Muhammad Machasin

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Muhammad Machasin is a professor of history of Islamic culture at the State Islamic University (UIN) Sunan Kalijaga in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. [1] as well as a director of the Islamic Higher Education in Indonesia. [ citation needed ] He has been actively promoting interfaith dialogue and is a member of the board of the Asian Council on Religion and Peace.

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References

  1. "Vicky Rossi interview: Muhammad Machasin". Archived from the original on 2010-07-08. Retrieved 2010-01-08.

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