Nahdlatul Ulama Poised for Global Leadership

A New Partnership for Peace and Religious Freedom

and the Clash of Civilizations:

Humanitarian Islam, Evangelical Christianity,

Humanitarian Islam: An Alliance for the 21^st Century

Western Humanism, Christian Democracy and

Legal Category of “Infidel” within Islamic Law

World First: Nahdlatul Ulama Abolishes the

A global movement that seeks to restore rahmah (universal love and compassion) to its rightful place as the primary message of Islam, inspired by the legacy of former Nahdlatul Ulama Chairman and Indonesian President H.E. Kyai Haji Abdurrahman Wahid (1940 – 2009)

Humanitarian Islam

Nobel Laureate and East Timor independence leader H.E. José Ramos-Horta (above)
praises Nahdlatul Ulama and Muhammadiyah for securing Indonesian democracy and fostering a pluralistic and tolerant understanding of Islam.

“A Worthy Model for the World to Emulate”

Portuguese Socialist MEP Ana Maria Gomes greets KH. Yahya Cholil Staquf at the European Parliament

Addressing the nexus of security threats linked to Islam,
terrorism and migration in Europe

New York Times: “From Indonesia, a Muslim
Challenge to the Ideology of the Islamic State”

“The Nahdlatul Ulama calls upon people of goodwill of every faith and nation to join in building a global consensus not to politicize Islam, and to marginalize those who would exploit Islam in such a way as to harm others.”

Nahdlatul Ulama Declaration

“If Muslims do not address the key tenets of Islamic orthodoxy that authorize and explicitly enjoin such violence, anyone—at any time—may harness the orthodox teachings of Islam to defy what they claim to be the illegitimate laws and authority of an infidel state and butcher their fellow citizens, regardless of whether they live in the Islamic world or the West.”

Declaration on Humanitarian Islam

The Nusantara Statement conveys the essence of the historic Nusantara Manifesto, through which Gerakan Pemuda Ansor and Bayt ar-Rahmah have officially launched a process of systematically recontextualizing (i.e., reforming) obsolete and problematic tenets within Islamic orthodoxy.

Second Global Unity Forum

Kyai Haji Ahmad Mustofa Bisri, spiritual leader of the Nahdlatul Ulama, Bayt ar-Rahmah
Chairman and Co-founder of the Global Humanitarian Islam Movement

Kyai Haji Yahya Cholil Staquf, General Chairman of the Nahdlatul Ulama Executive Board;
Bayt ar-Rahmah Director of Religious Affairs; International Emissary of Indonesia’s Largest
Islamic Political Party; and Co-founder of the Global Humanitarian Islam Movement

“Cultures and religions that appear to be widely divergent are in fact like colors emerging from a prism, derived from a single source of light.”

How Islam learned to adapt in Nusantara

Maneuver in the narrative space: Lessons from Islam Nusantara