Applying Ibn Khaldun’s Theory Into The Islamic Preaching’s Movement in The Period of Demak Empire: Reflection for the Contemporary Muslim Society

Abstract

Ashabiyah and Mulk are positioned as a driving force in the big frame of Ibn Khaldun’s theory about the Rise and Fall of Dynasty. Although many studies on Ashabiyah and Mulk have been carried out, there have been very few attempts to apply them into the empirical phenomena in various society. This paper intends to apply Ashabiyah and Mulk’s theory of Ibn Khaldun in the history of the role of saints’ da’wa and their alliances with the rulers in the period of Demak’s Empire. The research was compiled using literature studies, with the main source of Muqaddimah and various related research articles. The analysis results show that Ibn Khaldun’s theory is suitable for explaining the essence of the end of Demak's Empire, namely the weakening of the Ashabiyah. Furthermore, Ashabiyah and Mulk are proven to be still relevant in analyzing the socio-religious phenomenon both in the empirical history and in the contemporary muslim’s society.

The Movement of Postcolonialism by Kiai Sholeh Darat Against the Dutch Colonialism (Study of Social-Religious Decolonization in Java 19th and 20th Century)

“…There are a number of important roles played by Kiai Sholeh Darat, as part of his cultural movement in responding to the current situation in Java after the defeat of the Java war (Taufiq Hakim, 2016). This condition is evidence of the strong socio-political influence of Islam in Java in influencing the repertoire of the socio-religious history of Muslims in political dynamics in Indonesia (Luhtitiantiui and Arifin, 2021). In this case, the cultural movement of the kiai Sholeh Darat reflects religious movement, but is also oriented towards resistance and efforts to decolonize the agendas of the colonial regime in Java.…”