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Western media and western policy makers sometimes perceive tarditional islamic schools throughout the islamic world as a source of radicalism.The history of pesantren in Indonesia shows that this is not only mistaken but also a perspective that leads the west away from a potentially in the efforts to create a world of peaceful coexisitance.
Sunan Kalijaga is one figure from Walisongo that often reconcile Islam with reality.He didn't destroy tradition or culture.Otherwise He modifies content and core inside it with islamic values.This efort often calls as Syncretism....etc.