The People Who Inspire Me
Tuanku Imam Bonjol Tuanku Imam Bonjol was born in Bonjol, Pasaman , West Sumatra at 1 January 1772 . His family came from Sungai Rimbang, Suliki, Lima puluh Koto . His parents name were Bayanuddin (father) and Hamatun (mother). He was immersed in Islamic studies as he grew up, studying first from his father and later under various other Muslim theologians. After founding the state of Bonjol , Syarif became involved in the Adat-Paderi controversy as a Paderi leader. The Paderi movement, which has been compared to the Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah ( Sunni ) school of Islam in the now Saudi Arabia , was an effort to return the Islam of the area to the purity of its roots by removing local distortions like gambling, cockfighting , the use of opium and strong drink, tobacco, and so forth. It also opposed the powerful role of women in the matrilineal Minangkabau culture. The Adat, or traditionalist, position was that local custom that pre-dated the arrival of Islam sho