Muslims, like those of 2011 uprisings before the counter-revolution, and like those in Algeria, are not led by Islamists and are not demanding an Islamic state. Weird, isn't it?
Sudan's military rulers "responded to a draft constitutional document presented to it by a coalition of protest groups and political parties."
Putting pressure would at most achieve modest reforms (see Tunisia). Genuine change requires a radical movement and a radical programme. This is even argued by a liberal scholar like Marina Ottaway, for example.
"Inside the Massive Sit-In Fuelling Sudan's Revolution"
Sudan's military rulers "responded to a draft constitutional document presented to it by a coalition of protest groups and political parties."
The Transitional Military Council's leaders said "the document omitted Islamic law, which they said remained the bedrock of all laws."
David Pilling from the Financial Times wrote: "there is a retro-revolutionary feel to a movement that has both a secular and a syndicalist tinge."
I am not opitmistic though when it comes to toppling the regime. There is no strategy to either take over state institutions or build a dual power. The army is still intact and there is no organisation to carry pit an insurrection.David Pilling from the Financial Times wrote: "there is a retro-revolutionary feel to a movement that has both a secular and a syndicalist tinge."
Putting pressure would at most achieve modest reforms (see Tunisia). Genuine change requires a radical movement and a radical programme. This is even argued by a liberal scholar like Marina Ottaway, for example.
"Inside the Massive Sit-In Fuelling Sudan's Revolution"