WITH the 2004 General Elections just around the corner, the meeting of 1,000 Kiai (religious leaders) at Batu Ceper one month ago can be seen as the rise of political kiai. Although the gathering was labeled a social affair, reports leaked out that the religious leaders no longer felt in tune with the head of PKBs Council of Elders, Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur). How is Gus Dur taking this political action against him? TEMPO met Indonesias fourth p