The research problem relates to two aspects. The first concerns the consciousness of Sufism by changing the image type towards them, and the second relates aspect of Sufi awareness of the change towards them is the tendency of Sufi sheikhs to change the traditional image of the Sufi Sheikh. The research study the problem through a number of changes brought about by the period of the rule of political Islam in Sudan at the period from 1989 to date. One of the most important research result is that societal and political reality has imposed great transformations in the image of the traditional mystic in society.
The research problem relates to two aspects. The first concerns the consciousness of Sufism by changing the image type towards them, and the second relates aspect of Sufi awareness of the change towards them is the tendency of Sufi sheikhs to change the traditional image of the Sufi Sheikh. The research study the problem through a number of changes brought about by the period of the rule of political Islam in Sudan at the period from 1989 to date. One of the most important research result is that societal and political reality has imposed great transformations in the image of the traditional mystic in society.