Lecturer slammed for discrediting Gus Dur

PURWOKERTO, Central Java: Some 200 students from the State Islamic Institute in Pekalongan, Central Java, protested on Wednesday, condemning a lecturer they accused of discrediting former president Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid.

The lecturer, Wamugi, switched on a VCD on Tuesday, depicting Gus Dur giving a speech in a church and praying together with Christians.

The demonstrators said the video airing at the campus' language laboratory was politically motivated as it was nothing to do with the lecturer's subject of study. --JP