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...with the Internet bringing together Muslims worldwide in condemnation of Western actions in the Middle East. "With the hegemony of the West, we have so many problems," says Muhamad Ikhwan, director of Wahdah Islamiyah, which runs a 1,000-student Islamic academy in the eastern city of Makassar, where many girls wear chadors that cover everything but their eyes. "The world was safe when it was run by Islamic civilizations, so we want to bring Islam back to its former glory...
Women, explained the elegantly dressed Indonesian cleric, are like jewels. TIME's Indonesia stringer, Tatap Loebis, and I smiled. We are both women. Being compared to jewels is nice. Muhamad Ikhwan, who runs a conservative Wahhabi-style Islamic boarding school in the eastern Indonesian city of Makassar, continued. "Westerners treat women like flowers. They bloom, and everyone can see they are beautiful. But then they fade quickly and die." The Wahhabi treatment was different: "Women are like precious jewels," Ikhwan repeated. "They should be kept in a box, where only a special few can see them and cherish them. Then...
...cities like Makassar, at least half the women wear the jilbab, a sturdy veil that covers the head and the neck. The preferred dress at Ikhwan's school, which opened in 1999 and now boasts 1,000 students, was unusually conservative for Indonesia. But it pointed to how quickly the Wahhabi influence could take root. "I don't remember any girls wearing the jilbab when I was growing up," says Syamsurijal Ad'han, a sociologist in his mid-20s who helps run a moderate Muslim NGO in Makassar. "Now, where I come from, it's mandatory for girls to wear...
...underling was sent in his place. He declined to shake my hand but was intellectually curious and appeared to relish the occasional tough question. "She's a feisty one, isn't she," he commented to TIME's Malaysia stringer, a male. Our stringer gave a noncommittal shrug. Back in Makassar, Tatap and I took Ikhwan's sermon without protest. Sometimes even flowers have to pretend they are jewels...
...service, and not reducing tariffs at the expense of safety. "Compliance must not just be in terms of their fleets but also in terms of human resources, runways and landing systems," says Bambang Susantono, chairman of the Indonesian Transportation Society. "We need to ask why the radar in Makassar's airport was not able to pick up any distress signals and where the problem...