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November 6, 2002       Share:    

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/06/international/06ISLA.html

Islamists Gain Votes as U.S. Acts

(New York Times) Neil MacFarquhar - The sudden gain in votes by Islamist parties in recent elections in Pakistan, Bahrain, Morocco, and Turkey is being viewed as a sign that voters - at least in those few countries that actually allow free elections - want to assert pride in their faith to the outside world. "Arab and Muslim populations think the war against terrorism is nothing but a war against Islam, the culture of Islam, the Arab culture," said Professor Muhammad Darif of Hassan II University in Morocco. "The Islamist parties have been able to exploit this."

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