#23 Professor Yon Machmudi on Israel, Palestine, China, Islam, God

Yon Machmudi, PhD, born in Jombang, 17 September 1973, received a doctorate from the Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University (ANU) Canberra in 2007, with a specialty in the field of Islamic Political History in Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Yon Machmudi is an UI Arabic literature alumnus who graduated in 1997. He is married to Soraya Dimyathi and has 5 children, namely Muhammad Hakan Enayata, Hilwa Taqiyya, Tazkia Hammada, Tazhada Hashifa and Hazim Najata. Currently He is a permanent lecturer in the Arabic Study Program, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, University of Indonesia with the functional position of Associate Professor. Serves as Chair of the Postgraduate Study Program in Eastern and Islamic Studies, UI School of Strategic and Global Studies (2017-Present). Previously he served as Secretary of the FIB UI History Department (2014-2016) and Chair of the FIB UI History Postgraduate Study Program (2016-2017). Research activities carried out include the Impact of Social Change and Modernization of Islamic Boarding Schools on the Decline of Ulama Authority in Indonesia (2013-2015), Why They Fight the State: Transformation of Darul Islam in Indonesia (2015-2017), Bawean Diaspora in Southeast Asia (2019-2022) . Several books that have been published are Islamising Indonesia: The Rise of Jemaah Tarbiyah and the Prosperous Justice Party (Canberra: ANU Epress, 2008), Hajj with Love (Jakarta: Salsabila: 2013), Profile and History of Islamic Mass Organizations (Depok: PKTTI , 2013), Tarbiyah Cinta (Jakarta: Qultum Media: 2014), Chapter entitled the Development of Political Islam in Indonesia edited by Henning Glaser (German: Nomos, 2015), Chapter entitled Saudi Indonesia Relations edited by Neil Partrick (London: IB Tauris, 2016), Contemporary Middle East History: Leadership in Saudi and Libya (Jakarta: UI Press:2016), book chapter entitled The Influences of Middle East in the Contemporary Campus Islam (Singapore: ISEAS 2018), chapter entitled Tarbiyah Movement: Its Agenda and Future in Indonesia (London: Routledge, 2020), Middle East in the Spotlight: Middle East Dynamics from an Indonesian Perspective (Jakarta: Bumi Akasara, 2021) and Afghanistan's New Era: Western Invasion to Taliban Victory (Jakarta: GIP, 2021). Several publications in international journals include "The Role of Women in Islamic Propagation: A Case Study of Tablighi Jamaat's Nyai of Pesantren Al-Fatah, East Java, Indonesia" Journal of Asian Social Science Research, Vol 2 No 2, 2020, "SAUDI ARABIA'S INTERNAL CHANGES AND ITS FOREIGN POLICIES IN RESPONDING THE ARAB SPRING "Journal of International Review of Humanities Studies Vol 5 No 1, 2020, "The Re-emergence of the Indonesian Islamic State Groups: Their Survival and Modus Operandi," Journal of Islam in Asia Vol 1 No 2, 2021, Apart from writing, he is also a resource person in the field of the Middle East and Islam in national and international media, both print and electronic media. Several times he has been a source for international media such as Voice of America, BBC London, Tehran Times, Wall Street Journal, South China Morning Post, The Straits Times Singapore and Asahi Shimbun Japan. He has also been a resource person at several international meetings on Islam and the Middle East, including in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Turkey, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Australia and the United States. Several government institutions that invited Yon as an expert resource on strategic and cultural issues include the National Resilience Institute (Lemhanas), National Resilience Council (Wantanas), Presidential Staff Office (KSP), Pancasila Ideology Development Agency (BPIP), Staff College and The High Leadership of the National Police (Sempimti) and several related ministries.