Search Details

Word: masjumi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Most Indonesians trusted Dr. Djuanda; they did not trust Sukarno's pro-Red ministers. Principal target of criticism was Stalin Peace Prizewinner Prijono, whom Sukarno named Minister of Education. Opposition politicians (including the powerful Moslem anti-Communist Masjumi Party, Indonesia's second largest, which ordered a boycott of the Cabinet), objected to at least three other Communist-line ministers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDONESIA: If God Wills It . . . | 4/22/1957 | See Source »

...once knew no bounds. Accusing India of "obvious hypocrisy," Burma's English-language Nation charged that Nehru "has shown himself capable on this issue of flouting the principles he so ardently preaches to other countries." The annexation of Kashmir, said Abadi, voice of Indonesia's powerful Moslem Masjumi Party, "places India on the same level with Soviet Russia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: With One Voice | 2/11/1957 | See Source »

...last week, goateed Ali Sastroamidjojo looked more like a prisoner entering the dock than a Prime Minister about to make a policy statement. For once, appearances were not deceptive. Between his failure to put an end to military revolts in Sumatra and the recent withdrawal of the powerful Moslem Masjumi Party from his Cabinet, Premier Ali was indeed a man on trial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDONESIA: On Trial | 2/4/1957 | See Source »

...Indonesia (pop. 80 million) got around to holding a general election last September. Five months later the ballots, from jungle villages and distant islands, were counted. Of the 172 parties contending for the 260 seats in the new Parliament, two finished in a dead heat: the Nationalists and Masjumi (Moslem) Parties, each with 57 seats. In fourth place, with a surprising 39 seats, were the Communists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDONESIA: The Other Bank | 4/2/1956 | See Source »

...army broke up his opportunistic regime last July, Sastroamidjojo had handed over nearly a third of the top government posts to Communists or Communist sympathizers. But this time Sastroamidjojo showed no disposition to repeat his mistake. Ignoring the Communists completely, he formed a Cabinet largely drawn from the Nationalists, Masjumi and Moslem Teachers Parties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDONESIA: The Other Bank | 4/2/1956 | See Source »

Previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Next