On Ideas of Pluralism
Nurcholish Madjid presented the idea of universal, inclusive Islam. But some of his thoughts in the 1970s led him to be labeled the New Order’s mouthpiece.
May 20, 2008
ON January 2, 1970, in a discussion on Jalan Menteng Raya 58, a youth revealed something that was not only new to his audience, but also to himself. He was Nurcholish Madjid, 31, known for his activities in the Islamic Students Association and his articles on Islam.
On that day he brought up his paper entitled “The Necessity of Reform in Islamic Thought and the Problem of Religious Community Integration.” “Secularization is not meant to a
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