FUNDAMENTALISM IN POWER - SUDAN ISLAMIC EXPERIMENT

Sudan is a nation divided: its population in the north, where the majo rity resides, is culturally Arab, while the south shares the civilizat ion of black Africa. Faced with this diversity, the government has emb arked on a course of Islamization to unify Sudan. Although popular dis satisfaction with the Islamic state runs deep, Hassan al-Turabi, the c harismatic Islamic leader, and his followers are so well entrenched th at it may be impossible to get them out, even with elections.