Just king will arrive soon

Just king will arrive soon

From Rakyat Merdeka

I hope that what I'm going to write about will bring peace to
the community.

On Jan. 8, 2001, about 10:30 a.m., I met a handsome young man
in my house, located in Jalan Kebon Pedes, Bogor municipality. He
is about 38 years old. When he came I was reading Rakyat Merdeka.
He asked me," What are you reading?" I said, "Rakyat Merdeka." He
asked again, "About what?" Showing him the newspaper, I said,
"About the kiai, venerated Islamic teachers/scholars, in East
Java." After reading the story, he said, "Tell those who wish to
do good things and say good words about this country that they
must not feel afraid. I will protect these people by the power of
Allah."

He said that God would not curse the people harboring an
intention to unseat President Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid because
there is no God but Allah. If Gus Dur is not good, he will step
down as president and the kiai will receive Allah's curse because
Allah will not consent to change in already-designated functions
on the part of the kiai. It is actually these kiai's job to bring
peace to the people, Muslims and non-Muslims alike, because
before Allah man is equal. It is not the job of the kiai to scare
people.

After finishing his words, he stood up and said again, " The
just king will be here soon, but the Satrio Piningit (a hidden
true hero) has come down. God willing, there will be peace in
this country soon and all traitors will be crushed."

Afterwards, he gave me a piece of paper. There was a message
in Arabic on the paper and underneath it there was the name of
the Satrio Piningit. Then he left, saying that he had something
else to attend to.

That night I couldn't sleep until three the next morning. It
was only later the next day that I finally plucked up enough
courage to write this letter.

EDY MULYADI

Bogor, West Java