«Sudan». Country Studies. Library of Congress. Consultado el 10 de enero de 2016. «The factors that provoked the military coup, primarily the closely intertwined issues of Islamic law and of the civil war in the south, remained unresolved in 1991. The September 1983 implementation of the sharia throughout the country had been controversial and provoked widespread resistance in the predominantly non-Muslim south ... Opposition to the sharia, especially to the application of hudud (sing., hadd), or Islamic penalties, such as the public amputation of hands for theft, was not confined to the south and had been a principal factor leading to the popular uprising of April 1985 that overthrew the government of Jaafar an Nimeiri».
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE [1](enlace roto disponible en este archivo). "SUDAN HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES", 1994, Section 1b, paragraph 4. Retrieved 7 February 2010
«Sudan at War With Itself». The Washington Post. Archivado desde el original el 15 de mayo de 2008. «The war flared again in 1983 after then-President Jaafar Nimeri abrogated the peace accord and announced he would turn Sudan into a Muslim Arab state, where Islamic law, or sharia, would prevail, including in the southern provinces. Sharia can include amputation of limbs for theft, public flogging and stoning. The war, fought between the government and several rebel groups, continued for two decades.»
«Sudan at War With Itself». The Washington Post. Archivado desde el original el 15 de mayo de 2008. «The war flared again in 1983 after then-President Jaafar Nimeri abrogated the peace accord and announced he would turn Sudan into a Muslim Arab state, where Islamic law, or sharia, would prevail, including in the southern provinces. Sharia can include amputation of limbs for theft, public flogging and stoning. The war, fought between the government and several rebel groups, continued for two decades.»
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE [1](enlace roto disponible en este archivo). "SUDAN HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES", 1994, Section 1b, paragraph 4. Retrieved 7 February 2010
