Noer Muhammad Iskandar (5 July 1955 – 13 December 2020) was an Indonesian Islamic cleric (kyai) who also the head and the founder of the Ash-Shiddiqiyah Islamic Boarding School.
[1] He was well known as a kyai who found the pesantren which applies the santris intellectualization principle, that a santri must be able to understand the symbols of the Koran as more than just understanding God's commands, but must be returned to the actualization steps in everyday life.
[1][2] He was born in the village of Sumber Beras, Banyuwangi, East Java.
[3] After completing his studies in the Lirboyo pesantren, Iskandar continued his studies in Institut PTIQ Jakarta [id] and got his diploma in the field Koran teaching in 1974.
His wife is a daughter of Mashudi, a kyai from Tumpang, Malang.