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About Mahmud Yunus
- Mahmud Yunus (Old Spelling: Mahmoed Joenoes) (February 10, 1899 – January 16, 1982) was an Indonesian Islamic preacher and teacher.
- He authored over seventy-five books, including Tafsir Qur'an Karim ("Interpretation of the Karim Koran") and an Arab-Indonesian dictionary.
- His books are used in madarsas and pesantrens.
- During his employment in the Indonesian Department of Religion, he promoted the incorporation of religious lessons into the national education curriculum.
- Yunus received an Honorary Doctorate in "tarbiyah" (the teaching of personal development) from IAIN Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta.
- A road to IAIN Imam Bonjol, Padang is named after him.Early in his career, Yunus taught at a surau and at a Madrasa School of which he was an alumnus.
- He joined Persatuan Guru Agama Islam (P.G.A.I) the Association of Indonesian Teachers.
- In 1923, he studied in Cairo, Egypt.
- In 1931, Yunus returned to the village of his birth.
- In 1932, he taught in Padang and founded the Normal Islam School.
- Later, he was the principal of Sekolah Tinggi Islam (S.T.I.) Padang, the Padang Islamic High School. During Japanese occupation, Yunus worked for the government on Islamic education issues.
- Yunus' promotion of Islamic education began with its introduction in Minangkabau.
- On January 20, 1951, religious studies were adopted as a part of national curriculum.
- Then, on June 1, 1957, Yunus was appointed the first director of Akademi Dinas Ilmu Agama (A.D.I.A.), the Service Academy of Religious Sciences in Jakarta (Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta).
- From 1967 to 1970, Yunus was director of the Institut Agama Islam Negeri Imam Bonjol. Yunus died on January 16, 1982, aged 82.
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