The Passing of a Polite Peacemaker

Deliar Noer died of old age. He was opposed to the leftist movement, yet he defended youths accused of being “left-wing”. His was an eventful life, and sometimes turbulent…

June 24, 2008

“…and many that I later faced without expecting them. My firing as Dean of IKIP Jakarta, lecturing for a long time at many universities in Indonesia, interrogations that I went through…finally they passed without significant impact. That seems to be what makes it easier for me to go through it. Regrets then moved away, of self and others.”

Finally, as he wrote in his autobiography, Aku Bagian Ummat, Aku Bagian Bangsa, he prays reverent

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