Cak Nur met Buya Hamka
Another factor that makes Nurcholish’s thoughts broad-minded is his association with Hamka. At that time, he was still a student and lived in the Great Mosque of Al-Azhar, Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta. In this connection, Komaruddin Hidayat revealed the closeness and admiration of Nurcholish to the late Buya Hamka. In various discussion forums and lectures in Paramadina, Nurcholish repeatedly put forward his respect and admiration for Buya Hamka, who was considered capable of bringing together the views of religion, cultural insight and the spirit of the Qur’an so that the da’wah and Islamic understanding offered by Buya Hamka is very touching and compelling for the community Islam City (Hidayat, 1995: VII).