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World Service,27 Sep 2001,29 mins

Islam in Mali

African Perspective

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"Politics and religion cannot make a good soup." The rise of Islamic fervour in Mali prior to the 2002 elections. "A politician using religion as the shortest bridge to the presidential palace - he is creating a big problem in future which he himself cannot deal with." Recorded before the 9/11 attacks in New York and broadcast afterwards.

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