Word: fundamentalistic
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...traditional patriarchy begins to disintegrate. The Palestine Liberation Organization still serves as banner and facade, but many Palestinians believe that it is increasingly feckless, corrupt and out of touch. The failures of leadership on either side of the struggle collaborate to create a sense of hopelessness. Hamas, the fundamentalist Islamic movement, feeds handsomely upon the ambient despair...
TUNISIA. The country most likely to be shaken by the vote in Algeria is neighboring Tunisia, which also held municipal and regional elections last week. Unlike that in Algeria, Tunisia's Islamic movement, Ennahdha, was banned from fielding candidates. That decision no doubt stemmed from the strong fundamentalist showing in legislative elections in April 1989, when Islamic militants, running as independents, took about 12% of the vote. The ruling party of President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali claimed last week that it had garnered 99% of the vote -- hardly a democratic outcome...
...course than did his predecessor. He reopened the Islamic university in Tunis, pardoned some 10,000 political prisoners, loosened press restrictions and encouraged the creation of non-Islamic parties. Ben Ali's gravest challenge may come from students and unemployed youths, who will no doubt be inspired by the fundamentalist success in Algeria...
...riots in April 1989 convinced King Hussein that he needed to engage the public in the kingdom's political and economic problems. Last November he called the first national elections in 22 years. The result was telling: of the 80 parliamentarians elected, 34 were members or supporters of the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood. Although the moderate Brotherhood was the only organized opposition force to stand in the elections, Arab leaders read the outcome as a confirmation of their worst fears. While Hussein favors continued reforms, he retains absolute control of defense and foreign policy...
...fundamentalist victory alarms the Arab world. -- Israel vs. the U.S.: Who ya gonna call? -- In the Balkans the game is different, but the players are still pretty much the same...