(Associated Press)CAIRO — The Sudanese protesters who succeeded in driving President Omar al-Bashir from power say their revolution won’t be complete until they have dismantled what many describe as an Islamist-dominated “deep state” that underpinned his 30-year rule. “This Islamist deep state constitutes a formidable barrier to real change.”It’s unclear how much support Islamists have outside the government. Both the military council and the Sudanese Professionals Association, which spearheaded the protests against al-Bashir, condemned the violence. The military council is led by Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, a rare non-Islamist among the top military brass. “This process is likely to take some time as the deep state has been created over a period of 30 years.”___Associated Press writer Samy Magdy in Cairo contributed.

Source: Washington Post May 04, 2019 06:19 UTC