Mohammad Natsir was an Islamic scholar and politician.
23 Facts About Mohammad Natsir
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Mohammad Natsir entered politics in the mid-1930s, rising through the ranks of Islamic parties.
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Mohammad Natsir died in his home in Jakarta on 6 February 1993.
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Mohammad Natsir wrote extensively on Islam, totaling 45 books and hundreds of articles.
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Mohammad Natsir viewed Islam as an intrinsic part of Indonesian culture and was disappointed by the Sukarno and Suharto governments' handling of the religion.
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Mohammad Natsir was given three honorary doctorates during his lifetime, one from Lebanon and two from Malaysia.
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On 10 November 2008, Mohammad Natsir was honoured as a national hero of Indonesia.
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Mohammad Natsir was born in Solok, West Sumatra on 17 July 1908.
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Mohammad Natsir's parents were Mohammad Idris Sutan Saripado, a government employee, and Khadijah.
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Mohammad Natsir later said that he had chosen the school for its Western classics class.
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Mohammad Natsir then received a teaching permit after studying for two years at a native teachers' training college.
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Mohammad Natsir collaborated with other thinkers to publish the newspaper Pembela Islam from 1929 to 1935, and wrote extensively about his views on the religion for Pandji Islam, Pedoman Masyarakat, and Al-Manar.
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Mohammad Natsir began to associate with well-known scholars of Islam like Agus Salim, and in the mid-1930s he took Salim's place in discussing the relationship between Islam and the state with future-president Sukarno.
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Mohammad Natsir was employed as the Bandung Bureau Head of Education until 1945.
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On 3 April 1950, he proposed a motion called Mosi Integral Mohammad Natsir, that united Indonesia after an agreement which divided Indonesia to seventeen states.
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Mohammad Natsir was released by the New Order government in July 1966.
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Mohammad Natsir criticized government policy, like when he signed the Petisi 50 on 5 May 1980, which caused him to be banned from going overseas.
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Mohammad Natsir fought for human rights and the modernization of Islam.
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Unlike the secular, pro-communist Sukarno, who viewed religion as an entity separated from the nation, Mohammad Natsir believed that the separation of church and state was not applicable to Indonesia, as he saw it was an intrinsic part of their culture and one of the main reasons they fought for independence.
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Mohammad Natsir later began trying to bring Pancasila, the state philosophy of Indonesia, completely in accordance with Islam.
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Mohammad Natsir published 45 books or monographs and several hundred articles dealing with his views of Islam.
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Ajip Rosidi and Haji Abdul Malik Karim Amrullah have noted that Mohammad Natsir's writings serve both as historical records and as guides for future Muslims.
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Mohammad Natsir married Nurnahar in Bandung on 20 October 1934.