Daud Beureueh, Lion of Aceh
A document about Aceh in uploud by http://www.icwa.org/ in September 2015.
The results of online search, I only find one book to use this document as a reference on page 347:
The Decline of Constitutional Democracy in Indonesia
by. Herbert Feith
Letterhead the document is:
BRC--19
Daud Beureueh--Lion of Atjeh
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
INSTITUTE OF CURRENT WORLD AFFAIRS
Djalan Djeruk 4
Djakarta, Indonesia
September 17, 1953.
Mr. W. S. Rogers
Institute of Current Horld Affairs
522 Fifth Avenue
New York City 36
Dear Mr. Rogers:
I made this post after seeing posts @vannour
The Paddy Farmland Owned By The Pidie Community
Things are interrelated in that document are a statement of Daud Beureueh on irrigated rice cultivation in Pidie.
Daud Beureueh (1898–1987) Source
I asked him if such government could solve the current problems of Atjeh.
"Yes. Take irrigation as an example. During the age of Iskandar Muda, a canal was dug from a river eleven kilometers from here to the sea. The region of Pidie became very prosperous. Another canal was dug not far from the first, both the work of ulama. Unlike the ulama of today, the leaders of that era were not afraid to get their sarongs muddy. Now these canals are ruined, and rice production has fallen. Before the war, Atjeh used to export rice to support the entire East Sumatra area. Now we import rice from Burma."
In his dream, he saw a prosperous Atjeh under the leadership of a regenerated group of ulama. In the golden days, only the truly learned could become ulama , while in modern times, almost anyone can claim the right to be called "teungku".
The problem suffered by Daud Beureueh and the people of Aceh in 1953, still continues until now, there has been no change for the better, even more severe.
Note:
The document can be downloaded at
http://www.icwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/BRC-19.pdf
