Finding a Leader for the Traditionalists

There is a serious lack of trained leaders and administrators within Nahdlatul Ulama. Why?

August 14, 2001

A young man dressed in black, a kopiah on his head, and sandals on his feet, ran behind the black Volvo carrying Abdurrahman Wahid, now and then frantically shouting, "Gus Dur, I am ready to die for you, sir!" Security officers, temporarily turning around to see, ignored him as Wahid and his entourage left the National Monument Square in Jakarta where an estimated 10,000 people had gathered to show their support for Wahid, dismissed just three days

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