and eastern provinces was a point of contention in the negotiations. Some observers wondered whether hard line elements in the north would allow the treaty to proceed. A final peace treaty was signed on 9 January 2005 in Nairobi. The terms of the peace treaty are as follows: The south will have autonomy for six years, followed by a referendum on secession. Both sides of the conflict will merge their armed forces into a 39,000-strong force after six years, if the secession referendum should turn out negative. Income from oilfields is to be shared evenly between north and south. Jobs are to be split according to varying ratios (central administration: 70 to 30, Abyei/Blue Nile State/Nuba mountains: 55 to 45, both in favour of the government). Islamic law is to remain in the north, while continued use of the sharia in the south is to be decided by the elected assembly. Islamisation The decade of the 1990s also experienced a tendency to impose strict Sharia-based Islamic laws and practices under the National Islamic Front and Hasan al-Turabi. Education was overhauled to focus on the importance of Arab and Islamic culture, for example by memorizing the Quran in religious institutions; school uniforms were replaced with combat fatigues and students engaged in paramilitary drills. Religious police ensured that women were veiled, especially in government offices and universities. The former, more tolerant political culture became much harsher, with human rights groups alleging a proliferation of torture chambers known as "ghost houses" used by security agencies. The war against the non-Muslim south was declared a jihad. On state television, actors simulated "weddings" between jihad martyrs and heavenly virgins (houris). Turabi also gave asylum and assistance to non-Sudanese Islamists, including Osama bin Laden and other Al Qaeda members. Recent history (2006 to 2011) On 31 August 2006, the United Nations Security Council approved Resolution 1706 to send a new peacekeeping force of 17,300 to Darfur. In the following months, however, UNMIS was not able to deploy to Darfur due to the Government of the Sudan's steadfast opposition to a peacekeeping operation undertaken solely by the United Nations. The UN then embarked on an alternative, innovative approach to try to begin stabilize the region through the phased strengthening of AMIS, before transfer of authority to a joint African Union/United Nations peacekeeping operation. Following prolonged and intensive negotiations with the Government of the Sudan and significant international