The National Awakening Party,frequently abbreviated to PKB,is an Islam-based political party in Indonesia.
Nahdlatul Ulama is an Islamic organization in Indonesia. Its membership estimates range from 40 million (2013) to over 90 million (2019),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.
Jaringan Islam Liberal(JIL) or the Liberal Islam Network is a loose forum for discussing and disseminating the concept of Islamic liberalism in Indonesia. One reason for its establishment is to counter the growing influence and activism of militant and Islamic extremism in Indonesia. The "official" description of JIL is "a community which is studying and bringing forth a discourse on Islamic vision that is tolerant,open and supportive for the strengthening of Indonesian democratization."
Abdul Wahid Hasyim was the first Minister of Religious Affairs in the government of President Sukarno of Indonesia,a post he held in 1945,and from 1949 to 1952.
Ahmad Mustofa Bisri is an Indonesian Islamic leader from Indonesia and was the ninth Chief Adviser of Nahdlatul Ulama. He is the head of Pondok Pesantren Raudlatuth Thalibin,Rembang,Central Java Indonesia. Mustofa Bisri,well known as Gus Mus,is famous not only as a kyai—traditional Islamic teacher &leader,but also as a poet and painter.
Achmad Hasyim Muzadi was an Indonesian Islamic scholar,cleric,and the fourth Chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama,the largest Islamic organization in Indonesia,from 1999 to 2010. He was the founder and director of the Al-Hikam Islamic boarding school. He was the running mate of Megawati Sukarnoputri in Indonesia's 2004 presidential election,but the ticket lost the election in a runoff. He was a member of Indonesia's Presidential Advisory Board from 2015 until his death. He was a proponent of moderate Islam,which he defined as being neither radical nor liberal,criticizing both Islamic fundamentalism and liberal Islam.
Zuhairi Misrawi is an Indonesian writer. Misrawi first gained public notice as a young intellectual at Nahdlatul Ulama (NU),and a traditionalist member of the Sunni Islam group in Indonesia. Misrawi completed his undergraduate education with the Creed-Philosophy Department,Faculty of Usul al-Din,Al-Azhar University,Cairo,Egypt (1995–2000). Returning from Cairo,Misrawi was an active participant in the Institute for Study and Human Resource of Nahdlatul Ulama and was the Coordinator of Study and Research in 2000–2002. Misrawi is close to the world of contemporary Islamic thought and has served as director of the "Moderate Muslim Society".
Endang Turmudi is a sociologist and Research Professor from Indonesia. He is a senior researcher at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) in Jakarta and was head for its Society and Culture Research Center (PPKK). Turmudi was inaugurated as LIPI's 114th research professor in December 2014,with research specialization in sociology.
Kiai Haji Zainal Mustafa,born Hudaemi,and also known as Zainal Mustofa,was an Indonesian ulama and National Hero of Indonesia. He founded the Pesantren Sukamanah when he was 20. He was awarded the title of National Hero in 1972.
Sahal Mahfudh was an Indonesian cleric. He was the spiritual leader - the most senior cleric - of the Nahdlatul Ulama,Indonesia's largest Muslim majority organization,from 1999 to the time of his death in 2014. He was also chairman of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI). He took over the Maslakul Huda boarding school from his father,Kiai Mahfudz Salam,in 1963.
Said Aqil Siradj is an Indonesian Islamic scholar and the current chairman of the executive council of Nahdlatul Ulama,the largest Islamic organization in the world. The most recent publication of The 500 Most Influential Muslims by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre in Jordan ranked him as the 20th most influential Muslim person in the world.
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.
Dr. Adian Husaini is an Islamic scholar from Indonesia. He is considered a hardliner regarding conservative Islamic interpretations.
Pondok Modern Darussalam Gontor Ponorogo,also known as Pondok Modern Gontor,or abbreviated as PMDG,or simply Pesantren Gontor,is a pesantren in Ponorogo Regency,East Java,Indonesia. Since its founding in 1926,the pesantren has become famous for the application of discipline,heavy emphasis of foreign languages,and strong network and cadre of alumni. It also has been an educational institution known for not specifically tied to any political and social organization. The pesantren is considered a backbone of Muslim society in Indonesia,producing numerous leading figures of the history of Islam in Indonesia.
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.
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.
Kyai Hajj Abdul Wahab Hasbullah was one of the founders of the Indonesian Nahdlatul Ulama movement. He also initiated the usage of newspaper for dakwah,with the establishment of the newspaper of Nahdlatul Ulama,Soeara Nahdlatul Oelama. He also created the lyrics for the anthem of Nahdlatul Ulama,Ya Lal Wathon,in 1934. He was declared a National Hero of Indonesia on 7 November 2014 by President Joko Widodo.
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.
Salahuddin Wahid,colloquially known as Gus Solah,was an Indonesian Islamic scholar and politician. He originated from a Nahdlatul Ulama family,and was the younger brother of Indonesian president Abdurrahman Wahid. He served in the country's People's Consultative Assembly (1998–1999),and as the vice chair of the National Commission on Human Rights (2002–2004). During the 2004 Indonesian presidential election,he became the running mate to Wiranto,though the ticket lost the election.
Kyai Hajji Zubair Dahlan was an Indonesian ulama of tafsir,fiqh,uṣūl al-fiqh,and tasawwuf from Rembang Regency,Central Java. Every year,in the month of Ramadan,Zubair always routinely teaches the Tafsir al-Jalalayn to his students. In addition,he also active in teaching branches of Arabic grammar and tawhid at the Pesantren Sarang. Zubair is the father of an influential cleric in Indonesia,Maimun Zubair,and a teacher of several Nahdlatul Ulama cleric such as Sahal Mahfudz,Bisri Syansuri,and others. Some of his students later became caregivers and leaders of famous pesantren in Indonesia,such as Pondok Pesantren Lirboyo,Pondok Pesantren Sidogiri,Pondok Pesantren Al-Falah Ploso,Pondok Pesantren Mranggen,and other pesantren.
