Ulil Abshar-Abdalla: I Try to Be Like Al-Tahtawi

Three months ago Ulil Abshar-Abdalla, a controversial central figure of Liberal Islam Network (JIL), left Indonesia. He was invited by the University of Michigan to be a guest lecturer on the subject of “contemporary Islamic thought in Indonesia”. After delivering a lecture there, Ulil stayed at Ohio University in Athens. Ulil wished to materialize his obsession: writing a book. This book is his whole interpretation of Alquran and general Islamic teaching from the liberal Islam perspective.