Simplify the following text for a Grade 11 native English-speaking person.
Original: The JEM embraces an Islamist ideology , and although the Sudanese government links the group directly to Hassan al-Turabi , leaders of the group and al-Turabi himself deny that claim .
Simplified: JEM has an Islamist ideology , and the government links the group to Hassan al-Turabi , although leaders of the group and Turabi himself deny the claim .