THE SUDANESE CIVIL WAR - THE EFFECT OF ARABISATION AND ISLAMISATION
THE SUDANESE CIVIL WAR - THE EFFECT OF ARABISATION AND ISLAMISATION

Summary/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 OFISLAMISATION OF EGYPT HAS IGNORED SUDAN, BEING RECORDED ONLY OCCASIONAL RAIDS IN THESUDAN OVER MORE THAN THE TURN OF THE MILLENNIUM WHAT HAS ATTRACTED THE EMBLEM OFTHE BORDER OF ISLAM (TURABI USES THE WORDS “FRONTIER ZONE ARABS”). THE TRANSFORMATIONOF SUDAN IN A SPACE OF ARAB CIVILIZATION HAS NOT BEEN CARRIED OUT BY MILITARY CONQUESTBUT BY TRADE AND ARAB MISSIONARIES WHICH BANISH CHRISTIAN INFLUENCES, ARABISATIONESTABLISHED 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 KUTJOKREFLECTS THE GRAVITY OF THE CONTRADICTIONS WHICH IT CONTAINS THE FOUNDATIONS OF THISSTATE. THE POPULATION IN THE SOUTH OF THE COUNTRY COULD ACCEPT A FEDERALIZATION, BUTTHE 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 NORTHAND THE MINORITY POPULATIONS OF SOUTH AFRICA (NILE MINORITY DINKA, NUER MINORITY OFBAHR AL-GHAZAL, MINORITIES IN THE AREA OF THE UPPER NILE AND THE EQUATOR) IS POWERED BYTHE UNFAIRNESS OF THE REDISTRIBUTION AND MONOPOLISE RESOURCES AFTER OBTAININGINDEPENDENCE. THE SITUATION BECOMES EVEN MORE COMPLICATED WITH THE DISCOVERY OF THERESOURCES OF THE OIL IN THE SOUTH.EXPORTS OF PETROLEUM WITHOUT SUBSTANTIAL REVENUES AND LINES FOR THE TRANSPORT OF OILARE THE PRIORITY FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND THE TARGETS FOR THE SPLA.

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