Sudanese media figure Tasabih Mubarak ignited debate after criticising Islamist factions and voicing support for TASIS governing authority in western Sudan.
Posting on Facebook, Mubarak said Islamist groups thwarted every attempt to end the war, ensuring the country now faces a “division of legitimacy.” She pointed to crowds in Nyala and neighbouring areas rallying around the Sudan Founding Alliance also known as TASIS, describing their presence as a force of “popular legitimacy.”
Mubarak stressed these demonstrations reject the narrative that Sudanese citizens stand united behind the Islamist-backed army. She argued that citizens in regions controlled by the Alliance—comprising the Rapid Support Forces, SPLM-North, and other movements—were deliberately cut off from Port Sudan.
According to her, the failure of the military to win a decisive victory left these communities isolated, punished, and forced into separation. Mubarak said no citizen in Nyala would now call upon northern Islamists to liberate them, noting decades of painful history under their rule.
She recalled the wars waged under Omar al-Bashir, accusing Islamist leaders of using religion and Arab identity to subjugate minorities. Her statement referenced atrocities in Darfur, from burned villages to ethnic cleansing, describing them as dark scars carried by marginalised communities.
Mubarak insisted the Sudan Founding Alliance seeks peace and unity but faces a daunting task amid entrenched divisions and historic grievances. She warned that years of Islamist policies deepened racism and hatred, leaving today’s new government to confront a fractured society and hostile rhetoric.
