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        "msgid": "pas-to-keep-islamic-name-1447893297",
        "date": "2000-06-04 00:00:00",
        "title": "PAS to keep Islamic name",
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        "source": "REUTERS",
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        "summary": "PAS to keep Islamic name KUALA TERENGGANU, Malaysia (Reuters): Malaysia's conservative Islamic party on Saturday vowed to resist any government effort to strip the word Islam from its name as it grappled with widening its appeal to non-Moslems. Delegates attending the opposition Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) convention in Kuala Terengganu, 450 km (270 miles) east of Kuala Lumpur, said the word was synonymous with the party's Islamic ideology.",
        "content": "<p>PAS to keep Islamic name<\/p>\n<p>KUALA TERENGGANU, Malaysia (Reuters): Malaysia's conservative<br>\nIslamic party on Saturday vowed to resist any government effort<br>\nto strip the word Islam from its name as it grappled with<br>\nwidening its appeal to non-Moslems.<\/p>\n<p>Delegates attending the opposition Parti Islam Se-Malaysia<br>\n(PAS) convention in Kuala Terengganu, 450 km (270 miles) east of<br>\nKuala Lumpur, said the word was synonymous with the party's<br>\nIslamic ideology.<\/p>\n<p>\"Islam is the reason for our existence,\" declared PAS central<br>\ncommittee member Mohamed Sabu. \"UMNO and PAS can perish but Islam<br>\nis forever,\" he said, referring to Prime Minister Mahathir<br>\nMohamad's United Malays National Organization party.<\/p>\n<p>UMNO members have asked Mahathir's National Front government<br>\nto strip the word Islam from PAS's name, saying political parties<br>\nshould not use religion to win votes.<\/p>",
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