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“God does not need to be defended.”
Religious leader and president · 1940 – 2009
Abdurrahman Wahid, known as Gus Dur, was an Indonesian Muslim scholar, leader of Nahdlatul Ulama, and Indonesia's fourth president. A defender of pluralism and minorities, he is remembered for the quip that God does not need to be defended.
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