Unrest and protests in Sudan continue since the removal of Omar al-Bashir after his three-decade rule; now he has been replaced by “military-led transitional council.” The people want a transitional civilian government. Sudan is now under a state of emergency, with a curfew implemented.
Al-Bashir was a jihadist war criminal who was “seen with a Qur’an in one hand and an AK-47 in the other.” No surprise there, given the call to bloody jihad in Islamic texts and teachings, a fact that Westerners still have trouble acknowledging. Recall the hundreds of thousands murdered in Darfur under al-Bashir’s rule and the millions displaced.
Despite al-Bashir’s removal, Sudan is likely no better off. The trouble in Islamic states when one jihadist tyrant is removed is the risk of someone even worse taking over. In the case of Sudan, the Muslim Brotherhood awaits, as it did in Egypt when Hosni Mubarak was overthrown and replaced by Muslim Brotherhood operative Mohamed Morsi following the 2011 revolution. Right now al-Bashir is being held by leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood under heavy guard.
“Qur’an and AK-47: the 30-year rule of Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir,” by Jason Burke, The Guardian, April 11, 2019:
The dramatic life of Omar al-Bashir has been defined by conflict and political upheaval, so it is fitting that his 30-year rule over Sudan ended with his forced removal by the army, as thousands of people thronged the streets of the capital, Khartoum.
Having fought as a junior officer in the Egyptian army in the Arab-Israeli war in October 1973, Bashir was then posted overseas as military attache before returning to fight in the south of Sudan in the civil war against the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Army.
He became a prominent leader of Islamist sympathisers in the armed forces and led a group of army officers in a bloodless military coup against the civilian government of the then prime minister, Sadiq al-Mahdi, in 1989. Bashir appeared at a rally with a Qur’an in one hand and an AK-47 in the other, promising “to purge … the enemies of the people and of the armed forces”. An assault on secular officials and politicians followed in a concerted drive to impose a rigorous interpretation of sharia law.
A key ally was Hassan al-Turabi, a hardline Islamist politician and cleric.
Sudan rapidly became a centre of “revolutionary” and Islamist radicalism, hosting Osama bin Laden and a series of conferences for anti-western extremists of all ideologies. This alienated many western countries, as well as Sudan’s neighbours.
“Sudan’s president ousted by military after months of protests,” Reuters, April 11, 2019:
KHARTOUM — President Omar al-Bashir, who ruled Sudan with an iron fist for 30 years, was on Thursday overthrown in a coup by the armed forces which announced a two-year period of military rule to be followed by elections.
In an address on state television, Defence Minister Awad Mohamed Ahmed Ibn Auf said Bashir, 75, was under arrest in a “safe place” and a military council was now running the country.
Seated on a gold-upholstered armchair, Auf announced a three-month state of emergency, a nationwide ceasefire and the suspension of the constitution. He also said Sudan’s air space would be closed for 24 hours and border crossings shut until further notice.
Sudanese sources told Reuters that Bashir was at the presidential residence under “heavy guard”. A son of Sadiq al-Mahdi, the head of the country’s main opposition Umma Party, told al-Hadath TV that Bashir was being held with “a number of leaders of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group”….
mortimer says
In Islamic countries, the term ‘voter turnout’ refers to the number of soldiers on the winning side of the coup d’état.
Mohammed was deposed and assassinated by Abu Bakr. Abu Bakr was poisoned and assassinated by Omar. Omar was stabbed with a poison spear, etc., etc.
The coup d’état is the normative Islamic voting method. They ‘voted’ with their swords, spears, daggers and arrows; today they use assault rifles. .
elee says
I thought the events you cited were an Islamic debate about theology—-you know, the stuff kafirs do with words & reasoning and persuasion. Now you tell me it was actually electoral politics. It is so hard to understand their culture. The sword of Allah has so many uses.
kuriakose says
mortimer, could you please give me references for your statement that mo was assasinated by abu bakar? I thought islamic history says he died as a result of a poisoning by some Jewish woman? I know the history of islam is all made up; however in dealing with muhameddans we have to go by their books.
Thanks.
elee says
Where is Queen Victoria when the innocent people of the Sudan desperately need her?
gravenimage says
Sudan: Ousted jihadist war criminal al-Bashir appeared at rally with Qur’an in one hand and AK-47 in the other
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This is the standard look for Jihadists–you can find hundreds of Jihadis posing with the Qur’an in one hand and an AK-47 or similar weapon:
Here is just one of them:
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/an-islamic-jihad-militant-holds-up-a-copy-of-the-koran-in-news-photo/53048857
Lydia Church says
This is it in a nutshell:
islam 101
On a table in the classroom…
a koran and an AK-47, a sword, and a few explosives
Any questions???
You’d need to go the special ed room if you actually did have questions after reading the koran.
Relic says
infidel says
Another one pf those countless proofs that ISLAM IS TERROR~~ but still the world Govts look the other way… VOW!!