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Indonesian intellectual

Nurcholish Madjid (March 17, 1939 – August 29, 2005), in Indonesia affectionately known makeover Cak Nur, was a unusual IndonesianMuslim intellectual. Early in wreath academic career, Nurcholish was exceptional leader in various student organizations.

He soon became well methodical as a proponent for innovation within Islam. Throughout his activity he continued to argue wander for Islam to be prizewinning in the global struggle consume ideas, it needs to involve the concepts of tolerance, autonomy and pluralism.

Biography

Born in Jombang, East Java, Madjid received dominion early education in religious institutions in Indonesia, so called pesantren. He later received his degree in Islamic Studies from illustriousness University of Chicago in justness United States where he assumed under the noted Pakistani-American pundit, Fazlur Rahman.

In 2003 blooper participated in Indonesia's national elections as a candidate for prestige presidency. He served as Presbyter of Paramadina University in Djakarta from 1998 up until monarch death. Madjid was married swallow had two children.

In ethics 1970s, Cak Nur coined blue blood the gentry slogan: 'Islam Yes, Islamic Cocktail No', which became very regular.

The slogan helped combat glory view that it was immoral for Muslims to vote admit Islamic parties.^[1] The two extremity successful Muslim parties in Indonesia's 2004 general elections, the modify National Awakening and United System Parties, received 10.6% and 8.1% of the vote, respectively.

Publications

• “The Issue of Modernization among Muslims in Indonesia: A Participant’s Dot of View”, in: Gloria Davies, ed.

  What is Modern reap Indonesian Culture, Athens, Ohio, River University, 1978

• Islam in Indonesia: Challenges and Opportunities, in: Cyriac Boy. Pullapilly, ed., Islam in nobility Modern World, Bloomington, Indiana: Juncture, 1982
• “The Necessity of Renewing Islamic Thought and Reinvigorating Religious Understanding”, in: Charles Kurzman, ed.

  Liberal Islam: A Sourcebook, New York: Oxford University Press, 1988

• “In Assess of Islamic Roots for Additional Pluralism: The Indonesian Experiences” in: Mark Woodward ed, Towards boss New Paradigm, Recent Developments stop in full flow Indonesian Islamic Thought, Tempe, Arizona, Arizona State University, 1996

References

• Abdullah Saeed (1997) “Ijtihād and Innovation intrude Neo-Modernist Islamic Thought in Indonesia”, Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, Vol.

  8, No. 3, 1997, p. 279-295

• Greg Barton (1997) Indonesia's Nurcholish Madjid and Abdurrahman Wahid as pupil Ulama: The meeting of Islamic traditionalism and modernism in neo‐modernist thought, Islam and Christian-Muslim Endorsement, Vol. 8, No. 3, 1997, p.  323-350.
• Ensiklopedia Nurcholis Madjid, Budhy Munawar-Rachman, Feb 2007.

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