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...started last week when Mahathir fired his ambitious deputy, Anwar Ibrahim, in a dispute over economic policy, and then had him arrested for what appeared to be trumped-up charges of adultery, sodomy and bestiality. By Tuesday, the incident seemed ready to blow up in the prime minister's face. Amid protests by furious Anwar supporters, police surrounded the jailed deputy's home, threatening to arrest Anwar's wife for telling reporters that authorities had injected her husband with the AIDS virus during his detention...
...measure, the heads of those advisers who had pushed for IMF-style prescriptions immediately began to roll. Last week saw the resignations of the central bank governor, Ahmad Muhammed Don, and his deputy, FongWeng Phak. On Wednesday, Mahathir fired his IMF-friendly deputy prime minister and sometime political rival, Anwar Ibrahim, after Anwar refused to resign...
...Tuesday, then lurched upward Wednesday as investors scrambled for bargains; the next few weeks will likely be turbulent as investors and speculators learn the ropes of what will be a very different Malaysia as far as outsiders are concerned. Inside Malaysia, Mahathir?s plan has already caused chaos ?- after Anwar?s sacking, three truckloads of riot police were dispatched to the prime minister?s residence to quell protests by Anwar supporters...
What comes to mind when an Islamic fundamentalist turns up in the news? Egyptian soldiers assassinating Anwar Sadat? A Palestinian suicide bomber blowing up an Israeli market? In an age when Islamic fundamentalism has become a cliche associated with gruesome acts of terrorism, one image that usually does not spring up is that of a Muslim activist like Mohammed Abdul Koddus...
...path to Allah began in earnest one day in 1974 when President Anwar Sadat, Nasser's successor, abruptly ordered veteran leaders of the Brotherhood released from prison. Abdul Koddus, who was working for a Cairo paper, went to interview them and immediately became attracted to the group and its leader, Omar Tilmisani, who stressed tolerance and exemplary personal behavior. By 1976, Abdul Koddus had stopped drinking alcohol, married the daughter of a prominent Muslim preacher and joined the Brotherhood...