Gusdur, A Father of Multiculturalism
I think it’s a good opportunity for me to practice and improve my English in Writing iCan Course. And the first challenge on this week is write the biography of figure mosleem who inspiring me. Who is know the 4th president in Indonesia? Yes, He is KH. Abdurrahman Wahid or we ussually called him, Gus Dur. He was the muslim leader and politican who was president of Indonesia from 1999-2001. He is one of inspiring figure for all Muslims in the country. I took the figure from Indonesia, because now we difficult to find the inspiring figure in this country. Nowdays, many ustadz do the capitalism of religion for their provit, example Ustadz Guntur Bumi, Kanjeng Dimas, etc. Gusdur was born in Denanyar, East Java, Sept 7,1940 and He passed way Dec, 30, 2009. His grandfather, KH. Hasyim Asyari is the founder of Nahdatul Ulama (NU). He has five siblings from their parent KH. Wahid Hasyim and Hj. Sholehah. When Gusdur was chid he study more about islam in pesantren, Jombang and Teg...