Truly God treated Baharuddin Lopa nobly. He was called to his maker on Wednesday last week, not long after carrying out the `umrah', the lesser pilgrimage to the Holy Land of Mecca. Islam says that once a person has carried out this journey, he is clean from sin, like a newborn baby.

On Friday last week, during the funeral procession at the Kalibata heroes' cemetery in Jakarta, another honor was accorded him. President Abdurrahman Wahid posthum