Editing Sudan (section)

=== Religion ===
{{Main|Religion in Sudan}}

At the 2011 division which split off South Sudan, over 97% of the population in the remaining Sudan adhered to [[Islam]].<ref name="Islam in Sudan1">{{cite web|url=http://www.sd.undp.org/sudan%20overview.htm |title=Sudan Overview |publisher=UNDP Sudan |access-date=20 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605132439/http://www.sd.undp.org/sudan%20overview.htm |archive-date=5 June 2012 }}</ref> Most Muslims are divided between two groups: [[Sufism|Sufi]] and [[Salafi]] [[Muslims]]. Two popular divisions of [[Sufism]], the Ansar and the Khatmia, are associated with the opposition Umma and Democratic Unionist parties, respectively. Only the [[Darfur]] region has traditionally been bereft of the Sufi brotherhoods common in the rest of the country.<ref>Hamid Eltgani Ali, [https://books.google.com/books?id=4BNUBAAAQBAJ&q=warsh&pg=PA9 Darfur's Political Economy: A Quest for Development], pg. 9. Abingdon-on-Thames: Routledge, 2014. {{ISBN|9781317964643}}</ref>

Long-established groups of [[Coptic Orthodox Church|Coptic Orthodox]] and [[Greek Orthodox Church|Greek Orthodox Christians]] exist in Khartoum and other northern cities. [[Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church|Ethiopian]] and [[Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church|Eritrean Orthodox]] communities also exist in Khartoum and eastern Sudan, largely made up of refugees and migrants from the past few decades. The [[Armenian Apostolic Church]] also has a presence serving the Sudanese-Armenians. The [[Sudan Evangelical Presbyterian Church]] also has membership.{{fix|text=along with which others within current borders?}}

Religious identity plays a role in the country's political divisions. Northern and western Muslims have dominated the country's political and economic system since independence. The NCP draws much of its support from [[Islamists]], [[Salafis]]/[[Wahhabis]] and other conservative [[Arab-Muslims]] in the north. The [[Ummah|Umma]] Party has traditionally attracted Arab followers of the Ansar sect of Sufism as well as non-Arab Muslims from Darfur and Kordofan. The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) includes both [[Arabs|Arab]] and non-Arab [[Muslims]] in the north and east, especially those in the Khatmia Sufi sect.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}