The First Islamist Republic: Development and Disintegration of Islamism in the Sudan

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2008 - Political Science - 183 pages
By adding a new dimension to the ongoing scholarly and political debate about Islamism or political Islam within the context of modern politics in Africa, the Middle East and the Muslim world, this study details the development and disintegration of the Islamists' Republic in the Sudan. The Islamists' regime in the Sudan has propagated a distinctive ideology whose declared aim was to create a primary model of an Islamist state.Based on extensive field work inside and outside the regime, this book is the story of the social world of Islamism. It provides an entry point into its local and global worlds as they interact and collide with each other. By placing considerable emphasis on the theoretical development and growth of Islamism, this book addresses the profound transformations in the field of political Islam. Political scientists, sociologists interested in religion and Middle Eastern and African scholars should read this book.
 

Contents

Introduction
1
Reflections on Islamism in the Sudan
15
Elementary Forms of the Islamist Movement
35
Competing Visions in the Aftermath of the October Revolution
55
From the Corporation to the Coup
77
The First Republic Its Sheikh and Community
97
A Call to Jihad
115
End of the First Republic
129
The Road to Darfur Islamism without alTurabi Authoritarianism without Nimairi
149
Conclusion
165
Appendix
169
Index
179
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Abdullahi A. Gallab is Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies and Religious Studies at Arizona State University, USA.

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