Hamka

Haji Abdul Malik Karim Amrullah, known as Hamka (February 17, 1908 – July 24, 1981) was a prominent Indonesian author, ulema and politician. His father, syekh Abdul Karim Amrullah, known as Haji Rasul, led and inspired the reform movement in Sumatra upon his arrival from the holy land Mecca in 1906. In 1970s, Hamka was the leader of Majelis Ulama Indonesia, an extra government Muslim organizations in Indonesia which, have power to produce Fatwa, and contains ulema and scholar from Nahdlatul Ulama and Muhammadiyah.