KH Abdurrahman Wahid's Thoughts up to Walisanga

A. Abdurrahman Wahid or better known as Gus Dur was born in Denanyar Jombang, East Java, on August 4, 1940. He was a prominent Indonesian intellectual and highly respected. Since childhood, Abdurrahman was educated and raised in a pesantren family and under the auspices of the ulama's family. His grandfather was Hadratus Sheikh Hasyim Asy'ari, one of the founders of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and the pioneer of the Pesantren Tebuireng Jombang, while his father KH Wahid Hasyim besides the Ulama was also a national figure who had served as Minister of Religion of the Republic of Indonesia in 1950. from his mother's lineage Abdurrahman also inherited the blood of scholars, namely KH Bisri Syamsuri was his grandfather.