The Arab Congregation and the Ideology of Genocide in Darfur, Sudan

Abstract

Background: This article presents six documents related to  Al Tajamu Al Arabi, loosely translated here as the "Arab Congregation". Other translations are: the "Arab Coalition". ", Arab Gathering", "Arab Alliance" and "Arab Congress." The Arab Congregation was probably formed in the early 1980s, but gained momentum in the latter years of the same decade. Darfur has been a major site of operation for the Arab Congregation. This basic fact disguises the broader aim and geographic spread of the organization. Within Sudan, the Arab Congregation aims at displacing and controlling the indigenous populations of the entire country, though modestly starting with the six states of the western regions, or provinces, of Kordofan and Darfur.