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        "id": 1473698,
        "msgid": "azyumardi-named-honorary-professor-1447893297",
        "date": "2004-03-24 00:00:00",
        "title": "Azyumardi named honorary professor",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Azyumardi named honorary professor Noted Muslim scholar Azyumardi Azra has been made an honorary professor by the University of Melbourne Australia. Australian Ambassador to Indonesia David Ritchie, on behalf of the University of Melbourne, appointed Azyumardi in the position in Jakarta on Tuesday. \"With the appointment I wish to strengthen university to university relations, and to support studies on Islam and Asia in our neighboring country (Australia),\" Azyumardi told The Jakarta Post.",
        "content": "<p>Azyumardi named honorary professor<\/p>\n<p>Noted Muslim scholar Azyumardi Azra has been made an honorary<br>\nprofessor by the University of Melbourne Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Australian Ambassador to Indonesia David Ritchie, on behalf of<br>\nthe University of Melbourne, appointed Azyumardi in the position<br>\nin Jakarta on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\"With the appointment I wish to strengthen university to<br>\nuniversity relations, and to support studies on Islam and Asia in<br>\nour neighboring country (Australia),\" Azyumardi told The Jakarta<br>\nPost.<\/p>\n<p>Ritchie said he hoped to increase the number of exchanges<br>\nbetween the two countries of students who wished to undertake<br>\ndoctorate degrees, especially those who focused on Islamic<br>\nstudies.<\/p>\n<p>He said it was a great honor for Australia that the rector<br>\nand professor of history at Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) in<br>\nJakarta would hold the position.<\/p>\n<p>Azyumardi will be an honorary professor of the Australian<br>\nuniversity until March 2009.<\/p>\n<p>\"This appointment provide an opportunity to build better<br>\nunderstanding among the people about the role of Islam in<br>\nIndonesia, as well as strengthening the links between Islamic<br>\nacademic communities of both countries,\" he said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/azyumardi-named-honorary-professor-1447893297",
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