With rock music, Islamic teachings,
ex-premier fights for moderate Islam
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| Courtesy Simon Wiesenthal Center |
| Abdurrahman Wahid, seated, receives the Medal of Valor from Rabbi Marvin Hier, the founder and dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, as Rabbi Abraham Cooper, far left, and C. Holland Taylor look on at the Simon Wiesenthal Center on May 6, 2008. |
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By Ron Kampeas
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Published: 05/19/2008
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With Islamic teachings, rock music and outreach to schoolchildren, ex-Indonesian premier Abdurrahman Wahid fights for a vision of moderate Islam he says was shaped in part by his experiences with an Iraqi Jewish friend.
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