With talks suspended between protest leaders and Sudan's military over a transfer of power to civilian rule, Islamist movements are backing the army in the hope it will keep sharia law in place.
They have also backed the army's demands that the head of Sudan's new governing body be a military figure -- putting them at odds with protesters who want civilian rule.
"But the sovereign council should be headed by the armed forces because there is a security problem." But the protest leaders have remained silent on whether sharia has a place in Sudan's future, arguing that their main concern is installing a civilian administration.Ultraconservative preacher Abdelhay Yousef, a leader of the Nusrat Al-Sharia movement, drew large crowds Friday at a mosque in the capital's southern Jabra district.
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