A new breed of young Muslim preachers, generally in their early 40s, are reinvigorating Islamic shiar in Indonesia. They are unlike the older generation of dai, such as K.H. Zainuddin M.Z., who are getting themselves increasingly involved in politics.

But its not only their youth that gives us hope and promise of the advent of an Islamic shiar with quality, but the fact that they speak not of heaven and hell, sins and redemption, reward and punish