THE students of Habib Muhammad Luthfi bin Ali bin Yahya, better known as Habib Luthfi of Pekalongan, can be found far and wide inside the country as well as beyond. “We can’t keep track of them anymore,” said the leader of the Jam’iyyah Ahlith ath-Thariqah al-Mu’tabaroh an-Nahdliyyah, a religious order recognized by the Nahdlatul Ulama, the biggest Islamic organization in the country.

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