SHAFAQNA- ABNA: Professor Jalaluddin Rahmat, a member of the Indonesian National Assembly passed away. Professor Jalaluddin Rahmat, a Shia Muslim and a member of Indonesia’s National Assembly, has died of COVID-19. Dr. Jalaluddin Rahmat was one of the founders of the modern Shia and a moderate and popular figure among Indonesian Muslims and the Ahlul-Bayt (AS) association, which he chaired, has branches and is active in most Indonesian provinces.
Jalaluddin Rahmat was the head of the Ahlul-Bayt (AS) Association of Indonesia (IJABI), a member of the Indonesian National Assembly, the Founder of the Martyr Motahhari School in Indonesia, the Founder of the Shia and Sunni Brotherhood Association in Indonesia, and a member of the Supreme Council of the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought.