The War in Darfur , also nicknamed Name_conferral the Land Cruiser War , is a major armed conflict Hostile_encounter in the Darfur region of Sudan that began Process_start in February 2003 when the Sudan Liberation Movement ( SLM ) and the Justice and Equality Movement ( JEM ) rebel groups began Process_start fighting Hostile_encounter the government of Sudan , which they accused Judgment_communication of oppressing Darfur 's non-Arab population .

The other side is made up Creating of rebel groups , notably the SLM/A and the JEM , recruited Becoming_a_member primarily from the non-Arab Muslim Fur , Zaghawa , and Masalit ethnic groups .

Coming to power three decades after the death of the Muslim prophet Muhammad and immediately after the Rashidun Caliphate , the Umayyads were a feudal Arab empire ruling Control over a population which was overwhelmingly non-Arab as well as primarily non-Muslim .