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Eritrea for the influence of Mr. Al-Khatim, whose influence is considered a natural extension of the influence of Mrs. Maryam Al-Mirghani, daughter of Mr. Muhammad Hashim bin Mr. Muhammad Othman Al-Khatim.
The departure of Mr. Muhammad Sir Al-Khatim from the leadership of Mr. Muhammad Othman has become a reality after his joining the National Congress. He loses the entire Eastern region, as he had previously lost the region under the influence of Mr. Al-Hassan, which includes Kassala and its surroundings to Gadarif. Mr. Sir Al-Khatim does not consider his influence to stop at the Red Sea region. Mrs. Maryam, who is his successor (followers of the Khatmiyya order), had followers in northern Sudan towards the families of Abu Sha'ar and Wad Al-Fandi and the family of Abu Sham, in the areas of Al-Riyathab and Atbara, and others.
The man believes in the changes happening around him and has a commendable interest in reviving and renewing the Khatmiyya order. This is why he is pushing his son, Mr. Ibrahim, to be his successor. He is a enlightened young man who graduated from the American University.
As for the followers who have moved away from the leadership of Mr. Muhammad Othman in the Khatmiyya order, they are many. Among the most prominent are Professor Muhammad Othman Khalifa, former Director of the Sudanese Islamic Bank, whose tenure was an example of reform in the Islamic Bank, and Sheikh Al-Fatih Othman Al-Zubair, who declared his support for the Salvation Process, and Sheikh Muhammad Al-Amin, and Al-Faki Ali Bak Birir, one of the leaders of the Khatmiyya who joined the National Congress, and Abdul Rahim Ali Jad Allah, one of the successors of the Khatmiyya in West Shandi, and Khalifa Abu Shara, in the area of Hajar Al-Tair and Al-Basabir. These are examples of some of the successors who have influence in their regions, in addition to some personalities who have individually broken away from the allegiance of Mr. Muhammad Othman.
Many view Mr. Muhammad Othman as a person seeking personal gains without regard for his religious or political entity. Those who were around him have divided into groups. The largest group around him now is the group of Sheikh Abdul Aziz Muhammad Al-Hassan, Imam and preacher of the Great Sayyid Ali Mosque in Khartoum Bahri, and it includes a group of young men such as: Abdul Wahab Al-Turabi, from the Al-Turabi family, a young man with a religious education who has completed part of his higher studies and is the secretary of the Khatmiyya authority, and Nizar Muhammad Al-Hassan, Salah Sir Al-Khatim, and Saif Al-Yazal Muhammad Ahmed, all of whom are from