORITIES IN THE AREA OF THE UPPER NILE AND THE EQUAT OR) IS POWERED BY THE UNFAIRNESS OF THE REDISTRIBUTION AND MONOPOLISE RESOURCES AFTER OBTAINING INDEPENDENCE.
Keywords
SUDAN
RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM
ISLAMIC RADICALISM
EAST AFRICA
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