Nasaruddin Umar

{{Short description|Indonesian Islamic scholar and politician (born 1959)}}

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| name = Nasaruddin Umar

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|image = Menteri Agama Nasaruddin Umar.jpg

|caption = Official portrait, 2024

| office = 25th Minister of Religious Affairs

| president = Prabowo Subianto

|term_start = 21 October 2024

| deputy = Muhammad Syafi'i

|predecessor = Yaqut Cholil Qoumas

|office1 = Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta#Leadership{{!}}Grand Imam of Istiqlal Mosque

|order1 = 5th

|term_start1 = 22 January 2016

|predecessor1 = Ali Mustafa Yaqub

|office2 = Ministry of Religious Affairs (Indonesia){{!}}Vice Minister of Religious Affairs

|order2 = 1st

|term_start2 = 2011

|term_end2 = 2014

|succeeding2 =

|president2 = Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

|vicepresident2 = Boediono

|predecessor2 =

|successor2 = Zainut Tauhid Sa'adi

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|06|23|df=y}}

|birth_place = Bone, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

| spouse = {{marriage|Dra. Helmi Halimatul Udhma|1996}}

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|nationality = Indonesian

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|alma_mater = {{ubl|Alauddin Islamic State University|Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta|McGill University|Sorbonne University|Leiden University}}

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|profession = Islamic scholar

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|awards = 30px Star of Mahaputera (2014){{cite book |title=Penerima Tanda Kehormatan RI dalam Rangka Purna Tugas KIB Jilid II|url=https://cdn.setneg.go.id/_multimedia/document/20180910/0326tk_purna_tugas_kib_2.pdf|access-date=26 August 2021}}

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Nasaruddin Umar (born 23 June 1959) is an Indonesian Islamic scholar and politician who is currently serving as Minister for Religious Affairs, the grand Imam of the Istiqlal Mosque, founder of the Indonesian interfaith organization Masyarakat Dialog antar Umat Beragama and was vice minister (2011–2014) in the Indonesian Ministry of Religious Affairs. He is also a member of the UK-Indonesia Advisory Team, founded by UK prime minister Tony Blair.{{Cite web |url=http://www.indonesianembassy.org.uk/iag07/members_iag.html |title=Indonesian Embassy in the UK Website |access-date=2009-04-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070307042142/http://www.indonesianembassy.org.uk/iag07/members_iag.html |archive-date=2007-03-07 |url-status=dead }}

He is the author of 12 books, among them: Argumen Kesetaraan Gender Perspektif Al-Quran (Paramadina, 1999), which examines gender bias in the Quran.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100103092555/http://islamlib.com/en/article/holy-books-are-gender-biased/ Article in islamlib.com]}}