The Rebel Imam from Malangbong
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
He came from a nominal Muslim family but Sekarmadji Maridjan Kartosoewirjo ended as the leader of the rebellious Darul Islam. Almost 50 years after his death, at the hands of a firing squad, his vision and his ideal of an Islamic state still resonate among some Muslims in this country.
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ALTHOUGH Kartosoewirjo, born in Cepu, Central Java on January 7, 1907, was known as an Islamic leader, he was not excessively "Islamic." His father was a mantri candu or head of an opium control division- a somewhat high rank for a "native Indonesian" during the Dutch colonial era. Clearly, candu and Islam seemed, even at that time, quite incongruous.
The Kartosoewirjo family was indeed among the feudal upper-class, and they were not strict adherents
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