Sholeh Mahmoed Nasution (born 19 July 1983), colloquially known as Ustadz Solmed, is an Indonesian
Islamic
Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God (or '' Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the mai ...
preacher, speaker, and actor. Sholeh was first known as the champion in the speech and national lecture contest at
Istiqlal Mosque in 2000. Since then, he has been active in both pop
televangelism and acting business. He is an alumnus of
Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta.
Career
In 2011 to 2012, he appeared in the Islamic
soap opera ''Pesantren & Rock n' Roll'' as a religious teacher of the
pesantren
''Pesantren'', or ''pondok pesantren'', are Islamic boarding schools in Indonesia. They consist of pondok, mosque, santri, teaching of classical Islamic texts and Kyai.Zamakhsyari Dhofie''The Pesantren Tradition: A Study of the Role of the Kyai ...
, and in another soap opera ''Si Biang Kerok''. From 2015 to 2016, he had owned his own televangelist program ''Kata Ustadz Solmed'' in the national television network
SCTV. During the
2017 Jakarta gubernatorial election
Two rounds of a gubernatorial election were held in Jakarta as part of the 2017 Indonesian local elections, 2017 simultaneous elections on 15 February and 19 April 2017 to elect the governor of Jakarta to a five-year term. Incumbent governor Basu ...
, he was a vocal supporter of
Anies Baswedan
Anies Rasyid Baswedan (born 7 May 1969) is an Indonesian academic, activist, and politician who served as the Governor of Jakarta from 2017 to 2022, as an Independent. A student activist and political analyst before entering public service, he s ...
against the incumbent opponent
Basuki Tjahaja Purnama
Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (, Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ''Chûng Van-ho̍k''; born 29 June 1966) is an Indonesian businessman, politician, and former governor of Jakarta. He is also known by his Hakka Chinese nickname Ahok (). He was the second minority gover ...
, and led several congregational prayers for rallying the support.
Personal life
Sholeh was born in the family of speaker and actor, H. Nadjamuddin Nasution and Hj. Salmah Lubis. He married Dewi Yulianti on March 5, 2006, but eventually divorced. He married for the second time with a TV actress April Jasmine on November 11, 2011. Their first son Sultan Mahmoed Qusyairi was born on July 22, 2013. Sholeh is of
Batak
Batak is a collective term used to identify a number of closely related Austronesian ethnic groups predominantly found in North Sumatra, Indonesia, who speak Batak languages. The term is used to include the Karo, Pakpak, Simalungun, Toba, ...
, specifically
Mandailing descent.
Controversy
On April 29, 2016, Sholeh was reportedly persecuted by a group of people in
Serang,
Banten, for arriving late to a lecture. Sholeh arrived late at 00:00 in the morning due to the committee giving him the wrong information of the venue, thus made him taking the longer route to get to the place. Sholeh had denied the news of the persecution at first, but later he proceeded to the prosecution of the committee by appointing Hotmas Paris Hutapea as his attorney.
On June 3, 2017, Sholeh was arrested by the airport security of the immigration authority in
Changi Airport,
Singapore. He was detained in an isolated room for 10 hours and endured interrogations for an unknown reason.
Begini Awalnya Ustadz Solmed Bisa Ditahan di Imigrasi Singapura
''Tribunnews.'' Retrieved November 8, 2017
Filmography
*''Pesantren & Rock n' Roll'' (2011)
*''Si Biang Kerok'' (2012)
*''Kata Ustadz Solmed'' (2015)
References
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1983 births
Indonesian actors
Indonesian Muslim missionaries
Indonesian Muslims
Living people
People of Batak descent
Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta alumni