NU to send teachers, preachers to Aceh

CIREBON, West Java: Nadhlatul Ulama, the largest Muslim organization in Indonesia, plans to send hundreds of teachers and preachers to the stricken province of Aceh.

The teachers and preachers will be deployed to 12 Muslim boarding schools run by NU in the province, said NU executive Adib Rofi'uddin Izza on Tuesday.

They will replace NU teachers and preachers who died in the tsunami on Dec. 26. -- JP