White House mourns Abdurrahman Wahid
The White House, through its spokesman, mourns Gus Dur’s death The White House Wednesday mourned Indonesia’s ex-president Abdurrahman Wahid, praising him as a paragon of religious tolerance who played a vital role in a democratic transition. “The people of the [...]
The father of tolerance
An attribute from JP for Gus Dur’s death Friends and foes, Muslims and non-Muslims, old and young as well as majority and minority groups across the country all agreed that Abdurrahman “Gus Dur” Wahid has left an invaluable legacy of [...]
Abdurrahman Wahid
On early December 2006, an American expat in Jakarta, a free-lance journalist, emailed me. He requested my little time and put up several questions mostly regarding journalism in Indonesia. As formality, he started with, “I have been impressed by your [...]
