Under Surveillance?
Tuesday, May 14, 2002
Abu Bakar Baasyir
A FORMER political prisoner under the Suharto administration, Baasyir, 64, is to become the Amir (Head) of the Indonesian Muja-hiddin Council. This religious scholar from the Ngruki Islamic Boarding School in Solo, Central Java, was once a detainee in the Sukoharjo District Court. At that time, he was brought up on the charge of opposing Pancasila, the foundation of Indonesias state ideology, as well as founding the Indonesian
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