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Two Years for the Teacher

Tuesday, September 6, 2005

A court sentenced Yusman Roy to two years in prison for advocating bilingual shalat (obligatory prayers), but the judge said the case was not a religious affront.

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YUSMAN Roy’s face looked stern after the presiding judge of the Malang District Court rapped his gavel. Religious verses and recitations to praise God were chanted incessantly as students of the I’tikaf Jemaah Ngaji Lelaku Islamic boarding school filled the courtroom. “I accept the judge’s verdict, but I swear I’m going to perform shalat in two languages,” said the leader of I’tikaf Jemaah Ngaji Lelaku from Kali

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