![]() His sermons and businesses slowly and surely back to normal, even though the past stages have yet been recovered. After a year without any TV shows, he appeared on the Kick Andy Show of Metro TV with a title of “Aa Gym Answers”. Slowly, public can accept his ‘new existence’. ![]() In short, Aa Gym’s fans and followers could not accept such a practice, particularly coming from a figure they loved most.Īs time goes by, Aa Gym’s popularity bounced back. When it was declared in December 2006 his viewerships, from TV stations to visitors at DT pesantren, drastically dropped. Nonetheless, Aa Gym sparked controversy with his polygamous practice. At a point of time it was reported that his assets reached Rp 12 billion with a turnover of Rp 27 billion. From a little ‘pesantren‘ (Islamic boarding school) Pondok Pesantren Daarut Tauhiid (DT) that initially consisted of 20 rooms, Aa Gym was able to grow a giant holding company called PT MQ Corporation (with 19 business entities) under the brand of ‘Manajemen Qolbu‘ (Management of Heart).Ī multitalented Aa Gym–a cleric, singer, writer, publisher, entrepreneur–later rose as a highly successful businessman. At 25-28 April 2013, he is scheduled to give sermons in several big cities in Australia, namely Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and certainly the country’s capital, Canberra.Īs a cleric, the nationwide popularity of Aa Gym peaked from late 1990s up to 2006. Many Indonesians should have known ‘the phenomenon’ Abdullah Gymnastiar, or Aa Gym, a prominent cleric from West Java.
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