Islam, sectarianism, and politics in Sudan since the Mahdiyya / Gabriel Warburg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Warburg, Gabriel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Sudan--History--19th century.

Sudan.

Sudan--History--20th century.

Islam and politics--Sudan.

Islam and politics.

Physical Description:

xv, 252 pages : 2 maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, [2003]

Contents:

Part I. Islamization 1

1. Sufism and Holy Families 1

2. Islam and State under the Turkiyya, 1820-81 6

3. Social, Economic and Geopolitical Factors Leading to Revolt 12

Part II. The Mahdist State, 1881-98 22

4. Background to the Mahdiyya 22

5. The Path Leading to Revolt 27

6. Muhammad Ahmad b. 'Abdallah, the Mahdi 30

7. The Mahdist State under the Khalifa 'Abdullahi 43

8. Laying the Foundations of Mahdist Administration 50

Military and administrative hierarchy 50

Economics and finances 51

The administration of justice 55

Part III. Religious Policy Under the Condominium 57

9. Laying the Foundations, 1899-1918 57

The Impact of Wingate and Slatin 57

Orthodox or popular Islam 59

The Shari'a courts and the selection of 'Ulama' and Qadis 64

Religious education 68

The Waqf and the building of government mosques 71

The pilgrimage 73

Fears of Mahdist 'revival', 1899-1914 74

The First World War and the revision of policy 76

10. The Emergence of Neo-Mahdism 81

Sayyid 'Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi, 1885-1959 81

The years of ambivalence, 1925-38 87

The recruitment of the Ansar 94

Neo-Mahdist ideology 99

11. The Path to Independence, 1939-55 104

The 1936 Anglo-Egyptian Treaty and its impact on Sudan 104

The Graduates' General Congress 110

The emergence of al-Ashiqa' and al-Umma 119

The two Sayyids on the eve of independence 128

The Southern question 138

Part IV. Independent Soudan, 1956-89 142

12. Statehood and Constitution-Making 144

13. The Islamic Path, 1977-85 152

The implementation of the Shari'a 155

The trial and execution of Mahmud Muhammad Taha 160

The Shari'a laws and the South 165

14. The Ansar-Umma in Politics, 1956-86 170

15. The Muslim Brothers and Numayri 178

Early years 178

From opposition to collaboration 183

The army and the economic system in Ikhwan politics 189

16. The Third Democratic Interlude, 1986-9 194

Part V. Islamism and Democracy 202

17. The Islamist Coup and the NIF-Military Coalition 205

18. Islam and Democracy 222

The Egyptian Sudan xvi

The Modern Sudan xvii.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-238) and index.

ISBN:

0299182940

OCLC:

49705040