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Can Sudan; one of Africa’s most diverse countries; function as an Islamic state? Mahmud Muhammad Taha posed an original answer to this question. Taha was the charismatic leader of the ""Republican Brothers and Sisters;"" a small group of Sudanese nationalists who called for a mystical; inclusive reinterpretation of Islam that ended traditional legal discriminations against women and non-Muslims. Taha’s followers pitched his sometimes controversial mix of law and mysticism on Sudanese street corners in the 1970s. Sudanese Islamist politicians; who used a more divisive interpretation of Islam; opposed him vigorously. When they gained control of the state in the chaotic 1980s; Taha was executed. In Taha’s first biography; Edward Thomas explores the life and ideas of an important Sudanese reformer who has become a symbol for resistance; tolerance and human rights.