Winai Dahlan learned quite late that he is the grandson of a prominent Muslim leader, the founder of Muhammadiyah- one of Indonesia’s largest Muslim organizations. The young Winai only knew his grandfather is Ahmad Dahlan. Winai himself had never dreamt of becoming an activist in Muslim organizations.

"My father never told us about him," said the 64-year-old of his father, Irfan Dahlan, in a January interview with Tempo English at his office in