Is Abu Bakar Ba’asyir involved in Al Qaeda? People who know this leader of the Islamic boarding school in Ngruki, Solo, Central Java, doubt it. It is true the man is a hard-line Muslim cleric. But his political activities have largely been limited to local issues. Even if they sometimes took on a global nature, it is because of his relationship with Hambali, an ustad (religious teacher) from Cianjur, West Java, whom he knew when he went i