“most Sudanese would appreciate what Hashim did”
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Hasan al-Turabi
Hassan al-Turabi was a Sudanese politician, scholar and De facto leader. He was the alleged architect of the 1989 Sudanese military coup that overthrew Sadiq al-Mahdi and installed Omar al-Bashir as president. He has been called "one of the most influential figures in modern Sudanese politics" and a "longtime hard-line ideological leader". He was instrumental in institutionalizing Sharia in the no…
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politics · Sudanese religious and political leader (1932–2016) · politician · theologian · minister · also Hasan al-Turabi, Hassan al-Turabi, Hassan 'Abd Allah al-Turabi, al-Turabi
Born 1 January 1932 · Died 5 March 2016 · Q469299
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2016· 2 entries
Died 2016-03-05.
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Without facing trial for his role in the 1989 coup
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2006· 2 entries
Out-of-power again, al-Turabi made international headlines issuing a fatwa allowing Muslim women to marry non-Muslim men, and allowing alcohol consumption in certain situations, in contradiction to historical Sharia law
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Al-Turabi describes the word hijab as not a face veil but a cover or diaphragm put in a room to separate between men and the Prophet's wives, whereas niqab is just an old Arab habit
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2004· 2 entries
For allegedly being part of a plot to overthrow the government, he was released on 28 June 2005
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Was reported to have been associated with the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), an Islamist armed rebel group involved in the War in Darfur, whose leader, Khalil Ibrahim, was previously a follower of Mr
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1999· 2 entries
Al-Turabi was imprisoned based on allegations of conspiracy before being released in October 2003
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Leading a splinter group of the National Congress known as the Popular National Congress
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1994· 1 entry
A report issued by Human Rights Watch/Africa, conducted by Gáspár Bíró, a Hungarian law professor and the United Nations' special envoy to Sudan in 1993 found the Sudanese government to be practicing "widespread and syst
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1988· 2 entries
As a coalition partner, but he was never comfortable with this arrangement
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Career landmark: Minister of Justice of Sudan (1988–1989).
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1977· 1 entry
Al-Turabi became attorney general in 1979 and then Nimeiry's foreign affairs adviser in 1983
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1969· 1 entry
Gaafar Nimeiry jailed al-Turabi for seven years
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1964· 1 entry
Became secretary-general of the Islamic Charter Front (ICF), an activist movement that served as the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, and was elected to parliament in the mid-1960s
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1955· 1 entry
And also studied in London and at the Sorbonne in Paris in 1962, where he gained a PhD
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1951· 1 entry
To study law and joined the Muslim Brotherhood as a student
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1932· 1 entry
Born 1932-01-01.
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