[6] Nasir often appeared on national television and was a judge on Hafidz Indonesia Event with Ustad Amir Faishol Fath and Syeh Ali Jabeer.

[3] Nasir was a prominent figure in the organization of a series of protests staged in Jakarta from November 2016 against then-Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, better known as Ahok, who was accused of blasphemy.

Media reports described the blasphemy charge as "trumped up" and part of a wider effort to discredit Ahok's ally, President Joko Widodo, ahead of Indonesia's 2019 presidential election.

[15] Nasir was accused of racism after an interview with Reuters news agency, during which he called the ethnic Chinese minority's wealth in Indonesia a problem of economic inequality that needs to be addressed.

In May 2019, police named Nasir a suspect in a money laundering case involving the transfer of funds from the Justice for All Foundation (YKUS).