بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
[From the speeches of the Annual Khilafah (Caliphate) Conference organized by the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir on Saturday, 21 Rajab 1447 AH, corresponding to 10 January 2026 CE, broadcast via the TV channel of the Hizb, Al-Waqiyah TV under the title, “The Khilafah (Caliphate): The Vital Issue of the Ummah”]
Sudan and the New Borders of Blood
(Translated)
Ustadh Nasser Ridha Muhammad Othman, Chairman of the Central Contact Committee of Hizb ut Tahrir in Wilayah Sudan
From the great Sudan of Islam, the Sudan of the ancient Islamic dominions; from the Sudan of the ancient Dongola Masjid built by the early Muslims; From Sudan, which has known Islam since the time of the Khaleefah Rashid, Uthman ibn Affan, who ordered his wali (governor) of Egypt, Abdullah ibn Saad ibn Abi Sarh, to conquer the lands of Sudan. He opened the land of Nubia in the north and entered their capital, Dongola, where he found an ancient masjid. He concluded a treaty with them called the Treaty of Baqt, one of the conditions of which was the care and maintenance of the Dongola Masjid.
Then, the Muslims continued to show interest in the land of Sudan, considering it the western gateway to the Two Sacred Masjids (al-Haramayn). There were successive conquests to protect the sanctities of the Muslims. Muslims entered Sudan during the Umayyad and Abbasid Khilafah, as well as during the Mamluk era, when Sultan Baybars led the armies and established garrisons in Suakin, Massawa, and Berbera to protect the Red Sea from Portuguese attacks that aimed to destroy the Kaaba and desecrate the grave of the Prophet (saw).
The Ottomans also did the same, and Sudan remained in the sights of the Islamic state, out of concern for the sanctities of the Muslims in the land of the Two Sacred Masajids (al-Haramayn). Just as Muslims were covetous of Sudan, so too were the Western, disbelieving colonialist powers, determined to prevent the spread of Islam into the heart of Africa. Sudan is considered the gateway of Islam to the heart of Africa, and its eastern coast stretches for approximately 853 kilometers along the Red Sea, or the Bahr al-Qulzum, as it was known in ancient times. This is one of the most important waterways connecting East Africa and Asia to Europe, with 13% to 30% of global trade passing through it. Furthermore, Sudan is a country rich in resources and wealth.
This is precisely what Human Rights Watch expressed in the early 1990s, stating that oil and religion were the factors that propelled Sudan to the top of the American administration’s priorities.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, America became the sole superpower, free to act as it pleased, interfering in the affairs of other countries, and disregarding the concept of the nation-state established by Europe at the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648. In 1884, European powers held a conference in Berlin to regulate the scramble for Africa, after Bismarck foresaw the potential for a European war over colonies. They proceeded to divide African countries among themselves, carving them up with European precision, similar to what happened in the Arab world with the Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916, which formalized the division of the region along new colonialist borders.
To protect its interests and safeguard its protégé, the Jewish entity, which is the spearhead in implementing its criminal plan to divide the Muslim countries and prevent the return of the Khilafah, America worked to destabilize the countries of the Red Sea basin. It divided Somalia into three states, Ethiopia into two, and Sudan into two, and the process continues. Yemen is now on the verge of being divided into three states, and then Libya into two. All of this is to gain complete control over the Red Sea basin, a plan that originated with the idea of the Zionist devil Bernard Lewis, who was described as the executioner of the Middle East, and who called for further division of the already divided region under the Sykes-Picot Agreement, and a redrawing of the region’s borders. This is precisely what the US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, expressed in June 2006, when she said that the time had come for a comprehensive transformation of the Middle East region, which could be likened to a difficult surgical operation, and that redrawing the map of the Middle East would be the key to achieving what they believe to be political and social stability, that guarantees American economic interests in the region, foremost among them oil!
As for how America will redraw the region’s borders, in 2006, the American military magazine, Armed Forces Journal, published an article entitled, “Blood borders:
How a better Middle East would look” written by the American military strategist, the retired lieutenant colonel Ralph Peters, which included a new map of the region based on ethnic and sectarian lines. A year after Ralph Peters’ blood borders maps, The Atlantic published maps with new borders for the Middle East, accompanying articles by the American Zionist Jeffrey Goldberg, who belongs to the same political wing as Ralph Peters in American politics.
Therefore, the absurd and cursed war in Sudan, ignited by America to eliminate British influence in Sudan, separate the Darfur region, and tear apart what remained of Sudan, after separating its south from its north, can be considered a link in a long chain targeting the entire region, not just Sudan. The tweet of Edy Cohen (Edward Haïm Cohen Halala), commenting on the UAE’s announcement of its withdrawal from Yemen after supplying weapons that fueled the Yemeni war, stated with utter shamelessness and audacity, “We will not withdraw from Sirte, nor from El Fasher, nor from Berbera, nor from Al Mahra,” confirming the dirty role played by the Jewish entity in the wars of division and the bloody borders in the region for the benefit of America.
