The Kiai Langitans Waiting List

A number of famous kiai are busily being cultivated by presidential candidates.

November 18, 2003

AMIEN Rais seemed very relaxed when he emerged from the house of Kiai (Islamic cleric) Abdullah Faqih. The two important figures had held a cordial 45-minute meeting at the Pesantren (Islamic boarding school) Langitan, Tuban, East Java, last Tuesday evening. The Chairman of the National Mandate Party (PAN) was accompanied by former minister of finance, Bambang Sudibyo, former minister of national education, Yahya Muhaimin, Deputy Speaker of the P

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