Rebellion with a Classic Cause

Daud Beureuh is a small portrait from a protracted conflict in Aceh. His was the story of a betrayed ulama (Islamic scholar); a saga of how the region resisted the restraining power of the central government.

August 19, 2003

IT all began with a secret document, one whose contents nobody had precise knowledge about. Among the soldiers of the Darul Islam Aceha rebellious movement that established the name of Teungku Daud Beureuh as an icon of resistance from Aceh, usually dubbed the Veranda of Meccait was simply referred to as Les Hitam; the black list; a reference attributed to Dutch historian Cornelis van Dijk. Then in the turmoil of the revolution that raged in the

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