Nahdlatul Ulama
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| Formation | 31 January 1926 |
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| Type | Socio-religious organization |
| Headquarters | Jakarta, Indonesia |
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Region served
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Indonesia |
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Membership
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93 million (2016) |
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Chief Executive
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KH. DR. Said Aqil Siradj |
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Chief Adviser
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KH. DR. Ma'ruf Amin |
| Website | www |
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Nahdlatul Ulama
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| Abbreviation | NU |
| Founded | 1952 (party) 31 January 1926 (organization) |
| Dissolved | 5 January 1973 |
| Split from | Masyumi |
| Merged into | United Development Party |
| Headquarters | Djakarta, Indonesia |
| Newspaper | Duta Masjarakat |
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| Ideology | Islamism |
| National affiliation | Indonesian League of Muslims |
Nahdlatul Ulama (also Nahdatul Ulama or NU) is a traditionalist Sunni Islam movement in Indonesia following the Shafi'i school of jurisprudence. NU was established on January 31, 1926 in Surabaya as a response to the rise of Wahabism in Saudi Arabia and Islamic modernism in Indonesia. The NU is the largest independent Islamic organization in the world with membership of 40 million in 2003. NU also is a charitable body funding schools and hospitals as well as organizing communities to help alleviate poverty.
Nahdatul Ulama follows the ideology of Ahl as-Sunna Wa al-Jama'ah, which takes the middle sect between extreme aqli (rationalist) with the extreme naqli (scripturalist). Because it is a source of ideas for not only the Quran, the Sunnah, but also the ability of the mind coupled with empirical reality. It referred to this way of thinking of earlier thinkers, such as Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari and Abu Mansur Al-Maturidi in theology. Then in the following four schools of jurisprudence; Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, and Hanbali. While in the field of Sufism, it follows path of Al-Ghazali and Junaid al-Baghdadi. It has been described by the media as a progressive, liberal and pluralistic Islamic movement.
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