Ex-madrasah now a ‘factory’


Still in use: The building in Ulu Tiram, which was previously the Luqmanul Hakim madrasah, is now said to be a food factory. It could be demolished soon. — THOMAS YONG/The Star

JOHOR BARU: Hidden in a village some 30km away from Johor Baru is an old building that was once the centre of the Jemaah Islamiah (JI) movement in Malaysia.

The two-storey building, which is now said to be a food processing factory, was once a madrasah established by the group’s Indonesian founders, Abu Bakar Bashir and Abdullah Sungkar.

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