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View all search resultsJokowi visits old friend on long weekend holiday
President Joko âJokowiâ Widodo visited his old friend who runs an Islamic boarding school in his hometown of Surakarta, Central Java, on Saturday over the long Easter weekend
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resident Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo visited his old friend who runs an Islamic boarding school in his hometown of Surakarta, Central Java, on Saturday over the long Easter weekend.
Jokowi visited Al Quran Azzayadi Islamic boarding school in Laweyan, Surakarta, to meet his old friend KH Abdul Karim, who was among his earliest supporters when Jokowi was running his campaign to be Surakarta's mayor.
He was greeted by Abdul and had a chat with him and several kyai (Islamic teachers) for half an hour.
'We just missed each other,' Abdul said as quoted by tempo.co, adding that it was his first informal meeting with Jokowi since he was inaugurated as Indonesian president. They, however, often met when Jokowi was the mayor.
He said that during the chat, Jokowi urged him to keep Surakarta free of radicalism. Jokowi also requested that the students chant shalawat (prayers to Prophet Muhammad) at the State Palace in Jakarta.
Previously, Jokowi visited the Islamic boarding school in June after campaigning for his presidency in Papua. He was welcomed by the students who sang "Syi'ir Tanpa Waton" (Verses Without Title) for him.
Jokowi also visited a nearby Islamic boarding school, Al Muayyad Islamic boarding school in Mangkuyudan. He gave out free books and t-shirts to the locals who came to the Islamic boarding schools. (fsu/nvn)
