Jakarta, June 26, 2024 ¬- The Master of Islamic History and Culture Study Program, Faculty of Adab and Humanities, UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta held a national webinar entitled "Revisiting the Reformism of Syaikh Ahmad Khatib Minangkabau".

This event presented Ahmad Fauzi Ilyas, LC, M.S.I, Director of PuSNUN STIT Ar-Raudlatul Hasanah from Medan as a speaker and moderated by Iqbal Maulana, one of the MSKI students, FAH.
In his speech, the Dean of the Faculty of Adab and Humanities (FAH), Dr. Ade Abdul Hak, M.Hum., CIQNB stated, "It is very important to study the history of Shaykh Ahmad Khatib, hopefully this will provide inspiration even though it is different times, different eras, and explore his contribution in the development of education and science.

The material presented by Ahmad Fauzi Ilyas, LC, M.S.I discussed Syaikh Ahmad Khatib Minangkabau, a prominent Indonesian scholar who lived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The webinar revisited his thought, particularly in relation to Islamic reformism, the contributions of Syaikh Ahmad Khatib, the title of Syaikh Ahmad Khatib, and the relationship with Al-Manar. He said, "There are some writings that claim Shaykh Ahmad Khatib was a reformer because of his association with the founder of Al-Manar magazine in Egypt." However, he rebutted this by stating, "In my analysis, there is no source of information that Shaykh Ahmad Khatib was ever associated with the founder of Al-Manar magazine."

The webinar was then continued with a question and answer discussion and ended with a thank you from Prof. Dr. Jajat Burhanudin, M.A., as the Head of the Master of Islamic History and Culture Study Program.  He hopes that the study of traces of Islam in Indonesia will continue.

(Hilya Maylaffayza, S.IP./ Gilang Alfariz/ Nadiyah Ulfa)