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Ahmad Rifaʾi (or Ripangi)
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Ahmad Rifaʾi (or Ripangi) (c. 1786–1876), one of the most radical Islamic reformers of nineteenth-century Java, was born in Kendal, Java, and died in exile in Ambon. Ripangi, as he is usually known in Java, was the sixth son of Raden Kyai Haji Muhammad Abu Sujak, also known by his Javanese name, Raden Sutawijaya, a
penghulu (the highest level of religious official) in the Residency of Kendal. The position of
penghulu in Kendal was subsequently held by a son of Sutawijaya’s older brother, and it was this
penghulu who, in the 1820s, ordered Ripangi imprisoned for some time in Semara…
Source:
Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Date:
2021-07-19
