Aba Island massacre
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==Background== |
==Background== |
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Aba island is the birthplace of [[Muhammad Ahmad]] who led the [[Mahdist War|Mahdi revolution]] against the Anglo-Egyptian forces. Aba island has served as a pilgrimage spot for the religious islamist followers of the Mahdi named Ansar.{{sfn|Warburg|2003|pp=89}} |
Aba island is the birthplace of [[Muhammad Ahmad]] who led the [[Mahdist War|Mahdi revolution]] against the Anglo-Egyptian forces. Aba island has served as a pilgrimage spot for the religious islamist followers of the Mahdi named Ansar.{{sfn|Warburg|2003|pp=89}} In November 1969 [[Gaafar Nimeiry]] came to power following a [[1969 Sudanese coup d'état|military coup]]. The Ansar led opposition was opposed to the Coup, and the Leader of the Ansar[[Al-Hadi al-Mahdi]] withdrew to his followers to Aba Island. In March 1970 Nimeiri tried to visit the island to talk with Al-Hadi al-Mahdi, but was prevented by demonstrations.{{sfn|Fadlalla|2004|pp=45, 46}} |
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==The massacre== |
==The massacre== |
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The massacre happened on 27 March 1970 when the president of Sudan |
The massacre happened on 27 March 1970 when the president of Sudan Gaafar Nimeiry responded to the huge demonstration led by the opposition party [[National Front (Sudan)|National Front]] against him in [[Khartoum]]. With the help of [[Egyptian Air Force]] (allegedly commanded by a young air force chief of staff [[Hosni Mubarak]]) Nimeiry bombed the island.{{cite book |last1=Cockett |first1=Richard |title=Sudan: the failure and division of an African state |date=2016 |publisher=Yale University Press |location=New Haven |isbn=978-0300215311 |page=63 |edition=Second}} Aba Island which had a population of around 40,000 Ansar was decimated in the bombing which lasted around two days{{cite journal |last1=Warburg |first1=Gabriel |title=Mahdism and Islamism in Sudan |journal=International Journal of Middle East Studies |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/176093|date=May 1995 |volume=27 |issue=2 |page=222 |doi=10.1017/S0020743800061894 |access-date=20 April 2026}} The attacked killed around 12,00 Ansar and lead to number of Coup attempts against Nimeiry.{{cite journal |last1=Warburg |first1=Gabriel R. |title=Islam and State in Numayri's Sudan |journal=Africa |date=October 1985 |volume=55 |issue=4 |page=403 |doi=10.2307/1160174}} |
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==References== |
==References== |
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===Books=== |
===Books=== |
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*{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dymO_3uCQagC&pg=PA45 |
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|title=Short History of Sudan |
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|last=Fadlalla |first=Mohamed H. |
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|year=2004 |
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|isbn=0-595-31425-2}} |
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*{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3G-7lIvwbLgC&pg=PA81 |
*{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3G-7lIvwbLgC&pg=PA81 |
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|chapter=Sayyid 'Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi, 1885 - 1959 |
|chapter=Sayyid 'Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi, 1885 - 1959 |
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