EP54: Hassan al-Turabi
The Hated and the Dead - A podcast by Tom Leeman - Sundays
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Hassan al-Turabi is arguably the most important figure in Sudan's independent history. Whilst never technically leading the Northeast African country, he influenced successive Sudanese regimes, and was frequently referred to as the “power behind the throne” in the first ten years of the leadership of Omar al-Bashir.Turabi’s role in slowly imposing Sharia Law on the Sudanese people and instigating the 1989 coup that brought Bashir to power also made him one of the most successful Islamis...
