The call to prayer at daybreak was just over at the Al Mukmin Islamic Boarding School in Ngruki, Central Java. In the dark dawn mist, a tall, slender man was seen walking towards a woman at the school compound. The two talked briefly, then went their separate ways, the man leaving on a black motorcycle.

The woman returned to her house. That morning, like any other morning, the man headed towards the mosque or perhaps to the taklim councils