A similar dream
In June, a group of Jesuit scholastics and priests spent a week in a Islamic boarding school in East Java, as part of the Indonesian Province’s efforts against religious radicalism, one of three concerns the Province has made a priority. Scholastic Billy Aryo Nugroho SJ recounts his experience.
From June 17 to 23, 16 Jesuit scholastics and two priests lived in Islamic boarding school, pesantren in Indonesia. The pesantren was named “Tebu Ireng” and is located in Jombang, East Java.
Few Christians are willing to admit that Islam has an important contribution to make to world peace, yet the enormous problems faced by the modern world necessitate cooperation and respect between the different faiths, says Australian Jesuit and Islamic scholar Fr Herman Roborgh.