Noer Muhammad Iskandar (5 July 1955 – 13 December 2020) was an Indonesian Islamic cleric (

kyai A kyai ( ) is an expert in Islam. This denomination is usually used among the ethnic Javanese people. Origins The word kyai is originally from Javanese. Sometimes, it is spelled kiai. Traditionally, students of Islam in Indonesia would study ...

) who also the head and the founder of the Ash-Shiddiqiyah Islamic Boarding School. He was also often invited to fill the

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programme on national television. He was well known as a kyai who found the pesantren which applies the santris intellectualization principle, that a

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must be able to understand the symbols of the

Koran The Quran, also Romanization, romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a Waḥy, revelation directly from God in Islam, God (''Allah, Allāh''). It is organized in 114 chapters (, ) which ...

as more than just understanding God's commands, but must be returned to the actualization steps in everyday life. In his time, this principle was contrasted with the Koran teaching in the pesantren which was only dogmatic and on the other hand in the secular schools, the Koran was taught in a rationalistic approach. He founded the Ash-Shiddiqiyah pesantren in 1985.

Personal life and education

He was born in the village of Sumber Beras,

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. He was the ninth of eleven children from the couple Iskandar and Robiatun. His father was also a kyai. After completing his studies in the Lirboyo pesantren, Iskandar continued his studies in and got his diploma in the field Koran teaching in 1974. He was married to Siti Nur Jazilah in 1982. His wife is a daughter of Mashudi, a kyai from Tumpang,

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. His wedding was witnessed by the kyais from Lirboyo, Kediri and Tebuireng, Jombang, Makhrus Aly, and Adlan Aly, respectively.

Death

He died on 13 December 2020.

References

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