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Article: Islamic party falters in Malaysia

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Jane Perlez
International Herald Tribune
03-22-2004
The major Islamic party in Malaysia lost significant ground in parliamentary and state elections here on Sunday, as the governing coalition of Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi coasted to victory, early results showed. The Islamic Party of Malaysia lost the state legislatures in the oil-rich northern state of Terengganu and in the state of Kalantan. In a humiliation, the leader of the party, Abdul Hadi Awang, lost his federal parliamentary seat.''If there is one thing that this election says, it is that Malaysia is rejecting the Islamization policies of PAS,'' said Bridget Welsh, a specialist on Malaysian politics, using the acronym ...

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