Departure of a ‘Muezzin’ of the Nation

Goodbye Prof Azyumardi, rest in eternal peace. Civil society feels that Prof. Azyumardi left too quickly, in the midst of an atmosphere of uncertainty in finding a role model.

KOMPAS/HENDRA A SETYAWAN

The body of the scholar Prof. Dr. Azyumardi Azra arrived at the Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University (UIN), Ciputat, South Tangerang, Banten, Tuesday (20/9/2022). The body was brought to the UIN Syarif Hidayatullah campus to be prayed before being buried in the Kalibata Heroes Cemetery.

After Prof Dr Ahmad Syafii Maarif passed away on May 27 in Yogyakarta, scholar Prof Dr Azyumardi Azra CBE left us forever on Sunday, Sept. 18.

Within four months, this nation has lost two national teachers. Teachers of the nation who loved this country very much. Both national teachers had a strong character. Strength of character was inherent in the figure of Prof. Azyumardi, a scholar who was born in Padang Pariaman, West Sumatra on March 4, 1955.