Saudi Arabia Quietly Spreads its Brand of Puritanical Islam in Indonesia
When Ulil Abshar-Abdalla was a teenager in Pati, Central Java, he placed first in an Arabic class held at his local madrasa. The prize was six months of tuition at the Institute for the Study of Islam and Arabic (LIPIA), a Jakarta university founded and funded by the Saudi Arabian government.
Germany bans Salafists suspected of IS recruitment amid mass raids
Berlin (dpa) – A Salafist organization best-known for distributing copies of the Koran across Germany was banned Tuesday on suspicion of recruiting Muslims on behalf of the Islamic State group as some 190 raids were carried out against its members. The organization – whose names translates as The True Religion – and its Koran distribution […]