Word: cleric
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...majority state, insisting: "It is not Shari'a law but laws influenced by Shari'a." Yudhoyono himself has avoided any public comment on the bylaws' legality. "The President will do nothing on this because he is scared of offending the Islamic movement," says former Indonesian President and moderate Muslim cleric Abdurrahman Wahid. "If the silent majority isn't speaking out against the Shari'a-ization of Indonesia, then why should he risk his political career for them?" Even presidential adviser Agus Widjojo frets about the official silence: "The government can't just have a policy of no action on Islam...
...used to have an incidence of theft almost every day, but not anymore," says Abdul Jabbar. Now, village elders are considering barring wedding singers from wearing skimpy clothing and dancing suggestively-a common occurrence at Indonesia's marriage ceremonies. "People can dance with their fingers instead," suggests village cleric Leleng, wiggling his index fingers in demonstration. His wife Wayuni says only 5% of girls wore headscarves in high school when she was growing up. Now it's mandatory, and many women wear the covering even in the privacy of their own homes. "Some people say we should just follow...
...More damaging, an Italian judge has decided to go ahead with the trial of 25 CIA employees, an Air Force officer, and six Italian intelligence officials for kidnapping an Egyptian cleric. The Americans aren't going to show up for the trial. And it's unclear whether the Italians really are going to end up in jail. But you can count on the Italian intelligence service thinking twice before helping the Americans with another sensitive counter-terrorist operation...
...Abdel-Hadi al-Mohamedawi, one of Sadr's spokesmen, told TIME that the cleric hasn?t gone anywhere. ?This is just a rumor, planted by the Americans to coincide with their security plan,? he said. ?They want to stir up things up, to make trouble...
...Some clerics in Najaf told TIME that Sadr has left quietly, and that his office there is still keeping up the pretense that he is in town. ?When you ask for a meeting with Moqtada, they say, 'He's busy,'? said one cleric, who asked not to be identified for fear of reprisals from Sadr's supporters. ?After they did that a few times, it became clear that he was no longer in Najaf...