During the election of 1945-46 he was one of the only two Muslim candidates from the Congress in Bengal.

They do not want to see towns they now control be turned over to Muslim candidates on the basis of absentee ballots.

It is a minority community constituency and only Christian or Muslim candidates are elected.

Would a Muslim candidate be permitted to campaign in a Bosnian Serb area, and vice versa?

Critics said Muslim candidates no longer had any incentive to pay attention to the aspirations of the minorities.

And don't let anyone paint you as "the Muslim candidate."

This can be changed, he said, only by giving Christians more political power by allowing them to vote for Muslim candidates.

But critics argue that under this system Muslim candidates no longer had any incentive to pay attention to the minorities.

However, non-Muslims still are barred from voting for Muslim candidates who run for general seats.

Today about 800,000 citizens were eligible to vote for a total of 51 Christian and Muslim candidates from eastern and northern Lebanon.