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When the teenage students of the Tebu Ireng Islamic school, or pesantren, in Jombang, East Java, are asked about Australia, the answers come easily, amid much giggling. "Beautiful!" one boy says. "Koalas and kangaroos," shouts another. But when talk turns to the Bali bombing two years ago, the boys argue among themselves. "It was wrong," says one. "I say the bombers did a good action," says another, "because they looked at the people in Bali wearing very open clothes." A classmate interrupts: "Their action was very harsh - and their choice of victims was false...
...widespread conspiracy theory that Western agents are behind the terrorist attacks in her country: "They have created Islam as the common enemy." And in the dusty grounds of a pesantren in the same city, a young teacher wrestles with the question of whether his faith sanctions violence. Was the Bali attack acceptable? "It's difficult to say," he mumbles, before another student jumps in: "No, because so many people were killed." The teacher remains doubtful. "I support the bombers for some reasons and not for other reasons, but then, you have to look at what's happening to Palestinians...
...alive." Asked about terrorist attacks by Muslims, Zakaria grows more agitated, raising his voice. "The unbelievers accuse us Muslims of being terrorists because they don't have the guts just to say they are waging war against Islam." Of those convicted for their parts in the 2002 bombings in Bali that left 202 dead?three of whom, brothers allegedly at the center of the plot, come from this very village?the headmaster says this: "They are not terrorists ... they were trying to enforce Islamic law. They were people who wanted to teach the world that it was the Americans...
...KUTA BEACH, BALI: The island's best-known strip gets hectic from July to October when beginners and veterans alike line up for its 6-ft. waves and long barrels. A deep sandy bottom cushions those inevitable wipeouts, while nearby Legian beach offers bigger waves for the more confident. The Bali Learn To Surf Co., tel: (62-361) 761 869, ext. 8116, runs a two-hour beginner course for $39, covering basic paddling, board mounting, water safety and surf etiquette...
...peace deal with the M.I.L.F. to bring stability and development to Mindanao. M.I.L.F. chairman Al-Haj Murad Ebrahim says a deal is needed quickly before younger Muslims in the region succumb to the greater radicalism of Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiah, the regional network blamed for the Bali bombings that killed some 200 people, and which is widely believed to have maintained training camps in Mindanao since the late 1990s. "Once they see some hope," Murad told Time in an exclusive interview, "then they will think twice before joining groups that advocate suicide bombing and so on. But when they...