Personal Life
Alwi Shihab is of Hadhrami Arab descent and claims a lineage as a Sayyid, or a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (via Zayn al-Abidin, great-grandson of Muhammad).
Alwi Shihab is married to Ashraf Shahab and has two sons: Muhammad Rizvi and Samy, and one daughter: Samira Shihab. His children currently live in The United States.
He has continuously tried to present Islam as an inclusive, moderate religion, basing this on his reading of the Qur'an.
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