KH Fuad Noerhasan, Sidogiri Pesantren Caretaker:
We have never asked for government funds
A dialog was opened to reduce the chances of a conflict in Solo. They have a street named after a man of Chinese ethnicity.
September 22, 2009
THE Sidogiri Pesantren in Pasuruan, is an example of a classical Islamic education setting which has broken with the culture of the past. The idea of a boarding school as a place only for studies has changed at the Sidogiri school. Business is taught alongside Arabic grammar. KH Fuad Noerhasan, 53, caretaker of the Sidogiri school, told Tempo’s Muhammad Taufik how the business developed into a large cooperative. Excerpts:
What was the founding
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