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| Southeast Asia |
| Maylasian Islamists take a beating in legislative elections |
| 2004-03-23 |
| by Eddie Toh, Business Times Hat tip: Instapundit; EFL MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi yesterday secured a stunning personal triumph, reversed a so-called green tide of Islamic fundamentalism, and energised his anti-corruption and corporate transparency drive. . . . Yesterday’s results suggested that [theocratic opposition party Parti Islam SeMalaysia]’s strength in the 1999 poll was built more on a Maly revolt against the handling of the Anwar saga than any fundamental shift in the Maly polity towards Islamic fundamentalism. Mr Abdullah said the landslide win signalled voters’ desire for development, economic progress, efficiency in the civil service and a clean and transparent government, key planks of his electoral strategy. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #2 well there really isn't a strong islamo party in el salvador but the puck socialists (former commy gurellas) took a beating in national polls. |
| Posted by: Dan 2004-3-23 10:47:59 AM |
| #1 El Salvador, and now Malaysia, voting distance between themselves and the islamist fucks. How different would it feel if Spain could have been the first on that list, but no. Spain will have to stand back and watch other peoples do what they should have done for themselves. |
| Posted by: Hyper 2004-3-23 9:33:48 AM |