Celebrating 100th Anniversary, NU Pledges to Rebuild World Civilization

Therefore, NU feels it has a responsibility to fight for a new world order, which is just and harmonious, based on respect for equal rights and human dignity.

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Yahya Cholil Staquf (right) and Rabbi David Rosen, AJC Director of Interreligious Relations at the AJC Conference in Jerusalem, Sunday (10/6/2018)

JAKARTA, KOMPAS — Celebrating its 100th anniversary, based on the Islamic lunar calendar (Hijri year), Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) is committed to rebuilding world civilization. The largest Islamic organization in Indonesia will fight for the realization of a new world order that is just and harmonious based on respect for equal rights and dignity for every human being.

During an interview with Kompas at the organization’s head office in Jakarta on Friday, NU’s chairman Yahya Cholil Staquf said the establishment of NU on 16 Rajab 1344 or in January 1926 was intended to pave the way toward a new civilization, as the world's Muslims had lost the direction of civilization due to the end of the caliphate system following the fall of the Ottoman Empire in Turkey.