Topic - Nahdlatul Ulama
Subscribe to this topic via RSS or ATOMNahdlatul Ulama (literally translated to Ulama's Revival, abbreviated as NU) is a traditionalist Sunni Islam movement in Indonesia following the Shafi'i school of jurisprudence. NU was established on January 31, 1926 in Surabaya as a response to the rise of Wahabism in Saudi Arabia and Islamic modernism in Indonesia. NU also is a charitable body funding schools and hospitals as well as organizing communities to help alleviate poverty. - Source: Wikipedia