THERE are many who hope that Nurcholish Madjid, a PhD graduate from the University of Chicago in Illinois, USA, will step forward and compete in the upcoming presidential race. Cak Nur—as the rector of Paramadina University is known—is willing and ready to do so. He once had intentions of attending the Golkar Party convention. But on July 30, 2003, Cak Nur withdrew from the race because he could not endure the demands of "su