In the face of this shameful situation in which the Ummah finds itself, torn apart by wolves, its land, honor, and religion violated, we say:
When have wolves ever refrained from devouring their prey... when they have the power to kill the helpless?
Indeed, every nation’s rights are lost in vain... if its rights are not supported by powerful weapons.
Ralph Peters, and likewise the major colonialist powers coveting our lands, have attempted to promote the process of dividing and fragmenting existing states, citing injustices against minorities or ethnic, racial, or sectarian differences. However, are division and secession the solution to these issues?
And so as not to stray from our topic of “Sudan and the New Borders of Blood,” let us take the example of South Sudan, which separated from Sudan, and before that, Sudan itself, which was separated from Egypt, where Egypt and Sudan were previously a single province in the Islamic state, before the British separated them. Then the Americans came and separated South Sudan from North Sudan. Has stability been achieved in Sudan, both north and south? Civil war has erupted anew in South Sudan, fueled by a toxic tribalism that has devastated the population. Corruption has also plagued the nascent state, rendering its vast resources, hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil, immense fisheries, and abundant agricultural and livestock wealth, useless. The South’s population of approximately eight million people, with an estimated eight million head of cattle, lives in abject poverty, ravaged by war, famine, and disease. The situation is equally dire in the North, where the Sudanese government lost 70% to 80% of its revenue, following the secession of the South and the loss of its oil fields. The country has faced a crushing economic crisis since the 2011 separation, exacerbated by the Darfur rebellion, which has raged since 2003.
The movement of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) northward and its control of the Nuba Mountains, South Kordofan, and Southern Blue Nile regions has spread the war and tensions to the new South Sudan, culminating in the latest conflict in 2023, instigated by the United States. Tragically, this war follows the pattern of Fourth-generation warfare (4GW), as described by Max Manwaring in his famous lecture. He characterized Fourth-generation warfare (4GW) as the use of militias composed of the country’s own citizens to ignite domestic conflict, destroying infrastructure and displacing populations, creating endless streams of refugees. These conflicts are ignited in one region and extinguished in another, until the ultimate goal is achieved: the slow erosion of the state, preventing its recovery and ensuring its inability to rebuild after this devastating war, which perfectly mirrors the current conflict in Sudan.
The question now is: how can we stop this destructive process and prevent the secession of Darfur and the further fragmentation of what remains of Sudan?
We say: Neither America nor its protégé, the Jewish entity, would have been able to tamper with our country and tear it apart were it not for the presence of traitorous, subservient rulers who work to implement these divisive schemes, just as Bashir and his government did by separating the South. He even stated in a press interview, “We have information that America wants to divide Sudan into five states and is working to separate the South.” Sadly, Bashir himself was among the first to congratulate the newly formed South Sudanese state, saying verbatim, “We gave them a fully-fledged state with its people and its oil...”
And now, Al-Burhan is following the same path, serving America and its wicked plan to separate Darfur, by enabling the Rapid Support Forces with weapons and manpower, and empowering them within the state institutions of Sudan, until they became a monster that could have devoured the entire country were it not for Allah’s (swt) grace and the loyal and dedicated Shabab of the Ummah, who confronted their crimes and exposed Al-Burhan and his army commanders. Therefore, the matter is clear: the path to salvation lies in getting rid of the agents and traitors within, cutting off foreign interference, and adopting a system of governance based on the Islamic Aqeedah (doctrine), the aqeedah of the Ummah, which gives everyone their due rights and establishes a state of justice, fairness, and redress.
This is undoubtedly none other than the Khilafah Rashidah (Rightly-Guided Caliphate) on the Method of Prophethood, and the way to achieve it is through the response of the sincere sons of the Ummah in the armed forces, and other military forces, by seizing power from the hands of the agents and traitors and enabling the Ummah to pledge the Bayah of allegiance to an Imam, who will establish the rule of Shariah and Deen, in support of the members of Hizb ut Tahrir, who are working to establish the Khilafah Rashidah on the Method of Prophethood.
Only through the Khilafah can we live a truly Islamic way of life in obedience to Allah (swt). Only through the Khilafah can honor and dignity be preserved. Only through the Khilafah can the Islamic Ummah be unified and its lands protected. Only through the Khilafah can we reclaim the Ummah's plundered wealth and its violated rights. So, O Shabab (men and women) of the Islamic Ummah, roll up your sleeves and work diligently with Hizb ut Tahrir, the guide who does not lie, betray, or deceive his people, until our efforts are crowned with victory and empowerment for the Islamic Ummah and the establishment of the Deen of Allah (swt).
[يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اسْتَجِيبُوا لِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ إِذَا دَعَاكُمْ لِمَا يُحْيِيكُمْ وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَحُولُ بَيْنَ الْمَرْءِ وَقَلْبِهِ وَأَنَّهُ إِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ]
“O you who have believed, respond to Allah and to the Messenger when he calls you to that which gives you life. And know that Allah intervenes between a man and his heart, and know that to Him you will be gathered.” [TMQ Surah Al-Anfal: 24]