Following the secession of the christian and animist south , they wanted sudan to become an islamic state .
基督徒和万物有灵论者占主导的南部苏丹分裂独立之后，他们希望苏丹能成为一个伊斯兰国家。
It was profoundly undemocratic , but it kept the ethnic peace and provided predictability . Under this informal agreement , the presidency alternated for two terms between the muslim north and the christian and animist south .
