Nahdlatul Ulama is an Islamic organization in Indonesia. Its membership estimates range from 40 million (2013) to over 95 million (2021),making it the largest Islamic organization in the world. NU also is a charitable body funding schools and hospitals as well as organizing communities to help alleviate poverty.
Islam is the largest religion in Indonesia,with 86.7% of the Indonesian population identifying themselves as Muslim in a 2018 survey. Indonesia is the most populous Muslim-majority country,with approximately 231 million adherents.
The Islamic views on tobacco vary by region. Though tobacco or smoking in general is not explicitly mentioned in the Quran or hadith,contemporary scholars have condemned it as potentially harmful,and have at times prohibited smoking outright as a result of the severe health damage that it causes. A tobacco fatwa is a fatwa that prohibits the usage of tobacco by Muslims. Arab Muslims tend to prohibit smoking and,in South Asia,smoking tends to be considered lawful but discouraged.
Indonesian Ulema Council is Indonesia's top Islamic scholars body. MUI was founded in Jakarta on July 26,1975 during the New Order era. The council comprises many Indonesian Muslim groups including Nahdlatul Ulama (NU),Muhammadiyah,and smaller groups such as,Syarikat Islam,Perti,Al Washliyah,Mathla'ul Anwar,GUPPI,PTDI,DMI and Al Ittihadiyyah. The Ahlul Bait Indonesia (Shi'ite) and Jemaat Ahmadiyyah Indonesia (Ahmadiyya) were not accepted as members.
On April 15,2011,a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in a mosque in a police compound in the city of Cirebon,in West Java,Indonesia. The attack occurred around 12:20 WIB (UTC+7) during Friday prayers.
Idham Chalid was an Indonesian politician,religious leader,and minister,who served as Chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly and Chairman of the People's Representative Council from 1972 until 1977. He was also a prominent leader of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and leader of the United Development Party (PPP),from 1956 until 1984.
November 2016 Jakarta protests refer to an Islamist mass protest which took place on 4 November 2016 in Jakarta,Indonesia. It was attended by an estimated 50,000–200,000 protesters,and was aimed against the Governor of Jakarta Basuki Tjahaja Purnama,for alleged blasphemy of the Quran,the Islamic holy book. A counter-protest led by government officials and social activists in support of interfaith unity was led on 30 November.
Lukman Hakim Saifuddin is an Indonesian politician and Muslim scholar who was the Minister of Religious Affairs in the Second United Indonesia Cabinet of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Working Cabinet of President Joko Widodo.
Ma'ruf Amin is an Indonesian politician,Islamic cleric,and lecturer who is the 13th and current vice president of Indonesia. Aged nearly 77 years old when inaugurated,he is the oldest Indonesian vice president to ever be sworn in.
Islam Nusantara or Indonesian (Islamic) model is a term used to refer to the empirical form of Islam that was developed in the Nusantara. This term was introduced and promoted by the Indonesian Islamic organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) in 2015,as an alternative for the interpretation and representation of global Islam that is currently dominated by Arabization—i.e. Saudi Wahhabism.
Bachtiar Nasir is an Indonesian Islamist da'i and ulama. He is known for his examination and exploration of the sciences of the Qur'an. The ustad leads the Ar-Rahman Qur'anic Learning Center (AQL) Islamic Center,and also serves as the Secretary General of Intellectual Assembly of Young Ulama Indonesia (MIUMI),Chairman of Alumni of Saudi Arabia in Indonesia,and Chairman of Islamic University of Medina Alumni in Indonesia. He also served as the Central Executive of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI).
February 2017 Jakarta protests refer to a series of mass protest led by Islamist movements which took place on 11 February 2017 and 21 February 2017 in Jakarta,Indonesia,and dubbed as the Action 112 and the Action 212 respectively. The protests were aimed against the incumbent Governor of Jakarta Special Capital Region Basuki Tjahaja Purnama for an alleged blasphemy of the Quran,the Islamic holy book.
