Egyptian nationalists proposed religious rather than military conquest of 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

Category: Factual Claims

• XREF: Contrasts Egypt’s proposed ideological tool with Britain’s military one, directly serving the comparative colonial-tools theme.

Related

• Egyptian nationalist Kämil advocated religious suasion rather than force to rule the Sudan (similarity 0.89)
• Egyptian nationalists denied Britain any legal claim to the Sudan. (similarity 0.86)
• Egyptian nationalists claimed the Sudan as rightful Egyptian territory needing reconquest. (similarity 0.86)
• Egyptian nationalists saw Sudanese expansionism as threatening as British rule (similarity 0.85)
• Egyptian nationalists blamed Britain for provoking Sudanese rebellion against Egypt (similarity 0.85)
• Egyptian nationalists claimed Sudan as their own colony by right of conquest (similarity 0.85)
• Egyptian nationalists saw Egypt as uniquely placed between civilized Europe and fanatical Africa. (similarity 0.84)
• Egyptian nationalists adopted British colonial categories to justify dominating the Sudanese. (similarity 0.84)
• Egyptian nationalists claimed the Sudan was Egyptian territory won by Egyptian blood. (similarity 0.84)
• Egyptian nationalism combined British colonization with eagerness to recolonize the Sudan (similarity 0.83)
• Egyptian nationalists regarded the Sudan as Egyptian property to be reconquered. (similarity 0.83)
• Egyptian nationalists framed Sudan as family bound to Egyptian dictates, silencing Sudanese protest (similarity 0.83)
• Egyptian anti-colonial nationalists simultaneously dreamed of dominating the Sudan (similarity 0.83)
• Egyptian nationalists drew on ancient imperial precedent to justify Sudan conquest (similarity 0.83)
• Egyptian nationalists occupied a colonized-colonizer duality toward Britain and Sudan. (similarity 0.82)