Over the past 10 years or so, Said Agil Husin Al Munawar has carved himself a name among Indonesian Islamic intellectuals.

Born in Palembang on January 26, 1954, the father of six by his marriage to Fatimah Abu Assegaf obtained his doctorate from the Syariah Faculty at the Ummu Al-Qur'an University in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, in 1987. Besides being a professor at the State Islamic University in Jakarta, he is also the director of its postgradu