Suspecting terrorism, villagers force out boarding school

The Darul Akhfiyah Islamic Boarding School in Nganjuk, East Java has been shut down and its leader is in jail. Was it guilty of training terrorists or only of bad community relations?

By Michael Watopa for Khabar Southeast Asia in Nganjuk, East Java

December 12, 2012

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