{{Short description|Indonesian entrepreneur, philanthropist, author and lecturer}} {{BLP sources|date=May 2019}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}}
{{Infobox person | name = Haidar Bagir | image = Haidar Bagir, Cak Nur society, 03.35.jpg | caption = Bagir in 2019 | native_name = حيدر | native_name_lang = ar | birth_name = Haidar | citizenship = [[Indonesia]] | alma_mater = [[Bandung Institute of Technology]]<br/>[[Harvard University]]<br/>[[University of Indonesia]] | occupation = [[Ulama|Islamic scholar]], [[Philanthropist]], Businessman | organization = Mizan Group | known_for = Co-founder and CEO of Mizan Publishing Company | notable_works = Mizan<br/>Lazuardi Schools | title = [[Dr.]] | spouse = Lubna binti Abdullah bin Segaf Assegaf | children = Muhammad Irfan, Mustafa Kamil, Ali Riza, Syarifa Rahima | parents = Muhammad Bagir al-Habshi (father)<br/> Gamar binti Toha bin Abdullah Assegaf (mother) }}
'''Haidar Bagir''' is an Indonesian [[entrepreneur]], [[Philanthropy|philanthropist]], [[author]], [[lecturer]], and the president director of the Mizan Group.<ref name="currPosition">{{cite web| author=PPIA| url=http://www.indonext.ppi-australia.org/program/haidar.php| title=Haidar Bagir| publisher=Perhimpunan Pelajar Indonesia Australia| access-date=2011-01-03| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727183533/http://www.indonext.ppi-australia.org/program/haidar.php| archive-date=July 27, 2011| df=mdy-all}}</ref> His latest book is ''Islam: The Faith of Love and Happiness'' published by Kube Publishing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kubepublishing.com/shop/islam-the-faith-of-love-and-happiness/|title=Kube Publishing » Islam, The Faith of Love and Happiness|website=www.kubepublishing.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-05-03}}</ref>
==Education== He got his undergraduate degree from the Department of Industrial Engineering, [[Bandung Institute of Technology]]. He finished his course works at the Graduate Program of the State Institute of Islamic Thought, [[Jakarta]], but received his master's degree from the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at [[Harvard University]], and his doctoral degree from the Department of Humanities, [[University of Indonesia]] (with one-year research in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at [[Indiana University]], Bloomington) with dissertation entitled ''Mystical Experience in the Epistemology of Mulla Shadra and its Comparison with Heidegger’s Idea about Thinking (Denken)''.
==Career== He has been the president director of Mizan Group, which he founded in 1982. Mizan is ranked among the biggest publishing houses in [[Indonesia]]. It has also won several awards for its movie productions such as ''[[Laskar Pelangi (film)|Laskar Pelangi]]'', ''[[Garuda di Dadaku]]'', ''3 Hati 2 Dunia 1 Cinta''.<ref name="3Hatiiawards">{{cite web| author=FFI| url=http://www.kkffi.or.id/index.php/festival-film-indonesia/ffi-2010/92-pemenang-ffi-2010| title=Pemenang FFI 2010| publisher=Komite Festival Film Indonesia| access-date=2011-01-03| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111045222/http://www.kkffi.or.id/index.php/festival-film-indonesia/ffi-2010/92-pemenang-ffi-2010| archive-date=January 11, 2011| df=mdy-all}}</ref>
Bagir teaches at the [[The Islamic College|Islamic College]] for Advanced Studies (ICAS)/ Sadra Institute in [[Jakarta]], is the chairman of the Lazuardi Hayati Foundation for Education (an umbrella organization of a network of pre-K to K-12 schools in several cities in Indonesia), Founder of YASMIN (a foundation for philanthropic works on community education and health in Jakarta), and chairman of IIMaN Center for the Development of Positive [[Sufism]]. He is also the editor-in-chief of Kanz Philosophia, a journal for Islamic Philosophy and Mysticism <ref name="KanzEditor">{{cite web | author=Kanz Philosophia | url=http://sadrajournalkanz.ac.id/editorial-board | title=Editorial Board | access-date=2015-01-14 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://archive.today/20150118121411/http://sadrajournalkanz.ac.id/editorial-board | archive-date=January 18, 2015 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>
Bagir has been a recipient of several grants from [[United States|U.S]]. institutions, including a [[Fulbright Program|Fulbright]] Grant for Graduate Studies at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, a Fulbright Grant for Doctoral Research in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at [[Indiana University]], and the [[Graduate Theological Union|CTNS Award]] for Religion and Science Curriculum Development.<ref name="CTNSaward">{{cite web | author=CTNS|url=http://www.ctns.org/news_winners.html | title=2002 Science & Religion Course Prize Winners (Final Year)|publisher=CTNS| accessdate=2011-01-03}}</ref> He has taught Islam in the [[University of the Sciences|University of Sciences]] in [[Philadelphia]] as a visiting scholar within Fulbright's Direct Access to the Muslim World program and was appointed as the Misher Professor of Humanities 2005 by the university.<ref name="MisherProf">{{cite web | author=University of Sciences |url=http://www.usciences.edu/smc/bulletin_94_04_spring05.pdf | title=Fulbright Scholar from Indonesia visits USP, pp 15|publisher=Univ. of Sciences in Philadelphia| accessdate=2011-01-03}}</ref>
With some prominent Indonesian figures such as Professor [[Komaruddin Hidayat]], Professor Franz Magnis Suseno, Dr. Seto Mulyadi, and Abdillah Toha, he declared a movement called Gerakan Islam Cinta (Loving-Islam Movement), which to remind Indonesian Muslims (and the world) that Islam is not merely about rules and laws, but also about loving others. In the declaration Bagir quoted his professor at Harvard University, [[Annemarie Schimmel]], that Islam has been misunderstood as a religion of law, even as religion of violence and war; that many orientalists and historians and even Muslims themselves tend to forget the loving aspects of Islam.
