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Mahgoub was a rigid believer in the orthodox Mahdism preached by the Imam-too rigid, in fact, for his own good. Spurning conciliation, he turned the long-festering rebellion of the nation's three anti-Moslem southern provinces into a full-fledged civil war. He also alienated many members of his own government, a coalition of Umma and the Moslem National Union Party. With the coalition falling apart, Sadik last week decided that the time had come for him to move out of the back ground. Over the vociferous protests of his uncle, the Imam, he led Parliament...
...seeds of hatred are planted deep in Nigeria. Independence from Britain in 1960 left it divided into three mutually suspicious regions - separated tribally, politically and religiously. Five years of rule by the vast but backward Moslem North only made things worse, and by the time a military coup threw the Northerners out of power eight months ago, Nigeria had all but turned ungovernable. "This is more difficult than the Congo," admitted Major General Johnson Aguiyi Ironsi, who in herited the mess...
Ironsi tried his best to cool regional passions, declaring an end to the old federated government, tightening the powers of the central administration. All the while, he was gaining enemies and losing friends. The Moslem North resented its sudden loss of power - not to mention the assassination of Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and the Sardauna of Sokoto, the two most powerful Northern leaders. In the South, the young Ibo officers who had led the military coup accused Ironsi of appeasement when he refused to allow drastic retaliation after an abortive Northern uprising in June...
Britain's General Charles ("Chinese") Gordon blended military pragmatism with missionary zeal, a love of the Bible with a liking for brandy and soda. In 1884, after 100,000 Moslem fanatics had trapped an Egyptian army at Khartoum, Britain's Prime Minister William Gladstone sent Gordon (Charlton Heston) and one aide to rescue it. Gordon organized Khartoum for a 317-day defense against the dervishes of Mohammed Ahmed (Sir Laurence Olivier), who called himself the Mahdi, meaning "the Expected One." Khartoum finally fell on Jan. 26, 1885. Gordon, who had rejected the Mahdi's offer of safe...
...document itself is a rambling, 600-page manuscript, written by the 10th century Moslem theologian, Abd-al-Jabbar. About 140 pages of his text consist of an Arabic translation of a much older Syriac account of Nazarene beliefs, probably dating from the 5th century and presumably written by members of the sect. The Nazarenes, who claimed descent from Jesus' first disciples, were driven out of Palestine into Syria around 62 A.D. after a bitter quarrel with other Christians...