KL to 'import' ulemas

KL to 'import' ulemas

MEDAN, North Sumatra: Malaysia has made a request for
Indonesian ulemas who master the various religious books in
Arabic, a local ulema was quoted by Antara as saying yesterday.

Hamdan Abbas, former chairman of the provincial office of the
Indonesian Council of Ulemas, said that this year alone Malaysia
has asked the council to send 10 North Sumatran ulemas.

"So, the graduates of the School of Ulemas here have good
opportunities before them," he said, addressing the school's
graduation day.

Abbas said that Malaysia specifically requested those ulemas
widely knowledgeable about the traditional religious books known
in Indonesia as kitab kuning (literally "yellow books" because
they are printed on yellow paper). (swe)