Nasaruddin Umar

Nasaruddin Umar (Arabic نصر الدين عمر ) is an Indonesian Islamic scholar and university professor. He is the president of the Institute for Advanced Qur'anic Studies; Secretary General of the Nahdhatul Ulama Consultative Council; Professor at the Faculty of Theology at the Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta and Director General for Islamic leadership of the Ministry of Religious Affairs.

He was one of the 138 signatories of the open letter A Common Word between Us and You (English A Common Word Between Us and You), the personalities of Islam to "leaders of Christian churches everywhere" (English " Leaders of Christian Churches, everywhere ... " ) submitted (13 October 2007).

In 2009 he was listed in the list of 500 most influential Muslims of Prince Al- Waleed Bin Talaal Center for Muslim - Christian Understanding at Georgetown University and the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre of Jordan.