Nana Rukmana, Cirebon – Hundreds of pesantren (Islamic boarding schools) located in the northern coastal area of West Java have declared an anti-terrorism movement in an effort to prevent radical groups from using such schools as terrorist hotbeds.

Hundreds of Pesantren leaders and thousands of students from about 500 pesantren attended the declaration on Wednesday evening, which was led by leader of West Java chapter of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the country's largest Islamic organization, Maman Imanulhaq Faqih at Gedung Negara building, Cirebon.

"The emerging of violent terrorism, including the bombing that claimed lives showed a misleading religious movement," said Maman, the leader of Al Mizan Islamic boarding school, Majalengka.

"A very small number of pesantren were often used for the wrong movement. This antiterrorist pesantren movement is an active way to combat such acts of terrorism."

He said 1,000 small and big Islamic boarding schools spread across Cirebon regency and city, Majalengka, Indramayu, and Kuningan regencies supported the movement.

"We don't want the schools to be used as farms by terrorists to plant their seeds of terror. Our movement is fully supported by all pesantren in the northern part of West Java."

Separately, NU scholar Nuruzzaman said it was possible the pesantren in northern coast of West Java could be used as terrorist hotbeds due to their strong cultural roots.

"Most of those pesantren are NU schools which are moderate and respect local cultures," said Nuruzzaman, also a lecturer at Gunung Jati state Islamic University, Cirebon. He said the four biggest pesantrens: Buntet, Babakan Ciwaringin, Kempek and Gedongan, were "the keepers" of moderate and cultural religious movements that had a strong influence across the country.

However, he admitted a small number of pesantren in the province were affiliated with radical Islamic boarding schools in Central Java. "The number is small. We could count them on our hands. Though they are few, we have to watch them tightly to avoid violent actions."

Meanwhile, Kuningan Police declared red alert status in the regency following the disclosure that the man who was shot death in Temang-gung, Central Java, was Ibrohim, a resident of Sampora village, Cilimus district, Kuningan regency.

Kuningan Police chief Adj. Comr. Nurullah said the red alert status was declared to increase alertness against terror action potential. "We do not tolerate any terrorist acts. We will continue hunting terrorists who are still at large, including Noordin M. Top."

Almost all media reported earlier that the man who was shot dead during a dramatic raid in Temanggung was Malaysian most-wanted terrorist Noordin. But after conducting DNA tests on the body, police announced it was Ibrohim aka Boim.

Hundreds of police officers were deployed on several border points considered prone and potential to be used for the terrorist movement.

The officers also guarded several strategic places, such as the local office of state oil and gas company PT Pertamina, a cigarette factory of PT. BAT (British American Tobacco), state-gas company PT Gas Indonesia and cement producer PT Indocement Tunggal Perkasa (ITP) in Palimanan, and star-rated hotels, where many foreign tourists were staying.

Vehicles, including their passengers, passing in and out of the regency were carefully checked. Police also deployed officers, uniformed and plainclothes, around the house of Ibrohim.

The deployment was made to avoid a possible clash after villagers refused Ibrohim body to be buried in the village. Ibrohim's family finally decided to bury the body in Pondok Rangon public cemetery, East Jakarta, on Wednesday.

Police have revealed that Ibrohim, a florist at Ritz-Carlton Hotel, had a significant role in the bombings on July 17 bringing the bomb through the back gate of the hotel. The man was also believed to have brought the suicide bomber, Dani Dwi Permana, into the hotel.

Nine people, including two suicide bombers, died in the bombings at Ritz-Carlton and J.W. Marriott hotels in Jakarta.