Word: pesantren
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Mohammad Zakaria is an angry man. The headmaster of al-Islam pesantren in Tenggulun, on the island of Java?gaunt, bearded and with deep-set black eyes blazing?is warning visitors to his Islamic boarding school that it is fortunate they come in peace. If not, he says, non-Muslims "would be lucky to get out 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...
Many of the madrasahs, or Islamic schools, in Pakistan that produced Taliban extremists and affiliated Pakistani radicals are Saudi funded. So are some of the more strident Islamic schools in Indonesia called pesantren, after a strain of Islam close to Wahhabi thinking. Abu Nida, a cleric in Piyungan, Indonesia, says Saudi funding--he won't say from which group--enabled him to start his Bin Baaz Islamic Center. "The first prerequisite is that you have to be a Salafi pesantren to receive the money," he says...
...grandson of highly respected kyais--Muslim scholars--Wahid learned the Koran in traditional Muslim schools, or pesantren. Despite stints studying in Cairo and Baghdad--mostly spent reading Western literature and watching movies--Wahid has remained close to his roots. He relies on the N.U. organization for his political support and still meets regularly with a wide network of kyai friends...