Although Many, Islamic Parties Have Never Won
Tuesday, March 19, 2002
Indonesia is the largest Muslim country in the world and host to many Islamic political parties. Yet general elections are always won by non-Islamic parties.
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INDONESIA is not only the largest Muslim country, it also boasts the most Islamic parties in the world. Strangely, in the history of our general elections, no Islamic party has ever won by a majority—either collectively or individually.
In the early days of independence, there was a single Islamic Party: the Indonesian Muslim Syuro Assembly (Masyumi). As a continuation of the Indonesian-Style Islamic Assembly (MIAI), it was a federatio
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