IT is time the police raided the Umar bin Khattab Pesantren in Bima, West Nusa Tenggara. Action must be taken in response to the many legal violations committed by the school’s leaders and students. If the Islamic boarding school is proved to be training its students to attack the government, it must be closed down.

No excuse can be used to justify any evidence of crime at this pesantren. Instead of collecting classical religious holy books or