His music and lyrics spoke to a more secularist and inclusive Sudan, which contrasted with the rise of more conservative Islamic leanings by Omar al-Bashir's government.
"It is likely that the jurors will see in the gallery of the courtroom a significant number of the defendant's supporters," prosecutors wrote, "naturally leading to juror speculation that at least some of these spectators might share the defendant's violent radical Islamic leanings".
"It is purely speculative — and presumptuous — to suggest that a juror will see a certain face in the audience and jump to the conclusion that the spectator has 'violent radical Islamic leanings' that will result in a direct threat to the juror's personal safety," the lawyers wrote.
Perhaps Turkey, which Obama visited last month, served as a more ideal and dynamic location due to its successful marriage of secular democracy and Islam, as evidenced by the election of the AKP party, a moderate, pro-western political party with Islamic leanings.
The gunman -- who investigators said may have had radical Islamic leanings -- was killed by a SWAT team after taking hostages at Pulse, a popular gay club, investigators said at an early morning news conference.
In the Orlando mass killing, Orlando officials and the FBI, even after branding the massacre "domestic terrorism," didn't depart from the scrip and quickly speculated that the alleged shooter, Omar Mateen, whose family is from Afghanistan, may have had "radical Islamic leanings".
