In the shoes of the colonized -- A tale of two courts : the Sharia of Allah and the custom of the patriarch -- President Ismail Al-Azhari, 1965-1969 : the politics of moral injury -- Nimerie's instant justice : tongue of God and the rogue -- The Qadis and Mahmoud M. Taha : toward an economy of vendetta and martyrdom -- Growing up in a Qadi's home : Hasan Al -Turabi and his theology of modernity
Summary
Uses the concept of the "Manichaean" geography of the colony, popularized by Fanon, to account for the virulent Islamic renewal in Sudan. Focusing on the Sudan judiciary, characterized by an unrelenting rift between its civil and Sharia divisions, this book examines the various forces that sought to profit from these Manichaean resources
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-410) and index
