The Imam’s Shadowy Trail
Panji Gumilang was recruited as part of an intelligence operation in Malaysia. The formation of the Islamic State of Indonesia was based more on political and economic interests.
June 22, 2011
AHMAD Suyuti still remembers one of his classmates from the Gresik Elementary School in East Java. His nickname was Dul Salam, taken from the boy’s real name, Abdus Salam. “We usually played football together alongside the road,” said Ahmad, 67, at the end of last month.
Dul Salam’s home was near the gate of Siraman Hamlet in Gresik. It now looks dilapidated. Built in the spacious Javanese style, its wooden walls have begun to peel. Tens
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