Why Iran's clerics fear this election
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1508472,00.html
The choice of candidates today is wider than in any Arab country
Jonathan Steele
Friday June 17, 2005
The Guardian
It is one of the paradoxes of the modern Middle East that a higher
percentage of people attends Friday prayers in Turkey, an avowedly
secular state, than in the Islamic Republic of Iran. By the same token,
voters in Turkey's last election gave most support to an Islamist
party, while in Iran - where people choose a new president today -
Islam has not featured in the campaign, whether in posters, leaflets,
or speeches.
Jonathan Steele
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Iran
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