December 2016 Jakarta protests,also known as 212 Action,the 3rd Defend Islam Action,and the 2 December Peace Protest,was a mass protest led by Islamist groups which took place on 2 December 2016,in Jakarta,Indonesia. During the protest,marchers demanded the termination of the gubernatorial office held by Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok),who had been accused of blasphemy. The protest was the second demonstration against Ahok in 2016 following the previous rally which took place on 4 November,and it was succeeded by the February 2017 Jakarta protests.
The Islamic Defenders Front was an Indonesian hardline Islamist organization founded in 1998 by Muhammad Rizieq Shihab with backing from military and political figures. Since 2015,Ahmad Shabri Lubis has been the organization's leader,while Rizieq Shihab holds the title of Grand Imam of the FPI for life. The FPI originally positioned itself as an Islamic religious police,mostly by conducting illegal and unauthorized vigilante operations. It also acted as an Islamist pressure group with prominent social media activism and mass mobilizations against pro-government activists,ethnic Chinese,Christian minority,as well as liberal and reformist politicians.
Nahdlatul Wathan is an Islamic socio-religious organization based in Lombok,West Nusa Tenggara province,Indonesia. The organization was established by Muhammad Zainuddin Abdul Majid at Pancor,East Lombok Regency in 1953. The organization serves as a vehicle for societal movement,education,and Islamic proselytization (da'wah). It is currently the largest and the most influential Islamic mass organization in Lombok.
Fatwa prohibiting the insulting of the most religious figures of Sunni Islam was published by Iran's Supreme Leader,Ali Khamenei,on 30 September 2010. The fatwa was issued following the insulting of Aisha by Yasser Al-Habib. This fatwa received various reactions from Shia and Sunni Muslims,and from Arabic and Western media.
In July 2005,Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI),a semi-official Islamic clerical body of Indonesia,issued a fatwa,or an Islamic legal opinion,against religious pluralism,liberalism,and secularism. The issuance of fatwa garnered substantial controversy and scholarly attention. The fatwa addressed the reformist trend of Islam which had been popular among the broad Indonesian society over the past 25 years. Such trends advocated for a more substantive reading of the Quran and Hadith,instead of literalist approaches taken by the majority of ulamas. MUI considered such ideas as incompatible with Islamic teaching,releasing the fatwa to promote a more literal reading of the Islamic scriptures. The fatwa was heavily criticized by progressive Muslim intellectuals.
Abuya Kyai Hajji Ahmad Muhtadi bin Dimyathi al-Bantani or better known as Abuya Muhtadi is an Indonesian Muslim cleric from Banten. He is known as one of the Muslim scholars close to President Joko Widodo. At the Zikir Kebangsaan which was first held by the Indonesian government in the Merdeka Palace in 2017,Muhtadi was one of the religious leaders invited by the president. In the 2019 Indonesian presidential election,he supported a friend who was also a Muslim cleric from Banten,Ma'ruf Amin,who became the running mate of incumbent presidential candidate,Joko Widodo. Even so,in the 2014 Indonesian presidential election,he supported Prabowo Subianto as a candidate for Indonesian President and instructed his students to vote for Subianto.
Kyai Haji Yahya Cholil Staquf,nicknamed Gus Yahya,is an Indonesian politician and Islamic cleric who has served as the chairman of the Executive Council of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) since December 2021. In the election of the 34th NU Conference at Lampung University,Bandar Lampung on 24 December 2021,Gus Yahya beat the incumbent Said Aqil Siradj,with the former gaining 337 votes and the latter 210 votes. He served as spokesperson of Abdurrahman Wahid from 1999 to 2001. On 31 May 2018,he was appointed as member of Presidential Advisory Council replacing Hasyim Muzadi by President Joko Widodo. Yahya is a former member of National Awakening Party (PKB).
