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Hasyim Muzadi inspired younger generation: PBNU
PBNU says former NU chairman and Presidential Advisory Board (Wantimpres) member Hasyim Muzadi was an inspiration to the younger generation.
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In memoriam: Presidential Advisory Board (Wantimpres) member Hasyim Muzadi (left ) talks with Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin in Jakarta on March 18, 2016. (JP/Dhoni Setiawan)
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ahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) executive board deputy chairman Marsudi Syuhud says former NU chairman and Presidential Advisory Board (Wantimpres) member Hasyim Muzadi was an inspiration to the younger generation.
“In addition to his active endeavor to maintain diversity in Indonesia, he also promoted the NU as international organization, in which he pioneered the establishment of several overseas NU branches,” Marsudi said.
Hasyim passed away on Thursday in his hometown of Malang, East Java. The former chairman of the country's largest Muslim organization died at his residence in the compound of the
Pesantren Mahasiswa Al-Hikam Islamic boarding school after being treated at the Lavalette Hospital for five days.
(Read also: NU losses best son as moderate cleric Hasyim passes away: scholars)
Marsudi said that in accordance with his wishes, Hasyim would be buried on the grounds Pesantren Al Hikam Islamic boarding school, in Depok, West Java.
Marsudi said PBNU leaders were currently attending a conference on religious tolerance in Rembang, Central Java, which Hasyim was also scheduled to attend.
Marsudi added that to honor the former NU chairman, he had asked all NU members, including those overseas, to hold shalat ghaib (prayers for the deceased) for Hasyim. (Dis/jun)
