Quraish Shihab
| Muhammad Quraish Shihab | |
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Dr. Quraish Shihab giving lecture on TV
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| Minister of Religious Affairs of Indonesia Department of Religious Affairs | |
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In office March 14, 1998 – May 21, 1998 |
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| President | Suharto |
| Preceded by | Tarmizi Taher |
| Succeeded by | Malik Fajar |
| Rector of Syarif Hidayatullah University | |
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In office 1992–1998 |
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| Preceded by | Ahmad Syadali |
| Succeeded by | Ahmad Sukardja |
| Board member of MUI | |
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Assumed office 1984 |
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| Personal details | |
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16 February 1944 Rappang, Celebes, Japanese-occupied East Indies |
| Citizenship | Indonesia |
| Spouse(s) | Fatimawati Assegaf |
| Children | Najla, Najwa, Nashwa, Nahla, Ahmad |
| Website | www |
Muhammad Quraish Shihab (Arabic: محمّد قريش شهاب; Muḥammad Qurayš Šihāb); February 16, 1944) is an Indonesian Muslim scholar in the sciences of the Qur'an, an author, a cleric, and former Minister of Religion Affairs in the Cabinet of Development VII (1998). He is the older brother of the former Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare, Alwi Shihab.
Quraish was born in Lotassalo, Rappang, on February 16, 1944. His father was Abdurrahman Shihab, an Islamic scholar and professor at State Institute of Islamic Sciences and his mother was Asma Aburisyi. Quraish is the fourth son of twelve siblings. His three older siblings, Nur, Ali (d) and Umar, and two younger siblings, Wardah and Alwi Shihab, were also born in Rappang. Seven other siblings namely Nina, Sida, Nizar, Abdul Muthalib, Salwa and twin sister Ulfa and Latifah, were born in the village of Buton.
Quraish Shihab, called Bang Odes by his younger siblings, is an Arab Indonesian of Ba'Alawi sada family, where his family lineage traces back to Muhammad, the prophet of Islam.
Quraish married to Fatmawati Assegaf on February 2, 1975 in Surakarta. From the marriage, they have four daughters (Najelaa, Najwa, Nasywa, Nahla) and one son (Ahmad).
After completing his early education in Ujung Pandang, Quraish continued his secondary education in Malang, which he did while at the Dar al-Hadith Al-Faqihiyyah boarding school under guidance of Habib Abdul Qadir Bilfaqih.
In 1958 he went to Cairo, Egypt, and Admitted to 2nd grade in Al-Thanawiya (middle school level) at Al-Azhar. In 1967, he earned an LC (Bachelor's degree) from the Department of Tafsir and Hadith, the faculty of Islamic Theology in Al-Azhar University. He continued his education at the same faculty in 1969 and earned master's degree in Tafseer of the Qur'an with the thesis entitled Al-I'jaz Tashri'i li Al-Qur-an Al-Karim.
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