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Created
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94KHARTOUM2953
1994-06-09 12:04:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Khartoum
Cable title:
TURABI CALLS FOR JIHAD TO CREATE AN ISLAMIC
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UNCLAS KHARTOUM 02953
LONDON FOR MCKINLEY, PARIS FOR PERLOW, ROME PASS
VATICAN
E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR
TAGS: PREL SU
SUBJECT: TURABI CALLS FOR JIHAD TO CREATE AN ISLAMIC
SUDAN
UNCLAS KHARTOUM 02953
LONDON FOR MCKINLEY, PARIS FOR PERLOW, ROME PASS
VATICAN
E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR
TAGS: PREL SU
SUBJECT: TURABI CALLS FOR JIHAD TO CREATE AN ISLAMIC
SUDAN
1. ACCORDING TO THE JUNE 9 SUDANESE PRESS, NATIONAL
ISLAMIC FRONT LEADER AND DE FACTO RULER OF SUDAN,
HASAN AL TURABI TOLD STUDENTS ATTENDING A CONFERENCE
OF SUDAN'S STUDENT UNIONS, THAT THE UNITY OF SUDAN
AND THE CREATION OF AN ISLAMIC STATE COULD NOT BE
ACHIEVED EXCEPT THROUGH A JIHAD. ACCORDING TO
TURABI, THE MAIN DANGER FACING ISLAM IS THE WESTERN
COALITION WHICH OPPOSES IT. HE ASSERTED, HOWEVER,
THAT THE WEAPON OF JIHAD TERRIFIES THE WEST BECAUSE
OF THE WEAKNESS OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION. THE
CHALLENGES TO ISLAM MUST BE CONFRONTED STRONGLY HE
ADDED. THIS MESSAGE APPLIED NOT JUST TO SUDAN BUT TO
ALL MUSLIMS WHEREVER THEY RESIDE.
2. COMMENT: THIS IS VINTAGE TURABI AND HELPS TO
EXPLAIN THE THE DEEP SKEPTICISM WITH WHICH SOUTHERN
SUDANESE APPROACH PEACE TALKS WITH THIS GOVERNMENT.
AT THE SAME TIME THE GOS IS OFFERING SOUTHERNERS
FEDERALISM AND PERHAPS EVEN AUTONOMY, THE REAL POWER
BEHIND SUDAN'S PRESIDENTIAL THRONE IS CALLING UPON
MUSLIM YOUTH TO LAUNCH A JIHAD TO INSURE A UNITED AND
AN ISLAMIC SUDAN.
PETTERSON
LONDON FOR MCKINLEY, PARIS FOR PERLOW, ROME PASS
VATICAN
E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR
TAGS: PREL SU
SUBJECT: TURABI CALLS FOR JIHAD TO CREATE AN ISLAMIC
SUDAN
1. ACCORDING TO THE JUNE 9 SUDANESE PRESS, NATIONAL
ISLAMIC FRONT LEADER AND DE FACTO RULER OF SUDAN,
HASAN AL TURABI TOLD STUDENTS ATTENDING A CONFERENCE
OF SUDAN'S STUDENT UNIONS, THAT THE UNITY OF SUDAN
AND THE CREATION OF AN ISLAMIC STATE COULD NOT BE
ACHIEVED EXCEPT THROUGH A JIHAD. ACCORDING TO
TURABI, THE MAIN DANGER FACING ISLAM IS THE WESTERN
COALITION WHICH OPPOSES IT. HE ASSERTED, HOWEVER,
THAT THE WEAPON OF JIHAD TERRIFIES THE WEST BECAUSE
OF THE WEAKNESS OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION. THE
CHALLENGES TO ISLAM MUST BE CONFRONTED STRONGLY HE
ADDED. THIS MESSAGE APPLIED NOT JUST TO SUDAN BUT TO
ALL MUSLIMS WHEREVER THEY RESIDE.
2. COMMENT: THIS IS VINTAGE TURABI AND HELPS TO
EXPLAIN THE THE DEEP SKEPTICISM WITH WHICH SOUTHERN
SUDANESE APPROACH PEACE TALKS WITH THIS GOVERNMENT.
AT THE SAME TIME THE GOS IS OFFERING SOUTHERNERS
FEDERALISM AND PERHAPS EVEN AUTONOMY, THE REAL POWER
BEHIND SUDAN'S PRESIDENTIAL THRONE IS CALLING UPON
MUSLIM YOUTH TO LAUNCH A JIHAD TO INSURE A UNITED AND
AN ISLAMIC SUDAN.
PETTERSON