Bagir's name has also been included in the list of the 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World,<ref name="InflMusl">{{cite web | author=The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre |url=http://www.rissc.jo/docs/0A-FullVersion-LowRes.pdf | title=The 500 Most Influential Muslims|publisher=The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre | accessdate=2011-01-03}}</ref> in all editions from 2009 to 2015, issued by the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at [[Georgetown University]] and the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center in [[Amman]], [[Jordan]].
Bagir was one of the winners of 2018 Global Business & Peace Awards held in [[Seoul]] for his contributions in interfaith understanding and peace in Indonesia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://religiousfreedomandbusiness.org/awards2018|title=2018 GLOBAL BUSINESS & PEACE SYMPOSIUM AND AWARDS|last=|first=|date=9 March 2018|website=Religious Freedom & Business Foundation|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=13 March 2018}}</ref>
==Bibliography== He has written numerous papers and articles on various topics – especially in the fields of [[Islamic philosophy]], [[Islamic mysticism|mysticism]], and thought – published in national newspapers, magazines, and journals as well as in several books and seminar proceedings and authored eight books, including ''Speaking the Unspeakable. Mystical Experience According to Mulla Sadra'' (to be published soon){{when|date=October 2013}}, ''Deciphering Mystical Experience: A Comparison between [[Mulla Sadra]] and [[Martin Heidegger|Heidegger]]'' (2007, limited edition), ''Pocket Book of Islamic Philosophy'',<ref>{{cite book |author=Bagir, Haidar |title=Buku Saku Filsafat Islam |publisher=Arasy Mizan |location=Indonesia |year=2005 |pages=223 pages |isbn=979-3551-05-4}}</ref> ''Pocket Book of [[Sufism|Tasawuf]]'' ([[Islamic mysticism]]),<ref>{{cite book |author=Bagir, Haidar |title=Buku Saku Tasawuf |publisher=Penerbit Mizan |location=Indonesia |year=1994 |pages=261 pages |isbn=979-433-080-9 }}</ref> ''Islamic Political Philosophy Between [[Alfarabi]] and [[Ayatollah Khomenei|Ayatullah Khomeini]]'',<ref>{{cite book |author=Bagir, Haidar |title=Filsafat Politik Islam. Antara Alfarabi dan Ayatullah Khomeini |publisher=Penerbit Mizan |location=Indonesia |year=2002 |pages=171 pages |isbn=979-433-308-5}}</ref> ''The New Era of Ethical Management'',<ref>{{cite book |author=Bagir, Haidar |title=Era Baru Manajemen Etis |publisher=Mizan Pustaka |location=Indonesia |year=2005 |pages=232 pages |isbn=979-3551-04-6 }}</ref> ''Islam, Risalah Cinta dan Kebahagiaan '' (''Islam, a Message of Love and Happiness''), and co-authored ''Revelation of Secrets: A Sufi [[Hermeneutics]]'' (to be published soon){{when|date=October 2013}}. His writings can be found on the website http://haidarbagir.com/
==Memberships== * Haidar Bagir is currently the regional coordinator of [http://isipindonesia.wordpress.com/ International Society for Islamic Philosophy] for Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand. He is also a member of the [https://web.archive.org/web/20150115082336/http://charterforcompassion.org/global-compassion-council Global Compassionate Council ],<ref name="GlobCompCounc">{{cite web | author=Global Compassionate Charter |url=http://charterforcompassion.org/node/6807 | title=Global Compassionate Council | accessdate=2015-01-14}}</ref> as well being one of the advisers to the London-based [http://www.ihrc.org.uk/ Islamic Human Rights Commission].<ref name="AdviserIHRC">{{cite web | author=Source Watch |url=http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Islamic_Human_Rights_Commission | title=IHRC Advisors | accessdate=2015-01-14}}</ref> Bagir is also on the advisory board of the Indonesian chapter of [http://Globethics.net/ Globethics.net], a global network of persons and institutions interested in various fields of applied ethics.<ref name="AdviserGlobEth">{{cite web | author=Globethics.net |url=http://www.globethics.net/about-us3 | title=Advisory Board, Globethics.net Indonesia | accessdate=2015-01-14}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} * [[:id:Haidar Bagir|Haidar Bagir]] * {{cite web| url=http://icasjakarta.wordpress.com/2010/12/13/cv-of-dr-haidar-bagir/| title=CV of Dr. Haidar Bagir| date=December 13, 2010| accessdate=August 25, 2014}}
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