The Wahid Institute

The WAHID Institute

Formation	7 September 2004 (2004-09-07)
Headquarters	Jakarta, Indonesia
Official language	English, Indonesian
Director	Yenny Zannuba Wahid
Website	www.wahidinstitute.org

The Wahid Institute is a Research Center on Islam, based in Jakarta, Indonesia. It was founded in 2004 by the former President of Indonesia, Abdurrahman Wahid and is led by his daughter Yenny Zannuba Wahid.

It is dedicated to "the development of both Indonesian as well as Islamic society, improving the welfare of lower class of the society, building democracy and fundamental justice, and expanding peace and non-violence throughout the world."^[1]

Formation

The Institute was founded on September 7, 2004 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Jakarta.^[1] Yenny Zannuba Wahid was appointed director of the Institute. She later stated the institute was established because our “current world situation which is haunted by violence and raising threat of terrorism, for whatever reason, has forced us to take cooperative action in the form inter-religious, nation and ethnic dialog.”^[2]

Bali Holocaust Conference

On 12 June 2007, the Wahid Institute together with the US-based Simon Wiesenthal Center and the Libforall Foundation sponsored a conference on the Holocaust, to counter the Iranian International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust and to promote interreligious peace. The conference took place in Jimbaran, the location of the 2005 Bali bombings perpetrated by the Islamist group Jemaah Islamiyah.^[3]

Freedom of religion in Indonesia

The Institute has been committed for promoting freedom of religion in Indonesia. It annually documents cases of religious intolerance by authorities. In the last years it especially expressed worries about intimidation and violence against Ahmadiyya.^[4] In 2011, the Institute blamed President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for not taking action: "Violence against Ahmadis is an almost daily occurrence, yet the President does nothing to address this"^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "About The WAHID Institute". Retrieved 2014-12-28.
^ "The Wahid Institute". The Pluralism Project at Harvard. 2006. Retrieved 2014-12-28.
^ Robin McDowell, "Jewish Holocaust survivor appeals for tolerance at conference in Muslim Indonesia",The San Diego Union-Tribune (Associated Press), June 12, 2007.
^ "Intimidation of Ahmadis escalates in West Java". Jakarta Post. 2014-04-25. Retrieved 2014-12-28.
^ Balowski, James (April 2011). "Indonesian government blamed for religious violence". Direct Action.

External links

Official website

Islam in Indonesia

Branches

Shia Islam
Ahmadiyya
Kejawèn
Old divisions
- Abangan
- Priyayi
- Santri

Major figures

Classic era	Hamzah Fansuri Yusuf al-Makassari Malikussaleh Ismail al-Khalidi al-Minangkabawi Abdullah al-Misri Padri Tuanku Imam Bonjol Tuanku Rao Tuanku Tambusai Wali Sanga Sunan Ampel Sunan Bonang Sunan Drajat Sunan Giri Sunan Gunung Jati Maulana Malik Ibrahim Sunan Kalijaga Sunan Kudus Sunan Murya Abdurrauf Singkil Ali Mughayat Syah Tuanku Nan Tuo Burhanuddin Ulakan Usman bin Yahya
National Awakening era	Abdullah Ahmad Abdul Karim Amrullah Hasyim Asy'ari Ahmad Dahlan Tahir bin Jalaluddin Muhammad Jamil Jambek Mas Mansoer Ahmad Khatib al-Minangkabawi Haji Misbach Sulaiman ar-Rasuli Mohammad Roem Rasuna Said Agus Salim Tjokroaminoto
Post- independence	Mukti Ali Abdul Malik Karim Amrullah Ahmad Syafi'i Maarif Azyumardi Azra Abu Bakar Bashir Idham Chalid Djohan Effendi Abdullah Gymnastiar Wahid Hasyim Kartosoewirjo Nurcholish Madjid Zainuddin M.Z. Harun Nasution Mohammad Natsir Amien Rais Muhammad Rizieq Shihab Quraish Shihab Ma'ruf Amin Said Aqil Siradj Abdul Somad Din Syamsuddin Abdurrahman Wahid Muhammad Luthfi bin Yahya Ahmad Muhtadi Dimyathi Muammar Z.A. Jalaluddin Rakhmat Sheikh Ali Jaber

Organizations

Civil society	Alkhairaat Campus Dakwah Institute Hidayatullah Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia Indonesian Association of Muslim Intellectuals Indonesia Institute of Islamic Dawah Indonesian Islamic Dawah Council Indonesian Mujahedeen Council Indonesian Ulema Council Al-Irshad Al-Islamiya Islamic Defenders Front Liberal Islam Network Majelis Rasulullah Muhammadiyah Aisyiyah Muslim Students' Association Nahdlatul Ulama GP Ansor JATMAN Nahdlatul Wathan PERSIS PERTI Rabithah Alawiyah Sarekat Islam Sumatera Thawalib Wahdah Islamiyah
Political parties	Crescent Star Party Indonesian Nahdlatul Community Party Masyumi Party National Awakening Party National Mandate Party Prosperous Justice Party Ummah Party United Development Party
Militia	Banser Darul Islam Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid Jamaah Islamiyah Laskar Jihad Mujahidin Indonesia Timur

History

Pre- independence	Spread of Islam in Indonesia Ottoman embassy to Aceh Wali Sanga Islamic States in Indonesia Aceh Sultanate Demak Sultanate Kingdom of Kaimana Gowa Sultanate Malacca Sultanate Mataram Sultanate Samudera Pasai Sultanate Solor Watan Lema Confederation Ternate Sultanate Tidore Sultanate Yogyakarta Sultanate Padri War
Post- independence	Jakarta Charter Petition of Fifty Tanjung Priok massacre Talangsari incident Insurgency in Aceh Maluku sectarian conflict Poso riots Fatwa on Religious Pluralism, Liberalism, and Secularism Operation Tinombala / Madago Raya November 2016 / December 2016 / February 2017 Jakarta protests