Christianity
Sudan was predominantly Christian at the time of the arrival of Islam in the seventh and eighth century. The indigenous Nubian Coptic christians continued to compose a substantial portion of the regions's population up until the nineteenth century, when most were forced to convert to Islam under the Mahdist state (1881-1898). The Coptic Orthodox Church's influence is still marginally present in Sudan, with several hundred thousand remaining adherents.
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—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
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