Palestine in the Eyes of Indonesian Muslims
November 6, 2000
Ulil Abshar-Abdalla *)
How do Muslims in Indonesia relate to the Palestine issue? Not an easy question to answer. Geographically, Indonesia and Palestine are far apart, separated by thousands of miles of land and sea. But emotionally there is a feeling of closeness, a psychological bond that makes Indonesian Muslims feel concerned with what is happening in Palestine. Every time the issue of Palestine comes up, Indonesian Muslims ne |