Clairvoyant Kiai from Java
These kiai figures are believed to have special abilities, especially when it comes to interpreting peoples political intentions. Here are the profiles of a number of them, who serve as bastions of national morals, in addition to being involved in national politics.
November 18, 2003
Kiai Abdullah Abbas, 81, Buntet Islamic Boarding School, Cirebon
Kiai Abbas is known by his hundreds of students as an expert in hadith (statements of Prophet Muhammad). Take a look. Every afternoon, at his humble home, where he lives along with hundreds of his students who bunk at Buntet Islamic Boarding School in Cirebon, West Java, hundreds sit in rows, ready to receive a lesson in hadith.
Outside the boarding school, he is known as the spiritua
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