Download or read book Changing Images of Three Generations of Azharites in Indonesia written by Mona Abaza and published by Institute of Southeast Asian. This book was released on 1993 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The focus will be on three different generations of Indonesian scholars and 'Ulama who have studied in Cairo, and in Al-Azhar in particular. Three different periods will be discussed: the colonial times when Islamic Reformism had a great impact and reactivated scholarship in the Middle East and the world of Southeast Asia; the immediate post-colonial period when Azharites played a paramount role in state functions; and the seventies and eighties when Islam was affirmed by the wealth of oil-producing countries in the Arab Gulf.