Hassan al-Turabi: Difference between revisions

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==Biography==

Al-Turabi was born in Kassala in 1932. He was heavily involved in Islamist political movements and joined the Islamic Charter Front (ICF) in 1964, and later became a member of the [[Muslim Brotherhood]] in Sudan. Al-Turabi's ICF exerted a heavy influence over politics until 1985, when it was banned and Al-Turabi was briefly imprisoned. Upon release he re-formed the ICF as the National Islamic Front (NIF).

Al-Turabi was born in Kassala in 1932. He was heavily involved in Islamist political movements and joined the Islamic Charter Front (ICF) in 1964, and later became a member of the [[Muslim Brotherhood]] in Sudan. For a period of time he served as [[Jaafar Nimeiry]]'s Minister of Justice.

Al-Turabi's ICF exerted a heavy influence over politics until 1985, when it was banned and Al-Turabi was briefly imprisoned. Upon release he re-formed the ICF as the National Islamic Front (NIF).

In 1989 Omar al-Bashir took over Sudan in a military coup. While it is widely believed in Sudan that the Al-Turabi-lead NIF were involved in the coup, they were in fact banned and forcibly dissolved during al-Bashir's subsequent purges and Al-Turabi was placed under house arrest; however, he was released after several months and the NIF was re-formed and given a place in government, with Al-Turabi in the Sudanese cabinet.

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 ==Biography==
-Al-Turabi was born in Kassala in 1932. He was heavily involved in Islamist political movements and joined the Islamic Charter Front (ICF) in 1964, and later became a member of the [[Muslim Brotherhood]] in Sudan. Al-Turabi's ICF exerted a heavy influence over politics until 1985, when it was banned and Al-Turabi was briefly imprisoned. Upon release he re-formed the ICF as the National Islamic Front (NIF).
+Al-Turabi was born in Kassala in 1932. He was heavily involved in Islamist political movements and joined the Islamic Charter Front (ICF) in 1964, and later became a member of the [[Muslim Brotherhood]] in Sudan. For a period of time he served as [[Jaafar Nimeiry]]'s Minister of Justice.
+Al-Turabi's ICF exerted a heavy influence over politics until 1985, when it was banned and Al-Turabi was briefly imprisoned. Upon release he re-formed the ICF as the National Islamic Front (NIF).
 In 1989 Omar al-Bashir took over Sudan in a military coup. While it is widely believed in Sudan that the Al-Turabi-lead NIF were involved in the coup, they were in fact banned and forcibly dissolved during al-Bashir's subsequent purges and Al-Turabi was placed under house arrest; however, he was released after several months and the NIF was re-formed and given a place in government, with Al-Turabi in the Sudanese cabinet.