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  • Gunong Pondok is shaped like the Bass Rock, and is about twelve hundred feet in height.

    The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Isabella Lucy 1883

  • Jakartans might want to know what is in store for the spatial planning for housing amid widespread conversion of homes into commercial premises in areas such as Pondok Indah,

    The Jakarta Post Breaking News 2010

  • Noor Huda Ismail, a terrorism analyst and former student of Pondok Ngruki, the Islamic boarding school co-founded by Bashir, said he has noticed a disturbing trend.

    As Indonesia Dismantles Terror Groups, Successors Pose New Risks 2011

  • Wahyu Kusuma attended the Pondok Ngruki school briefly in the early 1990s when he was 15.

    As Indonesia Dismantles Terror Groups, Successors Pose New Risks 2011

  • Noor Huda Ismail, a terrorism analyst and former student of Pondok Ngruki, the Islamic boarding school co-founded by Bashir, said he has noticed a disturbing trend.

    As Indonesia Dismantles Terror Groups, Successors Pose New Risks 2011

  • An example is the case of Irwan Kristanto, who has been locked behind the doors of Pondok Rajeg prison for five months now.

    Activists: Indonesia Hands Down Uneven, Unpredictable Justice 2011

  • Wahyu Kusuma attended the Pondok Ngruki school briefly in the early 1990s when he was 15.

    As Indonesia Dismantles Terror Groups, Successors Pose New Risks 2011

  • Their core group included family, friends, and students all revolving around Pondok Ngruki.

    Seeds of Terror Maria A. Ressa 2003

  • “All of the people who have been arrested in connection with al-Qaeda who are Indonesian nationals or who are suspected of having some communication with al-Qaeda go back to a very small group of people centered in central Java in Pondok Ngruki,” says Sidney Jones.12 It was a pattern: Ramzi Yousef recruited his cell members from his family and high school in Kuwait City.

    Seeds of Terror Maria A. Ressa 2003

  • The university town of Yogyakarta, a drive of about an hour and a half from Pondok Ngruki, near Solo, had become the center of an Islamic resurgence, partly sparked by the Iranian revolution, partly sparked by the repression of political debate under Suharto.

    Seeds of Terror Maria A. Ressa 2003

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