ABDUL A’la never dreamed he would set foot in the “promised land”. However, on Sunday two weeks ago, that is exactly what happened. This lecturer at the Sunan Ampel State Academy of Islamic Studies in Surabaya left his home town in Surabaya for Jakarta, then caught a flight to Israel.

This graduate of the Annuqayah Islamic Boarding School in Guluk-Guluk, Sumenep, Madura made the visit together with a number of academicians. They were: Syaf