audio, stills, text and or video: Go to http://www.zReportage.com to see more - The Ramadan celebrations have officially begun, and Muslims all over the world are joining in the festivities. 'Pesantren' are Islamic boarding schools in Indonesia. Students study Islamic scriptures and Arabic grammar. They live a simple life, in cramped rooms away from family and friends. This religious school teaches students moderate Islam in an attempt to reduce radical Islam in the country. The campaign of terror that peaked in the Bali bomb attacks has been checked, by and large, by tough, often lethal, police action. Indonesia accounts for a large percent of Muslims in the world, about 85 percent of the country's almost 200 million people are Muslim. Yet in the country that is home to the largest number of Muslims on the planet, Islamic political parties have never managed to command a majority in national elections.
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Jan. 30, 2013 - Kediri, East Java, Indonesia - A number of students take the exam in the islamic boarding school Lirboyo. 'Pesantren' is a term for Islamic boarding school.
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Jan. 30, 2013 - Kediri, East Java, Indonesia - A mural depicts students who are punished with bald shaved heads in the islamic boarding school Lirboyo.
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Aug. 2, 2012 - Kediri, East Java, Indonesia - The students write in Arabic in the islamic boarding school Lirboyo.
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Sept. 6, 2012 - Kediri, East Java, Indonesia - Thousands of students pray in the islamic boarding school Lirboyo.
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Sept. 7, 2012 - Kediri, East Java, Indonesia - A student is shaved bald in the islamic boarding school Lirboyo.
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Sept. 13, 2012 - Kediri, East Java, Indonesia - A student prays in the islamic boarding school Lirboyo.
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Sept. 6, 2012 - Kediri, East Java, Indonesia - Students pray in the islamic boarding school Lirboyo.
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March 6, 2013 - Kediri, East Java, Indonesia - The shadow of students in the islamic boarding school Lirboyo.
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Sept. 6, 2012 - Kediri, East Java, Indonesia - Students pray in the islamic boarding school Lirboyo.
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Sept. 6, 2012 - Kediri, East Java, Indonesia - A student prays in the islamic boarding school Lirboyo.
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Jan. 30, 2013 - Kediri, East Java, Indonesia - Students take an exam in the islamic boarding school Lirboyo.
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March 6, 2013 - Kediri, East Java, Indonesia - Students gather in the islamic boarding school Lirboyo.
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Sept. 13, 2012 - Kediri, East Java, Indonesia - Thousands of students pray at the islamic boarding school Lirboyo.
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March 5, 2013 - Kediri, East Java, Indonesia - Students ride in front of the islamic boarding school Lirboyo.
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March 5, 2013 - Kediri, East Java, Indonesia - Students take an exam at the islamic boarding school Lirboyo.
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Sept 7, 2012 - Kediri, East Java, Indonesia - Students wash themselves at the islamic boarding school Lirboyo.
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Jan. 30, 2013 - Kediri, East Java, Indonesia - Students play poker in the islamic boarding school Lirboyo.
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March 6, 2013 - Kediri, East Java, Indonesia - Students sleep in a room in the islamic boarding school Lirboyo.
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March 15, 2013 - Kediri, East Java, Indonesia - Students gather together in the islamic boarding school Lirboyo.
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March 15, 2013 - Kediri, East Java, Indonesia - Students on a pilgrimage visit the tomb of the founder of the Pesantren in the islamic boarding school Lirboyo.
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Jan. 30, 2013 - Kediri, East Java, Indonesia - Students take an exam in the islamic boarding school Lirboyo.
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