A Council of the Finest
August 2, 2005
THE driving force of the Justice & Prosperity Party (PKS) is a 51-member council called the Majelis Syuro (Advisory Council). It is basically the brains of this Islam-based party, which decides on all the partys important steps. The extent of its power is very wide. Majelis Syuro decides on the political guidelines, appoints the partys general chairman. On some occasions it even decides where the center of the party should move (hijrah) to, from
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