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he article deals with the history of the development of the Catholic Church in East Timor since the appearance of the first Catholic priests on the island in the 16th century. Since its inception, the Catholic Church has played an important role in the political history of East Timor. In many cases, the Church took the side of the local population against the colonial regime, but became the center of the struggle for independence, turning from an institution closely associated with the Portuguese colonial order, to the institution that discovered a new mission to protect the interests of the Timorese people, after the start of the Indonesian occupation in 1975.

The Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) is, after the ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO), the most influential political party among the country's Malay population. The party emerged in 1948 as an organization for protecting the interests of students and graduates of Malay Muslim schools. It did not play an independent role in politics, and until 1951 was in solidarity with the UMNO on many issues. PAS continues to be one of the most influential opposition parties in Malaysia. In 2022, the number of party members exceeded one million people.