Choosing the spiritual path

BETTER SYSTEM NEEDED: The academic and teaching quality of religious schools can be monitored if they are registered under the Education Act. Here SMK Agama Kedah teachers brief top students before the school's Excellence Award Day.

THE ALUMNI said it all. Engineer and computer expert Imam Samudra, the accused mastermind in the Bali bombing attack; businessman Idris alias Jhoni Hendrawan, the suspected financier; and mechanic Amrozi Nurhasyim, the owner of the minivan which carried the main bomb in the tragedy – one time or other - were students or teachers at the infamous Luqmanul Hakiem in Ulu Tiram, Johor.