I’ve been noting for years that the genocide in southern Sudan and Darfur was identified as a jihad by its perpetrators. But the mainstream media and official Washington have always characterized it as “ethnic violence.” Will they believe Sadiq al-Mahdi? I doubt it. He must be some kind of Islamophobe.
“Ex-PM Mahdi blasts Sudan ruling party on south, Darfur,” from AFP, February 15:
KHARTOUM — Former Sudanese premier Sadiq al-Mahdi kicked off his presidential campaign Monday with a blistering attack on the ruling National Congress Party, which he accused of devastating the country.
Mahdi, a leading contender against President Omar al-Beshir in April’s elections, also accused the NCP of using the “ethnic weapon” in the war-torn Darfur region.
“The catastrophe that afflicted our country began with the takeover by a minority party that imposed an Arabic Islamic identity on a country of diverse religions and cultures, and treating whoever did not agree with it as a renegade to be fought by jihad,” Mahdi told a news conference….