EVEN after 20 years of living in the United States, there is one traditional habit Arcandra Tahar has kept: the black fez cap that he wears. In Houston, where this former energy and mineral resources minister once lived, Arcandra is known as a teacher of Qur'an reading. He and some Indonesians established the Islamic Family Academy in 2007. "We study the Qur'an every Saturday," said Ismail Fahmi, an Indonesian in Houston last week.

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