KAUMAN village in Yogyakarta 200 years ago. The small Kidul mosque belonging to Ahmad Dahlan was upright and simple exactly like the attitude of its owner. However, dozens of men suddenly descended upon it with one intention—to destroy the small prayer house situated not far from the palace. They broke down the walls of the small mosque, smashed the doors and windows and broke everything in sight. Dahlan’s students who were there studying the