No such assurances have been made by the Islamic front.

A decade ago, an Islamic front nearly won a national election there before the military stopped the voting, which helped prompt a bitter civil war.

He stopped and asked quietly, "So they're not some fundamentalist Islamic front?"

The move toward democracy had brought the creation of 59 new political parties, the strongest of which by far was the Islamic front.

But with unemployment at 25 percent, the Islamic Front retains some of its appeal.

Nothing at the exhibit, however, explains in detail how the Islamic Front intends to deal with the country's economy.

The Islamic Front says it can achieve these goals and with their votes the people have said they are ready to let the fundamentalists try.

The Islamic Front has been vague about its policies.

The moves were intended to stem two weeks of violent street demonstrations by the Islamic Front.

This fed support for the Islamic Salvation Front in the early 1990's.