THE question continually hangs in the back of K.H. Hasyim Ahmad’s mind. Every time he looks out into the center of the PT Lapindo Brantas mudflow, this resident of Kedungbendo, Tanggulangin, Sidoarjo mutters, “When is this all going to stop?”

Hasyim is worried about his family’s future, which remains uncertain until now. Compensation is yet to be determined. Now he has to think about where he could relocate his family to be out of harm