Haedar Nashir (born February 25, 1958) is an Indonesian Islamic scholar and the current leader of

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, the second largest Muslim religious organization in the world. He was elected as the organization's leader on August 6, the same day that his wife Siti Noordjannah Djohantini was elected to a second term as the leader of

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, 7 August 2016. Accessed 13 December 2016. Nashir expressed concern regarding the Jakarta November 2016 protests surrounding the blasphemy trial of the Christian

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. Although Nashir welcomed the trial as evidence of objective law enforcement and encouraged citizens to monitor for transparency and rule of law, he indicated that "precious energy and time that could have otherwise been used to do something productive" had been lost.Bambang Muryanto
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, 17 November 2016. Accessed 7 December 2016. He also reiterated Muhammadiyah's support for

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, the

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and Indonesia's religious diversity.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nashir, Haedar Indonesian Islamic religious leaders Indonesian Sunni Muslims Living people Muhammadiyah Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam 1958 births People from Bandung Gadjah Mada University alumni