THE GENDERING OF SPACES AND INSTITUTIONS OF ISLAMIC SOVEREIGNTY IN CONTEMPORARY SUDAN

In other words, the security establishment was the only state element capable of facilitating communication channels between all the active centers of the Islamic regime. [...]the security apparatus remains the major player, not only at the level of safeguarding the ruling regime but also at the level of political coordination.5 Afandi goes so far as to claim that that the security services played the largest role in the Sudanese government, in decision making and implementation, because this sector was fully aware of "the complexities of the situation." Rather than being rooted in declared religious and social norms, public order laws have a political value of controlling and disrupting activists and public collective action. [...]the mechanisms of public order laws tend to become more strident during times of political tension.52 The women's movement is one of the oldest social movements in Sudan, and has long been characterized by its multiple perspectives and diverse intellectual, religious, and ideological schools of thought.