31.   Mahathir also is facing a challenge from an Islamic fundamentalist party that wants to set up a theocratic nation.

32.   Mahathir has repeatedly accused the fundamentalist party of abusing Islam for political gain and of wanting to install a rigid Islamic regime in Malaysia.

33.   Mahathir also is facing threat from an Islamic fundamentalist party, which wants to set up a theocratic nation.

34.   Many belong to the opposition Islamic fundamentalist party, which claims the government is trying to discredit it by linking it to violent radicalism.

35.   Many delegates blamed the fundamentalist party for sowing the seeds of religious intolerance that has led to extremism and alleged terror threats in this Southeast Asian country.

36.   Many ethnic Chinese fear the fundamentalist party will curb religious freedom if it accomplishes its political goal of making Malaysia an Islamic state.

37.   Many of the weeklies are affiliated with hard-line Arab nationalist and Muslim fundamentalist parties.

38.   Mahathir also faces a challenge from an Islamic fundamentalist party that wants to set up a theocratic nation.

39.   Mahathir also is facing a threat from an Islamic fundamentalist party, which wants to set up its own theocratic nation.

40.   Meanwhile, the leader of a banned Islamic fundamentalist party became a free man Tuesday, five years after he was imprisoned without trial.