Your mind stick to Imam, prayer, and all the ritual thing. Islam is not only about that. Islam even talk about science, economy, mathematics (Al Gebra), etc
Just improve the qualification of Imam here
Imam in Indonesian Istiqlal Mosque is lead by Professor and Islamist force in Indonesia is not lead by religious Imam graduated from Madrasah, but mostly they come from universities and businesses.
Indonesian Islamist leader in the past is BJ Habibie, who made several important theories in aerospace sector, who become Director of Aerotec, JV of Indonesian Aerospace and CASA, that design CN 235.
Islamist power in Indonesia is mostly lead by intellectuals and in the past they are inside the institution called ICMI.
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The
Indonesian Association of Muslim Intellectuals (Indonesian:
Ikatan Cendekiawan Muslim Indonesia,
ICMI) is a
Muslim organization in
Indonesia. Founded in 1990 by Indonesian Secretary of Research and Technology
B. J. Habibie, the organisation is committed to
fight against poverty and improve education in Indonesia.
History
While most Indonesia Muslim politicians had supported the deposing of the
Sukarno regime and the suppression of the
Communist Party of Indonesia by
Indonesian army chief
Suharto between 1965 and 1968, Suharto soon began to suppress Indonesia Muslim political activities. Suharto pursued a
secular system of government, which along with the high-level appointment of
Catholics and patronage of the ethnic
Chinese community, led to some Indonesia Muslim political groups becoming opposed to the Suharto regime.
In the early 1990s, Suharto moved his public identity and government considerably towards Islam. Adopting the name Haji Mohammad Suharto, he undertook a
hajj pilgrimage to
Mecca,
Saudi Arabia in 1991. In the prior year, Suharto had permitted the formation of the Indonesian Association of Indonesia Muslim Intellectuals under the influence of Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie, a close adviser and then-minister of technology and research. As opposed to traditional Islamic organizations in Indonesia such as the
Nahdatul Ulama (NU), ICMI supported Suharto's regime in turn for considerable influence in policy-making and administration.
By 1994, ICMI had grown considerably, boasting as many as 20,000 members, who were largely Indonesia Muslim professionals, scientists, economists, educators and scholars. Habibie (who became Suharto's vice-president in 1998) served as ICMI's president while Indonesia Muslim scholars and political activists such as
Imaduddin (who had been imprisoned by the Suharto regime in 1979) helped organize the body. Another prominent member was
Amien Rais who would later become a major opponent of the Suharto regime and chief of
Muhammadiyah, reputedly the second-largest Islamic organization in Indonesia. While highly-influential during the Suharto era, ICMI lacked a grassroots organisation, public appeal or popular support. Consisting of elite intellectuals, ICMI's influence grew mainly with the patronage of Suharto and his political party,
Golkar.
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