New Sudan Sample Clauses

New Sudan. A bone of contention was also the lack of recognition of the country as a highly diverse one against the quest to divorce the role of religion from state-governance. These were the envisaged problems that a comprehensive agreement of this nature was expected to address. In this context, therefore, the solution according to actors of this school is that there was a need for a „new Sudan‟ to emerge that is not founded on religious principles. While recognizing religion but not as determinant or basis of governance, inclusion or exclusion in political participation, access to common wealth and ultimately to make unity of Sudan attractive to all and sundry.141 The leading proponent of this objective was the SPLM/A leader, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ who was quoted while explaining the content of the CPA as saying: “Arabism cannot unite us, Pan-Africanism cannot unite us, Islam or Christianity cannot unite us, only „Sudanism‟ can unite us…Let us drop this crazy idea that we must be Arabs, even God will not 139 ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇. (1983): “▇▇▇▇, Liberal Legacies and Foreign Affairs; Philosophy and Public Affairs.” 12(3) Summer and Fall., pp.203-235. 140 International Crisis Group, „Sudan: Justice, Peace and the ICC‟ African Report No 152, 17 July 2009. 141 International Crisis Group, Op. cit. accept this. It is his infinite wisdom that made all of the 500 ethnic groups in Sudan, who is this to amend God‟s creation?”142