I still remember very much in my mind when I first set foot in this boarding school. Yes, Pondok Annuqayah is the boarding school that…
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Me and My Pesantren (5): Nyantri, then Served
Since becoming a student until serving at the Miftahul Huda Sumenep Islamic Boarding School, it has been a blessing in itself for me. Personally, I…
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Me and My Pesantren (4): A Fruitful Wait
I lived in a boarding school for 12 years. The first stayed at the Nurul Islam pesantren in Karangcempaka, Bluto, Sumenep, Madura from 1999 to…
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Me and My Pesantren (3): Insights from the Punishment
As a student who has studied at Islamic boarding schools for about a decade, from the madrasah tsanawiyah level to university, I feel that there are a…
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Me and My Pesantren (2): Revolutionizing Life
Each pesantren generally has its own way of instilling moral values for its santri. However, moral planting is a concrete step that is continuously carried…
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Me and My Pesantren (1): Beating the Sleeping Devil
Today, Remembering the days, living as a santri many years ago, life seemed “upnormal”. But, if time could be replayed, I may not be able…
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Ukhuwah Islamiyah, for Whom?
“Ukhuwah Islamiyah is not brotherhood among Muslims, but brotherhood between Muslims and non-Muslims. Brotherhood based on Islam to realize rahmat lil alamin,” emphasized KH Wahab Zarkasy responding…
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Re-thinking Feminism and Indonesian Muslims
In the context of Indonesia, feminism as a thought or philosophy and a social movement has become a hot topic in various scientific discourses. However,…
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Mutahhari: Challenges the Dominance of Ideology and Knowledge
La syirqiyata wala gharbiyata, that’s the Arabic text of the banner displayed above the Iranian Embassy gate in Jakarta in early 1982, for almost two…
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Kiai Yazid Thohir, the Master of Nine Languages
Perhaps most of the students in Pare or other people more knowing about Mr Kalend Osen as the owner of Basic English Course (BEC) rather…
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