Prof. Dr. Ing. H. Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie, FREng (born in Parepare, South Sulawesi, June 25, 1936, age 81) is the third President of the Republic of Indonesia. He was State Minister for Research and Technology, he created the OFP (Overseas Fellowship Program), STMDP (Science Technology and Manpower Development Program) and STAID (Science and Technology for Industrial Development). These three programs provide scholarships to thousands of graduates to earn their bachelor's degrees in the STEM fields and for other technical professionals to continue their study for master's and doctorate programs in the United States, Europe, Japan, and other countries.
He succeeded Suharto who resigned from the presidency on 21 May 1998. His post was replaced by Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur) who was elected president on October 20, 1999 by the MPR election results 1999. With a two-month and 7-day vice-presidential term, and 1 year and 5 months as president, Habibie is the Vice President and President of Indonesia with the shortest term. Currently his name is immortalized as the name of one of the universities in Gorontalo, replacing the name of the State University of Gorontalo. (more...)


Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Al Masrie bin Sheikh Mustapha (born 27 July 1972) is a Malaysian orthopedic surgeon and the first Malaysian astronaut. He launched to the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-11 with the Expedition 16 crew on 10 October 2007. Sheikh Muszaphar flows under an agreement with Russia through the Angolawan program, and returned to Earth on 21 October 2007, aboard Soyuz TMA-10 with the Expedition 15 crew members, Fyodor Yurchikhin and Oleg Kotov. (more..)



Felix Siauw (born in Palembang, South Sumatra, January 31, 1984, age 34 years), is an ethnic Chinese-Indonesian ustad. He became a convert since college and joined as one of the activists of the Islamic movement, Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (more...)



Teaching at Islamic Islamic Boarding School Assalaam, the name of a boarding school located in Pabelan village, Kartasura district, Sukoharjo regency, Central Java. Modern Islamic Boarding School Assalaam, commonly abbreviated as PPMI Assalaam, is a private Islamic education institution under the auspices of the Foundation of Islamic Studies Assembly of Surakarta (YMPIS). (more..)