From Crabmeat to the Ahmadiyah

August 9, 2005

Disband the MUI! shouted one guest at the 65th birthday party of former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid, last Thursday. The 200 guests in attendance that night at the Ciganjur Islamic boarding school in South Jakarta responded to the yell with applause and laughter. Perhaps it was just an innocent joke. But for sure, in addition to celebrating a birthday, they were also voicing their dissatisfaction of the religious ruling (fatwa) issued b

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