Problematic Reconciliation

Twice Gus Dur tried in vain to meet with the Islamic scholars of Langitan. There is a basic but difficult condition to comply with for reconciliation: conceding defeat.

December 20, 2005

FROM the Ar-Raoudloh Pesantren (Islamic boarding school), Pasuruan, East Java, Thursday last week, Abdurrahman (Gus Dur) Wahid and his retinue went straight to Dr. Soetomo Hospital in Surabaya. Gus Dur is going to visit Kiai Faqih (KH Abdullah Faqih), said Effendy Choirie, one of the National Awakening Party (PKB)s central board chairmen.

On that particular day, Effendy and PKB leaders, such as Muhaimin Iskandar and Gus Dur, were attending the Ea

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