Islamic scholar
In Islam, the ''ulama'' (; ar, علماء ', singular ', "scholar", literally "the learned ones", also spelled ''ulema''; feminine: ''alimah'' ingularand ''aalimath'' lural are the guardians, transmitters, and interpreters of religious ...
from
Indonesia
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. .Moch Nur Ichwan, ''Towards a Puritanical Moderate Islam: The Majelis Ulama Indonesia and the Politics of Religious Orthodoxy''. ISEAS Publishing. Retrieved 9-9-2017.
He served on numerous organizations, including the chairman of the Council of Da'wah Islamiyah Indonesia ( Indonesian Islamic Propagation Council), the secretary general of the Indonesian Committee for the Islamic World Solidarity (KISDI), the Indonesian Committee for Solidarity
Palestine
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Indonesian Ulema Council
Indonesian Ulema Council ( id, Majelis Ulama Indonesia, ar, مجلس العلماء الإندونيسي, abbreviated MUI) is Indonesia's top Islamic scholars body. MUI was founded in Jakarta on July 26, 1975 during the New Order era. The council ...
(KISP-MUI), the Commission on Religious Harmony of Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), and a member of the board of Majlis Tabligh Muhammadiyah.
Early life
He obtained his Islamic education in Madrasah Diniyah Nurul Ilmi
Bojonegoro
Bojonegoro Regency ( id, Kabupaten Bojonegoro, older spelling is ''Kabupaten Bodjanegara'', jv, ꦑꦧꦸꦥꦠꦺꦤ꧀ꦨꦗꦤꦼꦒꦫ, translit=Kabupatèn Bojånegårå) is a regency in East Java, Indonesia, about 110 km west of Sura ...
from 1971 to 1977, Pondok Pesantren Ar Rasyid Kendal Bojonegoro from 1981 to 1984, Pondok Pesantren Ulil Albab Bogor from 1988 to 1989, Arabic Language Education Institute, and LIPIA Jakarta in 1988.
His undergraduate degree in
veterinary
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international relations
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is obtained from Postgraduate Program of International Relations of Jayabaya UniversityJakarta, with a thesis entitled ''Pragmatism of Israeli Foreign Policy''. He holds a doctorate at the Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization-
International Islamic University Malaysia
The International Islamic University Malaysia ( ms, Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia; Jawi: اونيۏرسيتي اسلام انتارابڠسا مليسيا; ar, الجامعة الإسلامية العالمية بماليزيا), als ...
He worked as a researcher at the Indonesian Society for Middle East Studies (ISMES) Jakarta and the Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought & Civilizations (INSIST), and staff at Center for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
University of Indonesia
The University of Indonesia ( id, Universitas Indonesia, abbreviated as UI) is a public university in Depok, West Java and Salemba, Jakarta, Indonesia. It is one of the oldest tertiary-level educational institutions in Indonesia (known as the ...
(PKTTI-UI) Jakarta.
He has also been a journalist for Jakarta Daily News Buana, Republika Jakarta Daily, and a news analyst at Radio Muslim FM Jakarta, as well as a lecturer of Journalism and Islamic thought at Ibnu Khaldun University of
Bogor
Bogor ( su, , nl, Buitenzorg) is a city in the West Java province, Indonesia. Located around south of the national capital of Jakarta, Bogor is the 6th largest city in the Jakarta metropolitan area and the 14th overall nationwide.liberal Islamic movement, especially in Indonesia. His book ''Pluralisme Agama: Haram (Religious Pluralism:
Haram
''Haram'' (; ar, حَرَام, , ) is an Arabic term meaning 'Forbidden'. This may refer to either something sacred to which access is not allowed to the people who are not in a state of purity or who are not initiated into the sacred knowle ...
)'' challenged the liberal and progressive criticisms toward the 2005
fatwa
A fatwā ( ; ar, فتوى; plural ''fatāwā'' ) is a legal ruling on a point of Islamic law (''sharia'') given by a qualified '' Faqih'' (Islamic jurist) in response to a question posed by a private individual, judge or government. A jurist ...
by the Indonesian Ulema Council targeting religious pluralism. In his writings, he considers religious pluralism as an ideology which considers all religion to be true, thus undermining the legitimacy of Islam. His book ''Christian-Western Hegemony in Islamic Studies in Higher Education'' was voted the 2nd best book of the Islamic Book Fair of 2007. At the same forum a year earlier, his book entitled ''The Face of Western Civilization: From Christian Hegemony to Secular-Liberal Dominance'' became the best non-fiction book.