There is no doubt that since the National Islamic Front (NIF)/National Congress Party (NCP) came to power by coup in 1989, has got its own agenda to implement and achieve. It termed itself salvation government that comes to the rescue of the Sudanese people, but no sooner its true policy was revealed which is implementing Arabism and Islamization.Rathere than Sudanism Let us look at the Sudanese people: Hypothetically, the Muslims in Sudan are the majority but not all of them are Arabs, despite the fact that all Sudanese are blacks, those few elites ruling Sudan are spearheading Arabism as replacement for Sudanism as their national, and want to propel themselves to be Arabs at the expense of the large non-Arab population in the country, not only that but are enforcing Arabism and Islam on the others. And that is the problematic issue in Sudan, lack of national government structure to unite all the Sudanese instead of the sectarian form of government which has torn the whole country apart. The black African Muslims in Sudan know that they are not Arabs and will never be one day on equal foot with Arabs in Sudan. Thus, I believe this is an awakening call for all Sudanese people to wake up and not to renounce their own African or Arab origins, but to adhere to the richness of their multi-ethnic, religious and cultural diversity which formed current Sudan, not with the aim of imposing each groups” religion and culture on the others, but with the goal of forming their inimitable national identity which is SUDANISM. Islamic religion is a well respected faith but has been polluted and tarnished by the human wickedness .Darfur is the typical example of Sudan”s Muslim-Muslim discrimination on color and racial bases. Darfurians are all black African Muslims and not Arabs but according to the Islamic ethics, any Muslim is your brother and sister in Islam regardless of race and color and all the Muslims have to have the cohesion, to defend and offer sacrifice for their Muslim brothers and sisters anywhere on earth, as we have seen in Afghanistan and Bosnia as well as when the Jihad or Holy war was declared against south Sudan, and south Sudanese were considered pagans and enemies of Islam and Arabs. I am proud of my black skin and love my Sudansim because I am a Sudanese and that is my identity and nationality which I am enormously contented with and ready to kick the bucket for. But our so-called brothers in Khartoum are not happy with the black Sudanese people and are seeking replacing African Sudanese people by outsiders, so that tomorrow Sudan would be purely an Arab and Muslim country. Roba Gibia is a Sudan Tribune journalist. He is also the author of the book John Garang and the Vision of New Sudan. He can be reached at [email protected]
