Gus Dur

Author Greg Barton Publisher: UNSW Press Pages: 414 , Publication Date: 2002-01 ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0868404055 Zip'd ~ 19 Mb Description: In humiliating circumstances, Indonesia's fourth president, Abdurrahman Wahid was forced from office in August 2001 after less than two years in the job. Wahid, almost blind and physically weak after a number of strokes, was widely misunderstood in the West, even being seen as a somewhat comical figure. But in Indonesia the Muslim scholar affectionately...Read Full Story

By Greg Barton Publisher: UNSW Press Pages: 414, Publication Date: 2002-01 ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0868404055 Zip'd ~ 19 Mb Description: In humiliating circumstances, Indonesia's fourth president, Abdurrahman Wahid was forced from office in August 2001 after less than two years in the job. Wahid, almost blind and physically weak after a number of strokes, was widely misunderstood in the West, even being seen as a somewhat comical figure. But in Indonesia the Muslim scholar affectionately known as...Read Full Story

Nahdlatul UlamaWhile the leadership of Nahdlatul Ulama keeps calling for religious tolerance, some followers of Indonesia’s largest Islamic organization appear to be moving in the other direction, putting up banners decrying the presence of minority faith groups. The 40 million-strong NU was established in 1926, and ever since the late former President Abdurrahman “Gus Dur” Wahid assumed its leadership in the 1980s, the organization has been considered a defender of pluralism. The election of...Read Full Story

RomahurmuzyAfter claiming to have already secured the support of dozens of senior clerics from Nahdlatul Ulama in East Java, the United Development Party has vowed to continue to seek more support from Muslim leaders in the area. Romahurmuzy, deputy secretary general of the party, also known as the PPP, said on Sunday that its general chairman, Suryadharma Ali, had on Saturday met with influential clerics in Malang and Banyuwangi to discuss future collaboration. During the meeting...Read Full Story

By Theodore FriendAbdurrahman Wahid, known as Gus Dur, died on 30 December 2009 at the age of sixty-nine. The genial complexity of his character, which drew millions to him, was not adequate to the pressures of the presidency. But his life, career, and elements of caprice contain abundant clues for anyone who would understand modern Sufism, global Islam, and the Republic of Indonesia.Premises of a RepublicWahid was five years old in 1945 at the time of Indonesia’s revolutionary founding as a...Read Full Story