A Kiai’s Notes in the Margin
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
The Petuk Islamic Boarding School translated classic Arabic texts into Javanese. Some feel this makes the students poor learners, even though it enables them to make better use of their study time.
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NABIL Haroen tiptoed into a student’s room. That night, this senior in Lirboyo, Kediri, was on a special mission to confiscate all of the “translated yellow books” at the boarding school.
In one dormitory room, he checked some papers being read by a junior. A moment later he chastised the student: “Mbah Idris has forbidden you all from reading this book. It makes you lazy.” The Idris to whom Nabil was referring is none other than Kiai
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