 Hamka

Prof. Dr. H. Abdul Malik Karim Amrullah, better known by the pen name Hamka (17 February 1908 – 24 July 1981) was an Indonesian ulema, philosopher, writer, lecturer, politician and journalist.First affiliated with the Masyumi Party until it was disbanded, he served as the inaugural chief cleric of the Indonesian Council of Ulemas, and was active in Muhammadiyah until he died.