IN 1978, when Mohammad Natsir was 70, Muhammad Roem became concerned about his friend’s health. “If he would only reduce his number of visitors, his health would definitely improve,” wrote Roem, Natsir’s friend in struggle, in the book The Life and Struggles of Mohammad Natsir: 70 Years of Memories (Pustaka Antara, 1970). If Natsir was ill—said Roem quoting the words of Nur Nahar, Natsir’s wife—it was certainly because he was receiv