Ali Alwi

In 2009, Alwi was re-elected as a Member of the Regional Representative Council of Banten Province from the Tangerang City electoral district. Currently, Alwi serves as a senator representing the province of Banten in the seat of the Regional Representative Council of the Republic of Indonesia period 2014-2019 and has served as chairman of the Household Committee of DPD RI.

At the election of regional head and deputy regional head of Tangerang Regency in 2008, Alwi was nominated by the Democrat Party and the National Awakening Party as a candidate for vice regent along with Usamah Hisyam as a candidate for regent, Usamah and Alwi get the serial number 2, with serial number 1 was the pair Ismet Iskandar and Rano Karno, and serial number 3 was Jajuli Juwaeni and Airin Rachmi Diany. In the election of the head of this region, the pair of Usamah Hisyam and Alwi lost by incumbent candidate Ismet Iskandar together with Rano Karno as his deputy.

In the Post-Suharto era of 1998, starting from Abdurrahman Wahid's invitation to join the National Awakening Party he founded, Alwi was later joined the party and was elected Chairman of the Executive Council of PKB Tangerang Regency. In 1999, he was elected to the People's Representative Council of Tangerang Regency from 1999-2004. Then in 2004, he was re-elected to the Provincial People's Representative Council of Banten period 2004-2008 from the Tangerang Regency electoral districts.

In 1994, Alwi married Laila Nurlaila Bajri who was a friend of his sister. From his marriage to Laila, he was blessed with three children, Muhammad Husein bin Ali bin Thohir (b. 1995), Ali Zainal Abidin bin Ali bin Thohir (b. 1999), and Muhammad al-Baqir bin Ali bin Thohir.

On March 7, 1994, Alwi and his sister Syarifah Alawiyah bint Thohir went to a notary to formally record the establishment of the Pondok Pesantren Modern Al-Husainy under the auspices of the Nur As-Sholihat Foundation. At first the curriculum taught in pesantren only includes religious education, but over time there is the addition of general education to the curriculum of pesantren. Due to the expansion of residential land that occurred around the boarding school, now Pondok Pesantren Modern Al-Husainy is in the middle of the planned community of Bumi Serpong Damai, South Tangerang.

After 6 years as a student at Tebu Ireng, he continued his studies at IAIN Syarif Hidayatullah (now Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta) majoring in Comparative Religion, Ushuluddin faculty, while deepening some kitab kuning to Habib Muhsin Al Attas Petamburan and Kyai Hajji Muhammad Syafi'i Hadzami. He graduated at IAIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta in 1991.

On 9 September 1991, Alwi initiated the idea of establishing a pesantren on a 1 hectare waqf land from the H. Sano family in Pregi village, Lengkong Wetan, Serpong, South Tangerang. The pesantren was built in October 1991. In the beginning, the pesantren was named Pesantren Nur As-Sholihat under the name of the foundation founded by Syarifah Alawiyah bint Thohir (Alwi's sister) in Kota Bambu, Palmerah, West Jakarta. However, a few years later, the name of the pesantren was changed to Pondok Pesantren Modern Al-Husainy. At the beginning of the stand, in the pesantren also built kindergartens and madrasah diniyah. Then throughout the years 1993-1994, then founded boarding house, madrasah tsanawiyah, until madrasah aliyah.

In 1989, Alwi won a national-level speech contest at the Ibn Sina da'wah institution, Jakarta, beating out other participants such as Muhammad Arifin Ilham who occupied the 2nd position. Alwi's da'wah soul has grown from a young age, so he is often invited to lecture in various places in Jakarta, even outside areas such as Cirebon, Tegal, Pekalongan, Banyuwangi, Banjarmasin, Aceh, Kutai, Batam, Padang, even to Merauke, Papua.

Alwi has been active since he was educated at Madrasah Tsanawiyah Pondok Pesantren Tebu Ireng, Jombang. At that time, he was active as chairman of OSIS and vice chairman of Indonesian Islamic Student Tebu Ireng. In college, he was active as IAIN Syarif Hidayatullah Student Senate in 1988-1990 and Ciputat Islamic Students Association from 1986-1991. After graduating from college, he was active as Chairman of the Ulama Habaib Banten Forum and the Board of Multaqol Ulama Indonesia.

Alwi began actively doing tausiyah in several mosques when a student at Pondok Pesantren Tebu Ireng between 1982-1983. While studying in Jakarta, he actively counseling campus dakwah institutions at the University of Indonesia, National University, Borobudur University, government and private institutions, to attend various lecture competitions.

After graduating from madrasah ibtidaiyah in 1980, he continued his education at madrasah tsanawiyah and madrasah aliyah Pondok Pesantren Tebu Ireng, Jombang until graduate in 1986. It was in Tebu Ireng that he started his organizational activities, such as become the head of OSIS, vice chairman of Indonesian Islamic Student Tebu Ireng, until become a campaigner of United Development Party in 1981.

Drs. Kyai Hajji Habib Ali Alwi bin Thohir Al Husainy (Arabic: علي علوي بن طاهر الحسيني ‎, romanized: ‘Alī ʻAlwī bin Ṭāhir al-Ḥusayny, Arabic pronunciation: [ʕaliː ʕlwieː bin tˤ:hir al-ħuˈsajniː] ; born September 2, 1967) is an Indonesian politician, da'i, Islamic scholar and founder of the Pondok Pesantren Modern Al-Husainy, Serpong, South Tangerang, Banten. At the election of regional head and deputy regional head of Tangerang Regency in 2008, Alwi was nominated by the Democrat Party and the National Awakening Party as a candidate for vice regent along with Usamah Hisyam as a candidate for regent, but this pair was defeated by incumbent candidate Ismet Iskandar with Rano Karno as his deputy. Currently, Alwi serves as a senator representing the province of Banten in the seat of the Regional Representative Council of the Republic of Indonesia period 2014-2019.