- 250,000 Indonesians attend Mawlid Akbar event at Istiqlal Mosque - Shaykh Hisham advised the crowd and the president. - His Excellency President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono surprised everyone when he announced during his speech that he is the student of Shaykh Hisham Kabbani since 2003 (declaration is at minute 6:24).