Word: rachmat
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Surabaya's little Masdjid Rachmat is said to be the oldest Moslem mosque in East Java. It is so sacred that even the making of necessary repairs is considered a sacrilege. With his job rendered a sinecure by this taboo, the mosque's slovenly caretaker, Pak Murah, devoted himself to a more personal responsibility: how to marry off his none-too-attractive daughter. Three years ago when a young member of the local Communist Party made tentative matrimonial advances. Potential Father-in-Law Murah unhesitatingly tossed aside all his religious scruples to promote the match. He joined...
...Rachmat Suroyo of the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated last night at a forum sponsored by the Harvard Liberal Union that the only way for the U.S. to pull its foreign policy out of the impasse that has developed in Southeast Asia is to work for the independence of the countries there, try to raise their standards of living, and encourage them to form independent policies...