The Role of Muhammadiyah Institution Towards Muslim Minority in West Papua

Abstract

Muhammadiyah is known as Islamic organization pioneering modern educational and social movement. Recently, Muhammadiyah education has experienced rapid development, yet there are still many problems and challenges to overcome in order to continue competing and giving the best for the society. The aim of this research was to figure out the role of Muhammadiyah in conducting dakwah bil hal movement in education and social environment in Sorong City, Papua. By using qualitative method and in-depth interview and also field research, this study found out that bil hal Muhammadiyah Movement in Sorong City, Papua has given significant impact on the society, especially in education from Kindergarten to University level. Meanwhile, in the social field, Muhammadiyah in Sorong City had built orphanage for boys and girls. However, in terms of management of organizational governance, Muhammadiyah needs to strengthen the solidity between regional leaders, optimization of autonomous assemblies and organizations as a power base to support maximization of dakwah bil hal Muhammadiyah movement in the future, especially in education and society.

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“…Da'wah bil hal was carried out by the Messenger of Allah, it is evident that when he first arrived in Medina what the Prophet did was build the Al-Quba mosque, uniting the Ansar and the Muhajirin. These two things are real da'wah carried out by the Prophet which can be said to be da'wah bil hal (Wekke, Arif, Zubair, & Wardi, 2019).…”

“…This will also be observed in this study, especially Muhammadiyah in Sorong City. (Wekke, Arif, Zubair, & Wardi, 2019). Movement across the ages has two meanings.…”

“…Maintaining existing assets, and maintaining and improving them is a challenge in itself. (Wekke, I. S., Arif, B., Zubair, A., & Wardi, M. 2019).…”

“…Muhammadiyah Papua research on couple scale has also been carried out. Among them, research by Wekke, Arif, Zubair, & Wardi, (2019) suggests that Muhammadiyah education is a means of da'wah. In addition, Wekke (2016) argues that pesantren can be a means of empowerment.…”

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“…Di tanah Borneo berdiri berbagai Lembaga Pendidikan Islam, salah satunya yang tertua adalah Lembaga Pendidikan Islam Pondok Pesantren Darussalam, yang juga tersedia SMK (Yusliani Noor & Rabini Sayyidati; 2018). Bahkan di masyarakat Papua, pendidikan Islam yang dikelola YAPIS (Ismail & Thomas, 2018;Ismail & Siswandani, 2018) dan juga Muhammadiyah (Wekke, Arif, Zubair, & Wardi, 2019), tidak hanya dinikmati oleh masyarakat muslim saja. Begitu pula dengan pendidikan Islam yang sudah mengakar dan menjadi lembaga dengan tradisi yang mapan (Wekke & Busri, 2011;Wekke & Busri, 2016).…”