Riding the Renville Momentum
Disappointed with the Renville Agreement concluded with the Dutch, Kartosoewirjo proclaimed an Islamic State. He saw himself as the de facto leader of West Java.
August 18, 2010
Two leaders fighting for Islam in West Java met in early 1948, their hearts heavy with disappointment. Raden Oni was general of the paramilitary group, Laskar Sabilillah, while Kalipaksi alias Sekarmadji Maridjan Kartosoewirjo was known as the founder and director of the Suffah Institute—whose students were to become the core force of Laskar Sabilillah and Hizbullah.
They discussed the contents of the January 17, 11948 Renville Agreement, whi
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