Sunday Chronicle: FFDP Puts New Attention to Haals and Muslims

==The Sunday Chronicle==
Since its inception, the Faithful Falleen Distributist Party (FFDP) has long campaigned on religious and traditional values. A core tenet of the Party's foundation, however, has been based on pluralistic principals, encouraging both Muslims and Four Worshippers to congregate in the party, despite the Party's primarily Christian leadership. This lack of a pluralistic leader ship has drawn some criticism from party members. To better represent all religions within the Party, Chairman Joe Donnelly has announced the ascendence of a native of the State of Haals to the Party leadership, named Bashar al-Assad.
Assad is a practicing Muslim from the rural countryside of the State, where his family operated a small general goods store, a tradition based down by his ancestors for centuries. Assad has been an outspoken pro-Union voice in his community, leading to his life being threatened by extremists multiple times. Because of this, his family was forced to flee to Hastiga for a number of years, where they settled among the significant Islamic community. Bashar's heart was, however, always with his home. He was one of the first Muslims to register with the FFDP, and became a vocal supporter for greater Muslim representation in the Party, becoming a power player in the "Allah's Voice" faction. As a result, the Party leadership agreed to appoint a number of Muslims to the bench of potential MPs, including Assad.
Upon being appointed to the hire echelons of the FFDP's leadership, Assad campaigned for a distinctly Islamic Radio corporation to better represent Muslims, in contrast to the Faithful Falleen National Radio (FFNR), which typically operates for Four Worshippers and Christians. Thus, using some of the Party's funding, Assad founded the Faithful Haals Islamic Radio Corporation as a subsidiary of the FFNR. Among other things, the FFIR shall play Islamic Calls to Prayer, Theological Shows, as well as a moderate, distinctly Islamic, view on current events.
Article by Lauren Ashburn 
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