Islamic Victory Force

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The Islamic Victory Force (Indonesian : Angkatan Kemenangan Umat Islam, or AKUI) was an Islamic political party in Indonesia. [1] The party was based in Madura. [2] In the 1955 parliamentary election, AKUI got 81,454 votes (0.2% of the national vote). One parliamentarian was elected from the party. [3]

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References

  1. Latif, Yudi. Inteligensia Muslim dan kuasa: genealogi inteligensia Muslim Indonesia abad ke-20 . Bandung: Mizan, 2005. p. 417
  2. Bertrand, Jacques. Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Indonesia . Cambridge Asia-Pacific studies. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2004. p. 229
  3. Feith, Herbert. The Decline of Constitutional Democracy in Indonesia . An Equinox classic Indonesia book. Jakarta [u.a.]: Equinox, 2007. p. 435