Table of Contents

Note on Transliteration — Preface — INTRODUCTION — 1 BACKGROUND: THE IMPACT OF THE CONDOMINIUM — I An Overview — II The Nationalist Movement — - Rise of Sectarianism — - The Intelligentsia — III The Sudanese Political Parties — a) The Traditionalist Parties — b) Radicalism — c) Islamism — 2 THE SECULAR FACE OF SECTARIANISM — I Decolonisation Process: Issues, Forces and Problems — The Politics of Constitutional Developments — The Southern Question — Parties and Politics — II The Sectarian Rule — Reconciliation of Rivals — A Difficult Power Share — III The Secular Face of Sectarianism — 3 GENERALS, MILITANTS AND POLITICIANS — I The Rule of the Generals — II October 1964 and Aftermath — Chronology of Events — Genesis of Failure — Changing Political Situations — Democracy For the Faithful! — 4 THE MAKING OF AN ISLAMIC CONSTITUTION — I General Considerations — II The Controversial Constitution — III The Bourbon Dynasty — 5 FROM POPULIST LEADER TO AN 'IMAM — I The Formative Years — II Power and Ideology — The 'cult' of Development — Pan Islamism — Doves and Hawks — The Doves — The Hawks — - al-Mahdi's pan-Islamism — - al-Turabi's Realism — III September 1983 — 6 THE POST-NIMEIRI SUDAN — An Introductory Note — I Nimeiri's Successors — The Transitional Period — The Third Democratic Episode — II War and Peace — - The Impact of War — - Behind the Peace Process — III The Politics of the Shari'a — - Islamists — - Secularists — 7 PAX ISLAMICA — I Genesis of the NIF Ascent — - The Impact of Nimeiri's Policies — - The Mughtarbin Class — - The Disintegration of the Old Order — Grand Strategy in Action — - From Campus to Community — - Islaminomics — - The National Islamic Front (NIF) — II Ideology and Pragmatism — - Ideological Adjustments — - NIF's Populism — - Islamic Symbolism — III Conclusion — Notes — Index.