PESANTREN AND MODERNITY IN INDONESIA: MA’HAD ALY OF KUNINGAN
Abstract: In Indonesia where
the majority of the population is Muslims, pesantren that has thrived since the
arrival of Islam to the shore of the archipelago is still out of the central
field of the national educational system. As such, pesantren was and is forced to continually
be aware with
ongoing new educational developments in the country as
the result of modernisation and globalisation. The foundation of Ma’had Aly is
one of the ways taken by the pesantrens to response to the current developments
within Muslim communities, to define or even maintain their central roles as
well as to preserve their tradition in such a modernised and
globalised Indonesia. By
exploring the foundation of
Ma’had Alys in Kuningan as a case study, this article closely elaborates how
the pesantren world engages these processes both in their cirricular settings
and practices and provides how it negotiates with the ongoing changes within
its surrounding communities.
Author: Didin Nurul Rosidin
Journal Code: jpperadabanislamgg120007
