Indonesia's Islamic boarding schools defy stereotypes http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSSP13850820070806?sp=true
Sun Aug 5, 2007
By Sugita Katyal and Adhityani Arga
JAKARTA (Reuters) - When Pakistan's army stormed an Islamabad mosque housing a radical Islamic school last month, it raised questions in Indonesia: Was the Southeast Asian nation's own network of Islamic schools a breeding ground for militancy?
Or were the pesantrens, as Islamic boarding schools are known in Indonesia, just centres for learning the Koran along with some math, computers, geography and English? http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSSP13850820070806?sp=true