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Translations and Publishing
LibForAll Foundation supports the
translation of books
to and from Indonesian and other languages, as well as the creation
of important new works by top Indonesian Muslim intellectuals and
religious leaders. January of 2007 witnessed the launch of
Menjadi Indonesia: 13 Abad Eksistensi Islam di Bumi Nusantara (Becoming
Indonesia: 13 Centuries of Islam in the East Indies), which
positions Indonesia as a model for a pluralistic and tolerant
understanding of Islam, at peace with itself and the modern world.
The 902-page book was edited by LibForAll's Director of Publications, Ahmad Gaus, and Dr. Komaruddin Hidayat, the rector of Syarif Hidayatullah
Islamic State University in Jakarta.
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Among those contributing chapters to the book
were
LibForAll advisors Azyumardi Azra ("Historiography of Indonesian
Islam"), Abdul Munir Mulkhan ("Mystical Islam, Pure Islam and
Jurisprudential Islam") and Amin
Abdullah ("Orientalism and Contemporary Islamic Studies"). LibForAll co-founder Kyai Haji Abdurrahman Wahid
(photo, right) also attended the launch, which was heavily
covered by Indonesia's mass media.
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Muhammadiyah chairman Din Syamsuddin (left) with LibForAll
advisor Dr. Azyumardi Azra at the launch.
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LibForAll advisor Dr. Sukardi Rinakit (left) with
LibForAll CEO Holland Taylor and Dr. Komaruddin Hidayat
(speaking, center), and LibForAll Director of Publications Ahmad Gaus (second from right).
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LibForAll is also helping to translate
the best work of progressive Indonesian Muslims into
Arabic
and English—and publish them freely on the internet, as well
as in traditional book form. Our projects include this influential
work (Islam, the State and Civil Society), which represents
the best of contemporary Indonesian thought on a subject vital
to the future of freedom and democracy throughout the Muslim
world.
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In May of 2007, LibForAll is publishing an Indonesian
translation of Stephen Schwartz's The Two Faces of Islam: Saudi
Fundamentalism and Its Role in Terrorism, with an
introduction by LibForAll co-founders K.H. Abdurrahman Wahid
and C. Holland Taylor.
Schwartz's book was translated by the Director of
LibForAll's think tank, the Nur al-Hikmah ("Light of
Wisdom") Society, Mr. Hodri Ariev (right, with Wall Street Journal columnist
Bret Stephens and LibForAll advisor K.H. Mustofa Bisri).
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