Indonesia to Monitor Muslim Boarding
Schools for Terrorism Threats
By VOA News
Indonesia's Vice President Jusuf Kalla and President
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Indonesia's Vice President Jusuf Kalla and President Susilo
Bambang Yudhoyono
Indonesia says it will monitor Islamic boarding schools
as part of its effort to fight militant violence and suicide
bombings.
Vice President Jusuf Kalla said Thursday that
the religious affairs minister will monitor all Islamic
boarding schools.
The vice president said he believes there
are only a few schools that could be considered possible
breeding grounds for terrorists, but he declined to name
them.
However, the Al-Mukmin and Al-Islam schools
on the island of Java had previously come under scrutiny
after several terrorists were found to have studied at them.
The former students include militants convicted
in the 2002 Bali bombings and the 2003 bombing of the Marriott
hotel in Jakarta.
Some information for this report provided
by AP and Reuters.
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