A Teacher from Crystal Lake

EVEN after 20 years of living in the United States, there is one traditional habit Arcandra Tahar has kept: the black fez cap that he wears. In Houston, where this former energy and mineral resources minister once lived, Arcandra is known as a teacher of Qur'an reading. He and some Indonesians established the Islamic Family Academy in 2007. "We study the Qur'an every Saturday," said Ismail Fahmi, an Indonesian in Houston last week.

Arcandra lived a

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