Siti Chamamah Soeratno

Siti Chamamah Soeratno is a female Islamic scholar from Indonesia and the former leader of Aisyiyah, Indonesia's first all-female Muslim organization. She is also the former dean of Muhammadiyah University of Malang and an expert on Indonesian literature.[1] She has served as a faculty member at Leiden University, Mercu Buana University, Sebelas Maret University and Yogyakarta State University among others.[2]

Siti Chamamah Soeratno
Leader of Aisyiyah
In office
2000–2010
Succeeded bySiti Noordjannah Djohantini
Personal details
CitizenshipIndonesian
Alma materGadjah Mada University (BA, PhD)
School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (MA)

Soeratno's involvement with Islamic organizations began early in her life. She attended a Muhammadiyah high school and became the chairwoman of Aisyiyah's youth wing in 1965.[2] She is a proponent of the Islamization of knowledge, promoting the view that the adjective "Islamic" should refer more than to strictly religious practices and should include all aspects of life and referring to democracy, equality, justice and the human norms of liberty as "Islamic values."[3]

References

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  1. ^ Greg Barton, Paul Weller, and Ihsan Yilmaz, The Muslim World and Politics in Transition: Creative Contributions of the Gülen Movement, pg. 173. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013. ISBN 9781441133205
  2. ^ a b Chamamah Soeratno: Brilliant and Persistent Fighting Against Stagnancy. Copyright © 2016 Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang, 7 December 2014. Accessed 14 December 2016.
  3. ^ Diah Ariani Arimbi, Reading Contemporary Indonesian Muslim Women Writers: Representation, Identity and Religion of Muslim Women in Indonesian Fiction, pg. 55. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2009. ISBN 9789089640895