Muhammad Hanif Alatas

Muhammad Hanif bin Abdurrahman Alatas is an Indonesian Islamic cleric, preacher and activist of the Islamic Defenders Front. He is the son-in-law of the founder and high priest of FPI, Habib Muhammad Rizieq Shihab. He married Sharifah Zulfa Shihab, Rizieq's daughter, on 17 August 2016. Indonesian government disbanded the FPI on 30 December 2020 for engaging in terrorist and criminal acts and disturbing public order, but its sympathizers then founded a new FPI organization with the acronym Islamic Brotherhood Front. In 2022, a new FPI management was formed, Hanif himself then served as secretary of the shuro council of the FPI central board.

Biography

Hanif was born in Petamburan, [Tanah Abang], Central Jakarta on 20 Rajab 1413 AH as the first of four children of Habib Abdurrahman Alatas and Sharifah Fadhilah binti Ahmadun Alatas. His three siblings are Sholeh Alatas, Syarifah Aisyah Alatas, and Umar Alatas. Both of them are native residents of Petamburan, Central Jakarta, but later moved to the Kembangan area, West Jakarta. His father, Abdurrahman, was one of the figures and founders of the Islamic Defenders Front when it was first formed in 1998.