JAKARTA: Amien Rais has fond memories of studying in the United States more than two decades ago.
A legislator and contender for Indonesia's presidential election next year, he came to admire American democracy while pacing the corridors of the University of Chicago with students such as Syafii Maarif, now head of Indonesia's second biggest Muslim group.
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