# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ahmad-syafi-i-maarif
# Generated: 2026-08-15T21:16:19.725Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ahmad-syafi-i-maarif"
name: "Ahmad Syafi'i Maarif"
slug: "ahmad-syafi-i-maarif"
description: "Ahmad Syafi'i Maarif, popularly known as Buya Syafi'i, was an Indonesian Islamic scholar and intellectual. He was chairman of Muhammadiyah between 1998 and 2005. Educated in the United States, he was known for his moderate and progressive interpretation of Islam and his opposition to the direct influence of Islam in politics."
tagline: "Indonesian academic (1935–2022)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "ID"
category:
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  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1935-05-31"
deathDate: "2022-05-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0.01230012300123001
  historical:           8.162637333333333
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  181
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump