Make Rallies, Not Reconciliation
Tuesday, March 18, 2003
Hundreds of thousands of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) members congregating at the Brawijaya Field in Surabaya were astounded. Last Sunday, a major rally for national repentance was set to begin. Abdurrahman Wahid, their leader and former president, entered hurriedly wearing a blue safari shirt. The attention of the masses and hundreds of NU kiais (religious teachers) was focused on him. They fought amongst themselves to shake his hand. Applause th
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