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Old Mar 30, 2005, 07:29 am   #11 (permalink) (top)
Matt W
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How exactly do you class Golkar as a Muslim party? 61% of the vote. In Indonesia, that is a HUGE number of people. As for your 'huge rallies' in 8 provinces, I ask, where's your source?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/3712478.stm

As for Egypt:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mid...les/737642.stm

The key quote here is:

Quote:
The country holds presidential referendums on a single candidate approved by parliament.
How exactly is this in any way similar to the elections that Bush, Blair and Chirac have fought?

And finally...here's a brief article on Malaysia:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/4232451.stm


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