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Summary
Summary
Can Sudan, one of Africa's most diverse countries, function as an Islamic state? Mahmud Muhammad Taha posed an original answer to this question. Taha was the charismatic leader of the 'Republican Brothers and Sisters', a small group of Sudanese nationalists who called for a mystical, inclusive reinterpretation of Islam that ended traditional legal discriminations against women and non-Muslims. Taha's followers pitched his sometimes controversial mix of law and mysticism on Sudanese street corners in the 1970s. Sudanese Islamist politicians, who used a more divisive interpretation of Islam, opposed him vigorously. When they gained control of the state in the chaotic 1980s, Taha was executed. In Taha's first biography, Edward Thomas explores the life and ideas of an important Sudanese reformer who has become a symbol for resistance, tolerance and human rights.
Author Notes
Edward Thomas completed his PhD at Edinburgh University. He has worked in the Middle East and Sudan for the last 10 years. He is currently Child Protection Adviser for UNMIS in Sudan.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements | p. ix |
Transliteration | p. xi |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Chapter 1 Remembering childhood | p. 7 |
Chapter 2 Sudan from 1500-1900 | p. 16 |
Chapter 3 Escaping the village shop | p. 36 |
Chapter 4 Training an effendi | p. 44 |
Chapter 5 Starting work and getting married | p. 55 |
Chapter 6 The Republican party | p. 64 |
Chapter 7 Taking the lift to the fields of heaven | p. 79 |
Chapter 8 Giving up abstinence | p. 92 |
Chapter 9 Independence for the elite | p. 106 |
Chapter 10 Battle lines | p. 117 |
Chapter 11 Glorious October | p. 126 |
Chapter 12 Pyramids | p. 142 |
Chapter 13 Modern Sufi | p. 166 |
Chapter 14 Romancing Sudan | p. 180 |
Chapter 15 Perfect stranger | p. 190 |
Chapter 16 The perfect ending | p. 203 |
Chapter 17 Aftermath | p. 220 |
Endnotes | p. 236 |
Appendix 1 Constitution of the Republican Party | p. 259 |
Glossary of non-English Terms | p. 260 |
Acronyms | p. 264 |
Bibliography | p. 265 |
Index | p. 276 |