Zuhairi Misrawi

Who is Zuhairi Misrawi?

Zuhairi Misrawi is a writer from Indonesia. He also became known as a young intellectual in Nahdlatul Ulama, a traditionalist Sunni Islam group in Indonesia. Zuhairi completed his undergraduate education with the Creed-Philosophy Department, Faculty of Usul al-Din, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt. Returning from Cairo, he was active in the Institute for Study and Human Resource of Nahdlatul Ulama as the Coordinator of Study and Research in 2000-2002. He is close to the world of contemporary Islamic thought and has served as director of the Moderate Muslim Society.