INDONESIA: NU SUPPORTERS HOLD ANTI-WAR PROTEST IN SURABAYA.(Nahdhatul Ulama )(Brief Article)

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According to IINA, over 500,000 Nahdhatul Ulama (NU) followers turned out in Surabaya, the second largest city in Indonesia, in East Java, last Sunday for the largest rally so far in the country to express their opposition to the attack on Iraq, which the US administration is contemplating. Some of Indones...

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