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would prevent spread of the Muslim faith farther south. He was against the Muslim faith on the basis that it "may at any time break out into a wave of fanaticism". Owen's plan was approved by
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Mongalla was ruthless, often using what his superiors considered to be excessive force. This may have stemmed in part from his military background, in part from the endemic violence of the South Sudan after two decades of colonial activity. After Owen had been governor for
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When Hasan Sharif, son of
Khalifa Muhammad Sahif, was exiled to Mongalla in 1915 after taking part in a conspiracy in Ondurman, Governor Owen said "...I told him he is lucky to come and see this part of Sudan for nothing, when tourists pay hundreds of pounds ... I fear he doesn't see the joke...".
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Belgians. The Anglican and Roman Catholic missionaries asked that Sunday be retained as a sabbath, as it had under the Belgians, rather than Friday as in the rest of the Sudan. Owen opposed retaining Sunday. He felt that the more "bigoted" Muslims in the army would object to working on
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view was "...It matters very little to us which side they take in such a case, as if such a war took place (and no one expects it even will). There would be no fighting in Sinai β it would be somewhere else". This was ironic in view of the later exploits of
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almost ten years, Wingate described him as "not of that mentality which is altogether desirable, especially in the more remote districts".
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