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Hasyim Asy'ari, Founder of Nahdlatul Ulama

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ScholarFounder of Nahdlatul Ulama

Hasyim Asy'ariهاشم أشعري

Approximate dateJombang

A Javanese scholar who founded Nahdlatul Ulama, the world's largest Muslim organisation.

Trained in Makkah, he led the Tebuireng pesantren in Jombang and in 1926 founded Nahdlatul Ulama to defend the traditional schools of law, creed and Sufism. In 1945 he called on Muslims to defend newly independent Indonesia against the returning colonial forces.

What grew out of it?

Nahdlatul Ulama counts tens of millions of members today.

Who else is linked?

Nawawi al-BantaniEuropean colonial empires

Who lived at the same time?

Mehmed VMehmed VIAbdulmejid IIAbdul Hamid IIMustafa KemalMuhammad AhmadMurad VAbdulaziz ibn Saud

Source: history · Wikipedia

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