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Singapore.: NUS Press. [2019].. Translated by George A. Fowler. 286pp, bibliography, index, paperback. "Indonesia is not a given. Rather it has to be constantly and ceaselessly struggled for." To his fellow Indonesians, Ahmad Syafii Maarif is the muazin bangsa, the “muezzin of the nation” for his role in calling the nation to awareness and struggle for greater moral order and national and religious purpose. A senior teacher and one-time leader of Muhammadiyah, a religious organisation with some 29 million members, Syafii Maarif is also an educator with a PhD from the University of Chicago. His thinking and writing are unique in the way they bring together two streams of Indonesian national consciousness, the religious and the national. Syafii Maarif’s thinking is “at once theologically sophisticated and deeply rooted in the Indonesian experience”. He explores ways Quranic knowledge and participation in the global umat or community of Islam can be brought to bear in a… Read More

Singapore: NUS Press, 2018. Paperback. New. The author, a significant man of religion and educator, sets forth his ideas on how Quaranic knowledge can shape a pluralist, democratic, and diverse Indonesia where freedom and choice are respected. This book has been translated from Bahasa Indonesia into English by GA Fowler. New Paperback. 287 pages with a bibliography and index. Weight: 0.7kg. Post free within Malaysia