Haidar Bagir

Haidar Bagir is an Indonesian entrepreneur, philanthropist, author, lecturer, and the president director of the Mizan Group.[1] His latest book is Islam: The Faith of Love and Happiness published by Kube Publishing.[2]

Haidar Bagir
حيدر
Bagir in 2019
Born
Haidar
CitizenshipIndonesia
Alma materBandung Institute of Technology
Harvard University
University of Indonesia
OccupationIslamic scholar, Philanthropist, Businessman
OrganizationMizan Group
Known forCo-founder and CEO of Mizan Publishing Company
Notable work
Mizan
Lazuardi Schools
TitleDr.
Spouse(s)Lubna bin Abdullah bin Segaf Assegaf
ChildrenMuhammad Irfan, Mustafa Kamil, Ali Riza, Syarifa Rahima
Parent(s)Muhammad Bagir al-Habshi (father)
Gamar bin Toha bin Abdullah Assegaf (mother)

Education

He got his undergraduate degree from the Department of Industrial Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung (Bandung Institute of Technology). He finished his course works at the Graduate Program of the State Institute of Islamic Thought, Jakarta, but received his master's degree from the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University, and his doctoral degree from the Department of Humanities, Universitas Indonesia (with one-year research in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at Indiana University, Bloomington) with dissertation entitled Mystical Experience in the Epistemology of Mulla Shadra and its Comparison with Heidegger’s Idea about Thinking (Denken).

Career

He has been the president director of Mizan Group, which he founded in 1982. Mizan is ranked among the biggest publishing houses in Indonesia. It has also won several awards for its movie productions such as Laskar Pelangi, Garuda di Dadaku, 3 Hati 2 Dunia 1 Cinta.[3]

Bagir teaches at the Islamic College for Advanced Studies (ICAS)/ Sadra Institute in Jakarta, is the chairman of the Lazuardi Hayati Foundation for Education (an umbrella organization of a network of pre-K to K-12 schools in several cities in Indonesia), Founder of YASMIN (a foundation for philanthropic works on community education and health in Jakarta), and chairman of IIMaN Center for the Development of Positive Sufism. He is also the editor-in-chief of Kanz Philosophia, a journal for Islamic Philosophy and Mysticism [4]

Bagir has been a recipient of several grants from U.S. institutions, including a Fulbright Grant for Graduate Studies at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, a Fulbright Grant for Doctoral Research in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at Indiana University, and the CTNS Award for Religion and Science Curriculum Development.[5] He has taught Islam in the University of Sciences in Philadelphia as a visiting scholar within Fulbright's Direct Access to the Muslim World program and was appointed as the Misher Professor of Humanities 2005 by the university.[6]

With some prominent Indonesian figures such as Professor Komaruddin Hidayat, Professor Franz Magnis Suseno, Dr. Seto Mulyadi, and Abdillah Toha, he declared a movement called Gerakan Islam Cinta (Loving-Islam Movement), which to remind Indonesian Muslims (and the world) that Islam is not merely about rules and laws, but also about loving others. In the declaration Bagir quoted his professor at Harvard University, Annemarie Schimmel, that Islam has been misunderstood as a religion of law, even as religion of violence and war; that many orientalists and historians and even Muslims themselves tend to forget the loving aspects of Islam.

Bagir's name has also been included in the list of the 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World,[7] in all editions from 2009 to 2015, issued by the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University and the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center in Amman, Jordan.

Bagir was one of the winners of 2018 Global Business & Peace Awards held in Seoul for his contributions in interfaith understanding and peace in Indonesia.[8]

Bibliography

He has written numerous papers and articles on various topics – especially in the fields of Islamic philosophy, mysticism, and thought – published in national newspapers, magazines, and journals as well as in several books and seminar proceedings and authored eight books, including Speaking the Unspeakable. Mystical Experience According to Mulla Sadra (to be published soon), Deciphering Mystical Experience: A Comparison between Mulla Sadra and Heidegger (2007, limited edition), Pocket Book of Islamic Philosophy,[9] Pocket Book of Tasawuf (Islamic mysticism),[10] Islamic Political Philosophy Between Alfarabi and Ayatullah Khomeini,[11] The New Era of Ethical Management,[12] Islam, Risalah Cinta dan Kebahagiaan (Islam, a Message of Love and Happiness), and co-authored Revelation of Secrets: A Sufi Hermeneutics (to be published soon). His writings can be found on the website http://haidarbagir.com/

Memberships

References
  1. PPIA. "Haidar Bagir". Perhimpunan Pelajar Indonesia Australia. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved January 3, 2011.
  2. "Kube Publishing » Islam, The Faith of Love and Happiness". www.kubepublishing.com. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  3. FFI. "Pemenang FFI 2010". Komite Festival Film Indonesia. Archived from the original on January 11, 2011. Retrieved January 3, 2011.
  4. Kanz Philosophia. "Editorial Board". Archived from the original on January 18, 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
  5. CTNS. "2002 Science & Religion Course Prize Winners (Final Year)". CTNS. Retrieved January 3, 2011.
  6. University of Sciences. "Fulbright Scholar from Indonesia visits USP, pp 15" (PDF). Univ. of Sciences in Philadelphia. Retrieved January 3, 2011.
  7. The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre. "The 500 Most Influential Muslims" (PDF). The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre. Retrieved January 3, 2011.
  8. "2018 GLOBAL BUSINESS & PEACE SYMPOSIUM AND AWARDS". Religious Freedom & Business Foundation. March 9, 2018. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
  9. Bagir, Haidar (2005). Buku Saku Filsafat Islam. Indonesia: Arasy Mizan. pp. 223 pages. ISBN 979-3551-05-4.
  10. Bagir, Haidar (1994). Buku Saku Tasawuf. Indonesia: Penerbit Mizan. pp. 261 pages. ISBN 979-433-080-9.
  11. Bagir, Haidar (2002). Filsafat Politik Islam. Antara Alfarabi dan Ayatullah Khomeini. Indonesia: Penerbit Mizan. pp. 171 pages. ISBN 979-433-308-5.
  12. Bagir, Haidar (2005). Era Baru Manajemen Etis. Indonesia: Mizan Pustaka. pp. 232 pages. ISBN 979-3551-04-6.
  13. Global Compassionate Charter. "Global Compassionate Council". Retrieved January 14, 2015.
  14. Source Watch. "IHRC Advisors". Retrieved January 14, 2015.
  15. Globethics.net. "Advisory Board, Globethics.net Indonesia". Retrieved January 14, 2015.
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