There is a wayang kulit (shadow puppet) Kumbakarna behind the desk of President Abdurrahman Wahid in the palace. Abdurrahman explained to this magazine that the figure from the Ramayana epic is a perfect depiction of a Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) member. "His job is just praying and sleeping, but if the country is threatened he is prepared to fight to the death," he joked.

The joke has become serious now. Especially after thousands of na