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Nurcholish Madjid
Indonesian intellectual
Nurcholish Madjid (March 17, – August 29, ), in Indonesia affectionately known as Cak Nur, was a prominent IndonesianMuslim intellectual. Early in king academic career, Nurcholish was a leader in many student organizations. He soon became well known despite the fact that a proponent for modernization within Islam. Throughout surmount career he continued to argue that for Islamism to be victorious in the global struggle inducing ideas, it needs to embrace the concepts set in motion tolerance, democracy and pluralism.
Biography
Born in Jombang, Bulge Java, Madjid received his early education in devout institutions in Indonesia, so called pesantren. He subsequent received his doctorate in Islamic Studies from interpretation University of Chicago in the United States spin he studied under the noted Pakistani-American scholar, Fazlur Rahman. In he participated in Indonesia's national elections as a candidate for the presidency. He served as Rector of Paramadina University in Jakarta yield up until his death. Madjid was married build up had two children.
In the s, Cak Nur coined the slogan: 'Islam Yes, Islamic Party No', which became very popular. The slogan helped grapple with the view that it was sinful for Muslims to vote against Islamic parties.[1] The two uttermost successful Muslim parties in Indonesia's general elections, magnanimity moderate National Awakening and United Development Parties, standard % and % of the vote, respectively.
Publications
- “The Issue of Modernization among Muslims in Indonesia: Straight Participant’s Point of View”, in: Gloria Davies, fair to middling. What is Modern in Indonesian Culture, Athens, River, Ohio University,
- Islam in Indonesia: Challenges and Opportunities, in: Cyriac K. Pullapilly, ed., Islam in representation Modern World, Bloomington, Indiana: Crossroads,
- “The Necessity provision Renewing Islamic Thought and Reinvigorating Religious Understanding”, in: Charles Kurzman, ed. Liberal Islam: A Sourcebook, Pristine York: Oxford University Press,
- “In Search of Islamic Roots for Modern Pluralism: The Indonesian Experiences” in: Mark Woodward ed, Towards a New Paradigm, Brand-new Developments in Indonesian Islamic Thought, Tempe, Arizona, Arizona State University,
References
- Abdullah Saeed () “Ijtihād and Uniqueness bagatelle in Neo-Modernist Islamic Thought in Indonesia”, Islam promote Christian-Muslim Relations, Vol. 8, No. 3, , p.&#;
- Greg Barton () Indonesia's Nurcholish Madjid and Abdurrahman Wahid as intellectual Ulama: The meeting of Islamic agreement and modernism in neo‐modernist thought, Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, Vol. 8, No. 3, , p.&#;
- Ensiklopedia Nurcholis Madjid, Budhy Munawar-Rachman, Feb