Mohammad Misbach

Hadji M. Misbach portrait from Medan Moeslimin 1 January 1925 cover

Mohammad Misbach (c. 1876–1926), commonly known as Haji Misbach, was a communist and Islamic activist from Surakarta, Dutch East Indies.[1][2][3] He was a leading member of the left wing of the Sarekat Islam organization in the 1910s and famously advocated for the compatibility of Islam and communism.

  1. ^ Shiraishi, Takashi (1990). An age in motion : popular radicalism in Java, 1912-1926. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. pp. 127–38. ISBN 0801421888.
  2. ^ Larson, George D. (1987). Prelude to revolution : palaces and politics in Surakarta, 1912-1942. Dordrecht, Holland: KITLV. pp. 101–3. ISBN 9067652172.
  3. ^ Ricklefs, Merle Calivin (2001). A History of Modern Indonesia since c. 1200. Stanford University Press.