Revolutionary Sudan: Hasan Al-turabi And The Islamist State, 1989-2000 (social, Economic And Political Studies Of The Middle East And Asia)

This volume investigates the objectives, activities and a decade of success and failure by Islamist military officers and civilians to create the first Islamic government in Africa after the coup d'etat by Brigadier Omar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir. It describes and analyses the role played by Hasan al-Turabi in the Sudan, the world and the revolutionary government from its relative isolation on the frontiers of Islam and the margins of the Arab world. It follows the activities of this ideological and activist leader of the revolution who used his influence as a charismatic Muslim scholar to precipitate an Islamic revolution until his downfall and expulsion from government in 2000 by those who he had hoped to mould to his Islamist ideologies. Contents 6 Map 9 Acronyms 10 Preface 14 Chapter One: The Islamist Revolution 18 The National Salvation Revolutionary Command Council Confirms Its Authority 26 Securing the Revolution 29 The People’s Defense Force 33 A Brave New Islamic World 36 Chapter Two: Foreign Policy Initiatives 42 The Egyptian Reaction 43 Pan-Islamic Sentiments 44 Revolutionary Connections: Iran and Libya 47 The Tripoli Relationship 50 War, the OAU, and President Mubarak 53 Rejecting the Peace Process 55 Islamists, Mubarak, and the Sudan 57 The Consolidation of the Revolution 62 Iraq Invades Kuwait 66 The Disintegration of Ethiopia 70 Chapter Three: The Return of Hasan al-Turabi 72 The Popular Arab and Islamic Congress 73 The First Congress 75 The Arrival of Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda 80 At Home in the Sudan 86 Turabi Triumphant 90 The Sudan and the Arabs 92 Iran and the Sudan 96 Chapter Four: The NIF Takes Charge 104 The Price for the Islamist World 107 Turabi the Traveler 111 Turabi: Assault and Recovery 115 The Egyptian Connection 117 The Halayib Embroglio 120 The Saudi Reaction 123 The Uneasy Sudan-Uganda Relationship 124 Chapter Five: The United States and the NIF 126 Somalia 129 Herman Cohen and the Sudan 134 The New York World Trade Center Bombing 137 The United States, Sudan, and Somalia 141 Humanitarian Missions 144 Chapter Six: State Sponsored Terrorism 147 The United States and Sudan Sponsored Terrorism 150 Hasan al-Turabi and the Second Popular Arab and Islamic Congress 154 Sudanese Islamists Beyond the Sudan 156 The Bosnia Connection 159 The Sudan, Yemen, and Egypt 164 Chapter Seven: The French Connection 167 Carlos the Jackal 173 The Aftermath of L’Affaire Carlos 178 Chapter Eight: The Islamic Conference, the Middle East, Europe, and Africa 181 The Iran-Iraq-Sudan Axis and Bosnia 188 The Sudanese Opposition Begins to Revive 191 The Inter-Governmental Authority on Drought and Development 194 Chapter Nine: The Plot to Assassinate President Mubarak and the Sudan 203 The Attempt to Assassinate Hosni Mubarak 205 Sudan Intelligence Agencies and the Sudan Allied Forces 212 The Isolation of the Sudan 215 Thunder on the Nile 218 Eritrea, Uganda, Ethiopia, and the Sudan 222 Chapter Ten: Searching for Friends, Surrounded by Enemies 227 Hasan al-Turabi and the National Council 229 Osama bin Laden for Sale 233 Egyptian Sudanese Rapprochement 237 The Khobar Towers Bombing 239 Subtle Changes in the Sudan 241 The Flight of Sadiq al-Mahdi 243 Chapter Eleven: Arakis, Oil, and China 248 Drilling for Black Gold 249 The Oil Economics of NIF 251 Arakis Takes Charge 257 Arakis, Stockholders, and Khartoum 260 The Chinese and Sudan Oil 263 Chapter Twelve: The End of an Islamist Experiment 270 Ruling the Sudan 273 The Stigma of Terrorism 274 The Embassy Bombings and the Al-Shifa Reaction 276 The Search for Peace 279 Bashir, Turabi, and the Struggle for Power 282 Oil Again 291 Turabi’s Last Hurrah 294 Bibliography 298 Index 300 A 300 B 301 C 302 D 303 E 303 F 304 G 304 H 305 I 305 J 307 K 307 L 308 M 308 N 309 O 310 P 311 Q 312 R 312 S 313 T 314 U 316 V 317 W 317 Y 317 Z 317 Annotation Hasan al-Turabi, the Sudanese Islamist intellectual played a central role in the efforts to establish an Islamic government in the ten years following the June 1989 military coup in the Sudan. Collins (emeritus, history, U. of California at Santa Barbara) and Burr (formerly Special Assistant to the Geographer, U.S. Department of State) follow argue that the Islamic state project of al-Turabi had little appeal for the mass of Sudanese, especially the Sufi Muslims who didn't share his particular beliefs and the Christian population in the south. They describe the different political factions within and without the revolution and examine the revolutionary government's relations with the wider world. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) This book investigates the objectives, activities, and a decade of success and failure by Islamist military officers and civilians to create the first Islamic government in Africa after the coup d'etat by Brigadier Omar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir. It describes and analyzes the role played by Hasan al-Turabi in the Sudan, the world, and the revolutionary government from its relative isolation on the frontiers of Islam and the margins of the Arab World. It follows the activities of this ideological and activist leader of the revolution who used his influence as a charismatic Muslim scholar to precipitate an Islamic revolution until his downfall and expulsion from government in 2000 by those whom he had hoped to mold to his Islamist ideologies. This book investigates the objectives, activities, and a decade of success and failure by Islamist military officers and civilians to create the first Islamic government after the coup d'etat by Brigadier Omar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir. It describes and analyzes the role played by Hasan al-Turabi in the Sudan, the world, and the revolutionary government from its relative isolation on the frontiers of Islam and the margins of the Arab World. It follows the activities of the ideological and activist leader of the revolution who used his influence as a charismatic Muslim scholar to precipitate an Islamic revolution until his downfall and expulsion from government in 2000 by those whom he had hoped to mold to his Islamist ideologies. This book provides new sources and information on the first decade of the revolutionary Sudan (1989-2000) and the role played by its principal ideologue, Hasan al-Turabi until his downfall in 2000.