JAKARTA (Reuters) - In a rented three-storey building in Jakarta, Indonesian cleric Halim Ambiya has built his own Islamic boarding school that aims to help street youth return to the faith.
His programme, Tasawuf Underground, has helped more than 120 people since it was launched in 2016, with all of its students recruited from the streets. "Tasawuf" or "Tasawwuf" is the Arabic term for Sufism, a mystical form of Islam.
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