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May 20, 2011

Straits Times: Hundreds of Indonesian clerics to fight radicalism

by Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja
Straits Times Indonesia

Indonesia's largest Islamic organization is enlisting hundreds of religious teachers to fight the spread of radicalism in high schools and universities.

The Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), which has about 40 million members, will train the teachers to use knowledge and reasoning to convince their students not to join any terrorist group.

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