The Sudan and its Mahdist movement are cited as examples of groups that applied Islamic law more strictly: ‘The only Moslim authorities which have to some extent fulfilled their duty in this respect belong to comparatively small sects, regarded by most of their co-religionists as heretical, as for example the Wahhabites who arose in the interior of Arabia towards the end of the eighteenth century, and in later times the Mahdists in the Sudan.’ Also: ‘The sympathies of the conservative party are much more with the Mahdists of the Sudan and the Achehnese in their battle against destiny than with the emancipated officials of the new regime.‘
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Source
The Achehnese, Vol. II, by Dr. C. Snouck Hurgronje, translated by A.W.S. O’Sullivan, indexed by R.J. Wilkinson. Leyden: E.J. Brill, 1906.