Egyptian nationalist Kämil advocated religious suasion rather than force to rule the Sudan

Evidence

In reality, the Muslims of the Sudan are very rigid and fanatical; they would never and will never accept that any but Muslims rule them. In order to win them over, it is not necessary to use force; rather, we will call to them in the name of Islam. We will send to them in the name of the khedive and the sultan a religious embassy consisting of several `ulamä´. It would be enough, in stanching the fire of the revolution between them and bringing them to our side, for us to enter their territory carrying the Holy Qur´an in one hand and the flag of the Prophet in the other. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 744

Categorization

• SEED: The image of Egyptian colonizers entering Sudan holding the Qur’an in one hand and the Prophet’s flag in the other inverts and Islamicizes the colonial ‘Bible and gun’ trope — a rich angle on how colonized peoples adopt imperial logic against other Africans.