The Justice and Equality Movement is a rebel group involved in the Darfur conflict. Along with other rebel groups such as the Sudan Liberation Army, they are fighting against the government-supported Janjaweed militia. The country of Sudan The Darfur conflict is an ongoing conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan, mainly between the Janjaweed, a government-supported militia recruited from local Arab tribes, and the non-Arab peoples of the region. ... The Sudan Liberation Army or SLA is a band of armed insurgents based in southern Sudan. ...
JEM espouses an Islamist ideology, and has been linked to Hassan al-Turabi, although leaders of the group and Turabi himself deny the claim. Islamism is a political ideology derived from the conservative religious views of Muslim fundamentalism. ... Dr. Hassan abd Allah al-Turabi (الدكتور حسن عبد الله الترابي in Arabic), commonly called Hassan al-Turabi (sometimes transliterated Hassan al-Tourabi) (حسن الترابي), is a political and religious leader in Sudan, who may have been instrumental in institutionalizing Islamic Sharia law in the northern part of the country. ...