Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Basuki Tjahaja Purnama" in English language version.
He credited the late Islamic scholar and former Indonesian president Abdurrahman Wahid for convincing him to run for public office in 2007 in the Muslim majority district of Bangka Belitung, and said he spoke at one of his campaign rallies about how the al Maidah verse was taken out of context.